Overview
- Scotland suffered a 3-1 friendly loss at Hampden Park after Angus Gunn’s early injury forced Cieran Slicker into goal on his debut.
- Slicker’s errors directly led to all three Icelandic goals, including Andri Gudjohnsen’s opener, Lewis Ferguson’s own goal and Victor Palsson’s second-half header.
- John Souttar briefly levelled in the 25th minute with a header from Max Johnston’s corner.
- Steve Clarke introduced Lennon Miller, Che Adams and Scott McKenna in the 68th minute to assess new options ahead of European qualifying.
- Iceland earned their first victory in seven meetings with Scotland, exposing persistent defensive weaknesses in the home side.