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- The only previous time Scotland have hosted Greece for an international match came in August 1995 in a European Championship qualifier, winning 1-0 at Hampden thanks to a goal from Ally McCoist.
- In the previous meeting between these two sides this week, Greece attempted 24 shots and finished the game with 2.7xG. While failing to score on the night, this was their highest xG total in a Nations League match to date.
- Scotland have lost just two of their past 22 competitive internationals on home soil (W15 D5), losing to Ukraine in June 2022 and Poland in September 2024.
- Greece have won each of their past three away games, all in the Nations League. They haven't won four away games in a row since October 2016, while in competitive internationals they last did so in September 2008.
- After a run of 10 competitive matches without managing a victory between October 2023 and October 2024 (D4 L6), Scotland have won each of their past three such fixtures. If they win this game, they'll already have as many competitive wins in 2025 (2) as they managed in 2024 (W2 D2 L5).
- Since the start of 2023, Scott McTominay has averaged a goal every other game for Scotland, netting 11 goals in 22 appearances. Indeed, McTominay has netted exactly a third of his team's goals across all competitions in this period (33% - 11/33).
- Vangelis Pavlidis has only scored in one of his last 19 appearances for Greece, although that was the last time he played for his country on British soil, netting a brace against England at Wembley last October.
- John McGinn could make his 75th international appearance for Scotland in this game (currently on 74 caps), if he does, he'd be just the sixth outfield player to reach this milestone (after Kenny Dalglish, Andy Robertson, Darren Fletcher, Alex McLeish, and Paul McStay).
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