Germany vs Scotland: Euro 2024 kick-off time, TV details and how to watch Bristol City duo

Bristol City duo Ross McCrorie and Tommy Conway will be part of the Scotland squad as they kick off Euro 2024 with a mighty challenge against hosts Germany.

Conway was a late call-up to the group following Lyndon Dykes’ injury and the 21-year-old may have to be content with a place on the bench as Southampton's Che Adams looks most likely to lead the line for the Tartan Army.

But opinion seems split around the identity of Scotland’s first-choice wing-back with McCrorie in the starting XI against Gibraltar with Celtic’s Anthony Ralston then deployed for the Finland friendly.

Fellow Group A teams Switzerland and Hungary play tomorrow and as Steve Clarke has been at pains to emphasise, this is but the first game of three so won’t define Scotland’s tournament.

Then again, while on paper it should prove the toughest of the three challenges, it represents something of a free hit given so much focus and expectation will be placed on Germany as optimism has been steadily building leading into the competition.

And although they’re not considered among the favourites, Die Mannschaft have been unable to get out of their group at the last two World Cup and only reached the last 16 in the last European Championship, which seems the bare minimum for them at this particular edition.

Venue and kick-off time

The tournament opener takes place at Munich’s Allianz Arena and kicks off at 8pm (UK time).

How to watch

The match will be shown on ITV and STV, and can be streamed via ITVX and the STV Player. Coverage begins from 6:30pm with the opening ceremony also taking place.

BBC Radio 5Live and talkSPORT are also broadcasting from Germany with the former's programme getting underway at 6:30pm, while the latter will be on air at the Allianz Arena from 7pm.

Team news

Scotland captain Andy Robertson and striker Lawrence Shankland have been passed fit to play having suffered injuries earlier this week in training. Robertson had been a real cause for concern but should line up on the left-hand side, while midfielder Stuart Armstrong should make the bench after overcoming a muscle problem.

The hosts lost promising young midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic earlier in the week due to illness, with the 20-year-old replaced by the experienced Emre Can. Otherwise, manager Julian Nagelsmann has no serious injury concerns.

Form guide and how they got here

As hosts, Germany earned an automatic path into the final 24. Over their last 10 games they’ve won five, drawn two and lost three. They were held to a goalless draw by Ukraine in the build-up before overcoming Greece 2-1.

Scotland qualified after finishing second in their group, ahead of Norway and Georgia who also reached the tournament via the play-offs, but over the last 10 games, no team present at this tournament has a worse record (W2 D3 L5). They beat Gibraltar 2-0 in a friendly last week before drawing 2-2 with Finland at Hampden Park.

Likely line-ups

Germany (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Mittelstadt; Andrich, Kroos; Musiala, Gundogan, Wirtz; Havertz

Scotland (3-5-1-1): Gunn; Hendry, McKenna, Tierney; Ralston, McTominey, McGregor, Gilmour, Robertson; McGinn; Adams

What the managers are saying

Julian Nagelsmann: “We are under more pressure than the Scots. We want to win the opening game. I also demand that we believe in ourselves. We have good players and have shown mentality in recent games. We have everything we need and want to bring it onto the pitch.

"Scotland are a very good team that have four or five important players in their group. They put in lots of crosses. They have made big progress in the way they play football. Their mentality is certainly extraordinary.”

Steve Clarke: "We know it's a big game but, for us, it's the opening game of a four-team section, three matches and we know what we have to do to qualify out the section and that's all we're focused on.

"The enormity of the opening game is a little bit of a sideshow and hopefully we don't get too involved in that. "For sure, it's a difficult game. One of the mantras I've always had is respect everyone and fear no one so we come here with a lot of respect for the host nation, we know they're a good team but hopefully on the night we can show we're a good team too."

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