Müller magic seesGermany past battling Scots

• Thomas Müller scores both as Germany start Group D campaign with win
• Ikechi Anya equaliser looks to have earned Scotland point
• Müller misses out on hat-trick as he hits post in added time
• Charlie Mulgrew sent off for visitors; Marco Reus limps off
• Next games: Scotland v Georgia, Poland v Germany (11 October)

Thomas Müller's double in Dortmund gave world champions Germany a winning start in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group D – but they were pushed all the way by Scotland.

 

LINEUPS

	Germany		Scotland
1	Neuer (GK) (C)	1	Marshall (GK)
4	Höwedes	2	Hutton
7	Rudy	3	Whittaker
9	Schürrle 84	4	R. Martin
13	Müller 18 70 90+5	5	Hanley 50
15	Durm 72	6	Morrison 76
17	Boateng	7	D. Fletcher (C) 58
18	Kroos	8	Mulgrew 90+1 90+4
19	Götze	9	Naismith 82
20	Kramer	10	Bannan 58
21	Reus 90+2	11	Anya 66
Substitutes
12	Zieler (GK)	12	A. McGregor (GK)
22	Weidenfeller (GK)	21	Gordon (GK)
2	Grosskreutz	13	Greer
3	Ginter 90+2	14	Maloney 82
10	Podolski 84	15	S. Fletcher 58
11	Sam	16	Bryson
16	Rüdiger	17	McDonald
23	Gomez	18	Burke
		19	Reynolds
		20	McArthur 58
		22	Forsyth
		23	C. Martin
Coaches
Joachim Löw (GER)		Gordon Strachan (SCO)
Referee
Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR)

Details

STANDINGS

MATCHES

7 September 2014

F	Hungary		1-2		Northern Ireland
I	Denmark		2-1		Armenia
D	Georgia		1-2		Republic of Ireland
D	Germany		2-1		Scotland
F	Greece		0-1		Romania
D	Gibraltar		0-7		Poland
F	Faroe Islands		1-3		Finland
I	Portugal		0-1		Albania

 

MATCH STATISTICS

Germany

Scotland

	2 Goals scored 1
	64 Possession (%) 36
	23 Total attempts 10
	10 on target 3
	10 off target 3
	3 blocked 4
	1 against woodwork 0
	12 Corners 1
	1 Offsides 3
	2 Yellow cards 4
	0 Red Cards 1
	12 Fouls committed 13
	13 Fouls suffered 12
	591 Passes 210
	545 completed 184