UEFA Women’s European Qualifiers
Israel 0-5 Scotland
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
BSC Stadium, Budaörs

Scorers

Israel 0

Scotland 5 (Martha Thomas 14’, 37’, 74’, 77’, Chelsea Cornet 85’)

Team News

Pedro Martinez Losa made one change to the lineup that started against Israel on Friday evening as Jenna Clark came in to the starting 11 to replace Erin Cuthbert.

With a starting place, Sophie Howard reached 50 caps for her country and joined the International Roll of Honour.

As It Happened

Prior to the game, Scotland sat top of Group 2B and they looked to continue their unbeaten start to the campaign as they travelled to Hungary for the reverse fixture of Friday night’s match against Israel.

Scotland had a strong start to the game, creating a number of chances and putting Israel under pressure. Claire Emslie saw her low cross deflected onto the woodwork off a defending player before Kirsty Hanson’s left footed shot is saved by the Israel goalkeeper following a lay off from Chelsea Cornet.

Scotland opened the scoring just before the 15 minute mark. Claire Emslie played the ball into the path of Martha Thomas who had made a well-timed run to get herself into the box to create a one on one situation. Thomas kept her composure to confidently convert and give her side an early advantage.

Scotland doubled their lead in the 37th minute when Lisa Evans crossed the ball into the box which met the head of Martha Thomas and she headed it into the bottom left corner to give Scotland a 2 goal lead going into half time.

Martha Thomas completed her hattrick in the 74th minute when she got herself on the end of a Lisa Evans cross. with Thomas’s effort finding the top left corner.

Martha Thomas didn’t stop her scoring there as she got a fourth goal in the 77th minute when she got her head on the end of a Nicola Docherty cross to float a header into the back of the net.

In the 85th minute, Scotland rounded off a great afternoon with a fifth goal and a first Scotland goal for Chelsea Cornet. Jamie-Lee Napier played a corner into the box which was headed towards goal at the back post area by Jane Ross. Ross’s effort was denied by the Israel goalkeeper however Chelsea Cornet reacted quickly to gather the rebound and fire it into the net. The perfect end to a strong Scotland performance which saw them stay top of the group.

Teams

Israel: Rubin, Kuznetsov (Achtel 80’), David, Nakav, Beard, Sommer, Awad (Steinschneider 58’), Katz, Selimhodzic (Warko 64’), Almasri (Sharabi 80’), Elinav (Avital 58’)

Unused Substitutes: Ganame, Kozhak, Alkisi, Morin, Sofer, Shalom, Warko, Hazan

Scotland: Gibson (Cumings 46’), Docherty, Corsie, Howard, Kerr, Hanson (Napier 82’), Evans (Hay 82’), Cornet, Clark, Emslie, Thomas (Ross 82’)

Unused Substitutes: Fife, Clark, MacLean, Eddie, Howat, Rodgers, Smith, Cuthbert