Scotand’s World Cup qualifier against England at Wembley will be held on a Friday night, it has been announced.
The match will take place on Friday November 11, 2016, with a 7.45pm kick-off. The return match will take place at Hampden Park on Saturday June 10 2017, with a kick-off time of 5pm.
Scotland get their campaign underway with a trip to Malta and will round it off by facing Slovenia on October 8, 2017.
England won both their recent friendlies against Scotland, in 2013 and last year, but Scottish Football Association president Alan McRae said the competitive matches will be “a different ball game” under manager Gordon Strachan.
He said: “We have made steady process, Gordon has got the team playing – they are committed and organised and he has got them into great shape so although individually our players don’t compare to England I think on the day they will.
“I’m sure Gordon and his staff and players will all look forward to these two games. This will be a totally different ball game to the two friendlies.
“I think we could sell the stadium out twice over at least so from a financial point of view it’s very good too.”
Scotland’s fixtures for the World Cup 2018 qualifiers
Malta (A) 4 Sept 2016, 19:45
Lithuania (H) 8 Oct 2016, 19:45
Slovakia (A) 11 Oct 2016, 19:45
England (A) 11 Nov 2016, 19:45
Slovenia (H) 26 Mar 2017, 19:45
England (H) 10 Jun 2017, 17:00
Lithuania (A) 1 Sept 2017, 19:45
Malta (H) 4 Sept 2017,19:45
Slovakia (H) 5 Oct 2017, 19:45
Slovenia (A) 8 Oct 2017, 17:00