Scotland 3-4 Switzerland
International Friendly
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
East End Park, Dunfermline
Scorers
Scotland 3 (Kathleen McGovern 35’, Geraldine Reuteler OG 45+2’, Caroline Weir 90+3’)
Switzerland 4 (Sydney Schertenleib 24’ and 52’, Iman Beney 41’, Smilla Vallotto 72’)
Team News
It was an unchanged XI for Melissa Andreatta’s side, with the same players in from the start in Dunfermline this evening as they were in Friday night’s 2-1 win against Morocco in Casablanca.
As It Happened
Scotland signed off from this international window with a competitive and entertaining 4-3 defeat to Switzerland at Dunfermline’s East End Park, where we showed great promise and created good opportunities across the 90 minutes.
It would be 2-2 at half-time after goals from Sydney Schertenleib and Iman Beney for the Swiss, with a superb strike by Kathleen McGovern and an own goal being Scotland’s efforts.
Yet, the away side would score two more in the second half through Schertenleib and Vallotto to claim the win in the friendly encounter, despite Caroline Weir’s late consolation effort.
The visitors fashioned the first opportunity early on when a dangerous ball was whipped into the box, but its flight was well timed by defender Emma Lawton, who headed it away from the goal line, and Scotland went on to clear their lines.
After that early pressure from the Swiss, it would be Scotland who went on to have a decent spell in possession, with those in blue knocking the ball around well across the midfield.
A ball was then floated towards McGovern, but what looked like a promising move was halted by two Swiss defenders.
And it would be McGovern who registered the best chance of the game so far just before the 15-minute mark. From a corner sent in by captain Caroline Weir, the Hibs forward saw her shot from close range blocked.
Minutes later, Kirsty Hanson played a delightful pass from the byline, aiming for the feet of McGovern, but it was cleared by the Swiss backline before our No.11 could connect with it.
At the other end, Scotland goalkeeper Lee Gibson was called upon for the first time when she made a routine save to gather Geraldine Reuteler’s strike from outside the box.
A great move from the home side saw Rachel McLauchlan be played clear through down the right flank, before she squared the ball across the face of goal. It would end up being struck by McGovern, who saw her strike from six yards out sail over the bar.
Despite those chances, it would be the away side who took the lead as the half-hour mark approached. A ball was floated in from the right wing by Alisha Lehmann and directed into the back of the net by the head of an awaiting Schertenleib in the box.
After going behind, Scotland continued to find good spaces, particularly with Amy Muir down the left side, but for all our good effort, there was nothing created to trouble Swiss goalkeeper Livia Peng.
That was until the equaliser, and what a finish it was. A superb ball was sent over the top by Weir on her Dunfermline homecoming – and it was perfectly judged by an outstretched McGovern, whose fantastic touch from outside of the area sent it over the top of the Swiss goalkeeper and into the back of the net for 1-1.
And it could have been 2-1 to Scotland only minutes later as a driving forward Cuthbert unleashed a powerful strike from distance, which she saw clip the woodwork.
But it was Switzerland who scored the next goal, making it 2-1 five minutes before half-time. Beney was picked out by Reuteler with a through pass, and the former slotted it into the bottom corner to give the visitors the lead.
We deservedly got our second right on the stroke of half-time, with Weir teeing up McGovern once more. This time, our No.9’s ball from a corner was met by Reuteler at the near post and she knocked it into her own net.
After a goal-filled first half, Scotland threatened first after the break. Cuthbert hit a powerful drive from 20 yards out which was saved by her diving Chelsea team-mate in the Swiss goal.
But it would be Switzerland who would soon go 3-2 up, as Schertenleib’s deflected effort off Nicola Docherty caught Gibson out and dropped into the back of the net to give the visitors the lead for the third time.
Some nice play saw Cuthbert, Muir, and Kirsty Hanson link up well, and it resulted in the latter cutting the ball back at the byline, but her pass could not find the feet of a Scotland team-mate.
Two of those players were at the centre of our next big chance, with Cuthbert finding a pacey Hanson, who then burst forward and released a strike that she would’ve hoped caught Peng off guard, but the visiting goalkeeper managed to get down to make a diving stop, pushing it round the post.
The crowd inside East End Park had their heads in their hands with pure disbelief midway through the second period, as Scotland were somehow denied a third in a double chance. The first saw substitute Kirsty Smith’s header trail on the wrong side of the goal line, before Weir’s effort on the rebound from just a couple of yards out was saved by an alert Peng.
We continued to press for an equaliser, with the next best opportunity falling to Kirsty Maclean, who saw her shot from outside of the box collected by goalkeeper Peng.
A glorious chance was missed by substitute Martha Thomas, before Switzerland went up the other end and netted their fourth, with an unmarked Vallotto beating Gibson with a strike from distance.
In the final 15 minutes, Weir had the ball in the back of the net in her hometown, but it was immediately ruled out by the referee for handball in the build-up.
There was a Scotland debut for defender Georgia Brown in the dying minutes in Fife, as she came on to replace Docherty for her maiden senior appearance.
And as fate would have it, Weir would score on her homecoming appearance, as she pulled a goal back for Scotland in injury time. She picked up Thomas’ pass inside the box and fired it into the bottom corner, which was met by the roar of the East End Park crowd.
Teams
Scotland: Gibson (GK), Docherty (Brown 85’), Muir (Smith 62’), Clark, Maclean (Gregory 85’), Weir (C), Hanson (Howat, 62’), McGovern (Thomas 62’), McLauchlan, Cuthbert, Lawton (Davidson 75’)
Unused Substitutes: MacIver, Cumings, Howard, Kerr, Rodgers, McAulay
Switzerland: Peng (GK), Stierli (Vallotto 46’), Ivelj, Maritz, Reuteler (Kamber 79’), Xhemaili (Csillag 46’), Riesen (Terchoun 70’), Schertenleib (Coumba Sow 90+3’), Walti (C), Beeney, Lehmann (Crnogorcevic 46’)
Unused Substitutes: Fuchs, Bohl, Egli, Wandeler, Calligaris