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90+1 min: Scotland substitution Kieron Bowie for Ben Gannon-Doak, who gets a fine ovation from the crowd. His final ball wasn’t always the best but he is so exciting and will only get better.
90 min: Belarus substitutions Nikita Demchenko and Sergei Karpovich are coming on for Yegor Parkhomenko and Evgeni Yablonski.
There will be eight minutes of added time.
88 min: Scotland substitutions Lennon Miller and Lyndon Dykes replace Billy Gilmour and Che Adams.
87 min Gilmour chips over the bar from 35 yards, with Lapoukhov out of his area after conceding a throw-in. Seconds later Melnichenko rolls a low ball right across the six-yard box. He should have gone for goal himself on that occasion.
86 min “This is an extremely mature and professional performance from Scotland against a dangerous and underrated Belarus side, which bodes well for the remaining qualifiers against Greece and Denmark if we are to make our first World Cup finals in a generation…” writes Simon McMahon.
85 min At the other end Melnichenko’s curling shot is headed over his own bar by Souttar. The resulting corner is half cleared to the lively Melnichenko, whose sizzling half-volley is well blocked by an outrushing defender.
ShareGOAL! Scotland 2-0 Belarus (McTominay 84)
That’ll do. Andy Robertson’s cross is missed by a defender and bounces up to McTominay, who controls it on the chest and finishes expertly with his left foot.
There’s no celebration – McTominay looks almost disgusted – but that’s an important goal.
Scott McTominay surely makes the game safe for Scotland. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/ReutersShare
Updated at 13.47 EDT
84 min: Belarus substitutions Hleb Kuchko and Nikita Korzun replace Evgeni Malashevich and Valeri Gromyko.
82 min Ebonh is booked for a late challenge on McLean (I think).
80 min Scotland really could do with a second goal. There will be close to ten minutes of added time given all the VAR stoppages.
79 min Plenty of grumbles when McTominay loses the ball. Belarus go down the other end and Barkovski shoots wide from the angle under pressure from Souttar.
77 min Belarus are having much more of the ball now. I wouldn’t exactly say they’re strutting around but they certainly look like a team who have realised they can get something from this.
Parkhomenko’s long-range shot deflects behind for a corner. Nothing comes of it but Scotland have completely lost their way.
74 min In fact Adams was offside, so they didn’t get as far as checking for handball. Probably a good thing as we’re already facing a couple of hours of added time.
72 min A VAR check confirms the decision, I think because of handball.
Scotland make a double change: Kieran Tierney and John Souttar come on for Jack Hendry and Anthony Ralston.
70 min: Disallowed goal for Scotland! Gannon-Doak whacks a cross that is turned in from close range by Adams. He puts his hands towards his head immediately, apparently signalling that either a) he’s handled it, b) he knows he’s offside or c) both. I thought it hit his arm but it’s being checked just in case.
Che Adams has the ball in the back of the net but he’s strayed offside. Photograph: Steve Welsh/PAShare
Updated at 13.39 EDT
69 min McTominay runs onto a pass from Adams and wins a corner for Scotland.
68 min Pechenin is booked for dissent.
ShareNO GOAL! Scotland 1-0 Belarus
The referee looks at the screen and decides that Yablonski fouled McTominay at the start of that move.
You can see why he came to that conclusion; equally, had that gone against Scotland they would be furious.
Scotland get away with one as Marian Barbu disallows the Belarus goal. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 13.31 EDT
65 min: The referee is going to the monitor again! This could go either way. It’s a soft foul at most.
Scotland think there was a foul on McTominay in the build up, but right now Belarus are level. Yablonski brushed McTominay aside and played the ball down the left to Barkovski. His low cross wrongfooted a number of Scotland defenders, who couldn’t put the brakes on as they ran towards their own goal, and was turned in at the far post by Malashevich.
Updated at 13.26 EDT
GOAL! Scotland 1-1 Belarus (Malashevich 63)
Lads, it’s Scotland.
Evgeni Malashevich capitalises on some very poor Scotland defending to equalise. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 13.30 EDT
62 min: No penalty! The check is for handball byParkhomenko rather than a foul by Adams. He definitely touched the ball with his arm… but so did Adams a split-second earlier and that invalidates everything else.
Updated at 13.21 EDT
61 min And now the referee is going to the monitor.
60 min It’s still being checked…
58 min Adams goes over in the area after an odd challenge from Parkhomenko, who was on the ground and kind of crawled into Adams from behind. There’s also a suspicion of handball, though I don’t think he made contact.
A VAR check is ongoing.
It’s unconventional defending from Yegor Parkhomenko, no doubt. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 13.24 EDT
57 min Melnichenko cuts inside from the left and hits a deflected shot from the edge of the area. It’s going wide and Gunn does well to save the corner.
56 min: Belarus substitution Vadim Pigas is replaced by Trofim Melnichenko, a teenage forward on the books of FC Porto.
Updated at 13.16 EDT
54 min: Good save by Lapoukhov
Gannon-Doak charges infield and finds McGinn on the edge of the area. He takes a touch and pings a right-foot shot that is pushed away to his left by the diving Lapoukhov. Good save.
Ben Gannon-Doak has an effort saved by Lapoukhov in the Belarus goal. Photograph: Alan Rennie/ShutterstockShare
Updated at 13.18 EDT
53 min The crowd encourage Gilmour to have a pop from 25 yards. He does but it whistles a few yards over the bar.
50 min Scotland have made a much livelier start to the second half than they did the first. A second goal would be nice though.
48 min A better effort from McTominay, who drives to the edge of the area and sweeps a low shot that Lapoukhov saves at the second attempt.
48 min “Seems to me Scotland are missing some Grays,” writes Jeremy Boyce. “Where’s Archie when you need him? Crocked or just out of favour? I believe Harry IS available, if selected. Let’s be fair, Grays have been good for Scotland, the Eddie Gray dynasty of course, but also King Andy who gave it all and bust nets. Half-time teamtalk ? Invoke the Grays…”
England might have something to say about that. Not to mention Archie and Harry themselves.
Andy Gray at home with his magnificent trousers (and dog) in 1978. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 13.16 EDT
47 min McLean drags a long-range shot well wide.
46 min Peep peep! Scotland get the second half under way. Don’t cock it up now lads!
“Adams was offside until the Belarusian right back tried to move further forward, putting one foot back to in order to push his body forwards,” spots Iain Chambers. “Still I’ll take it!”
Kalsarikännit department
“At the risk of sounding like one of the Four Yorkshiremen, hope looks like luxury from where I’m sitting, which is at home in Helsinki in front of the television at half-time in Netherlands 3-0 Finland,” writes Kári Tulinius. “Right now the only hope available is for Poland to slip up against Lithuania and Malta. That’s ‘and’ not ‘or’. Kalsarikännit is a word in Finnish for ‘taking your trousers off and drinking alone’, and while I’m not quite there, I understand the impulse.”
Half-time reading
ShareHalf time: Scotland 1-0 Belarus
Before the game, Steve Clarke reiterated his message from Thursday night: “You qualify on results, not performances.”
Scotland proved his point during an unconvincing first half at Hampden. Che Adams’ accomplished finish separates the sides, but apart from the goal and some eyecatching winplay from Ben Gannon-Doak, it hasn’t been the greatest watch.
Ah, who cares: Scotland need points, not performances.