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Scotland have been paired with England in 2018 World Cup qualifying Group F.

Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta complete the Group.

The draw took place in 
St Petersburg at 5pm today.

Hosts Russia will qualify automatically. The winners of each group will qualify while the eight best runners-up will take part in a play-off in November 2017

Gordon Strachan’s team will face England in a World Cup qualifier for the first time since 1950 in what is sure to be the pick of the games.

Group F
England
Slovakia
SCOTLAND
Slovenia
Lithuania
Malta

Dates of the qualifying fixtures will be announced tomorrow at 11.30am with venues and times decided at a later date.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.