Germany vs Scotland live: Team news, opening ceremony and latest in Euro 2024 opener

Scott McTominay scored seven goals for Scotland in qualifying, the joint most by a Scottish player in a campaign, alongside Steven Fletcher (Euro 2016) and John McGinn (Euro 2020).

Thomas Muller has scored 10 goals in 19 World Cup appearances but has never scored in 15 Euros matches.

Scotland won their first five qualifiers but failed to win in their final three (D2 L1), conceding seven times , having shipped just once in their first five.

Scotland are making their fourth Euros appearance after 1992, 1996 and 2020. They have so far never reached the knockout stages.

Their two wins from nine Euros matches came against CIS in 1992 and Switzerland in 1996. They have failed to score in six of their nine matches.

Germany are taking part in their 14th Euros, more than any other team. They have won the trophy three times, the joint-most alongside Spain.

This is the fourth time Germany have been sole hosts of a major tournament, reaching at least the semi-finals in each of the previous three editions. They won the 1974 World Cup, reached the last four of Euro 1988, and were third at the 2006 World Cup.

Scotland have won only one of their last 13 matches against Germany (D4 L8). That was in April 1999, with Don Hutchison scoring the only goal in a Bremen friendly.

Germany and Scotland are facing each other for the third time at a tournament. Germany won the two previous encounters, in the group stages of the 1986 World Cup (2-1) and Euro 1992 (2-0).

Anthony Ralston wins a 10th cap for Scotland despite starting just eight games for Celtic this season. Billy Gilmour also misses out on a place in the starting line-up as Scott McTominay and Ryan Christie both start to earn their 50th caps.

Germany’s Florian Wirtz had 38 goal involvements in 49 appearances for new Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. He’ll be a big threat tonight.

Germany XI: Neuer, Kimmich, Rudiger, Tah, Mittelstadt, Andrich, Kroos, Musiala, Gundogan, Wirtz, Havertz.

Scotland XI: Gunn, Ralston, Hendry, Porteous, Tierney, Robertson (capt) Christie, McGregor, McTominay, McGinn, Adams.

Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn says his side are the underdogs at Euro 2024, despite an impressive qualifying campaign with wins over Norway and Spain.

“Before the campaign we expected to go out in every game, give our best and see what happens,” he told the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast.

“Not many people expected us to go through the group so comfortably and from our point of view, that was probably a good thing, being the underdog.

“I think we’re probably going to be the underdog again. We’re looking forward to it, and there’ll be thousands of Scots going over to Germany, so hopefully we can give them a really good time.”