England vs Scotland football rivalry: Head to head record, results between Tartan Army and Three Lions

Scotland host England in an international friendly on Tuesday night — although there's usually very little that's 'friendly' when these two nations meet.

The Scots are hosting the 'Auld Enemy' at Hampden Park in a game to mark the 150th anniversary of the two teams' first ever match — a game at the West of Scotland Cricket Club in 1872, when 4,000 fans were in attendance.

Since then, the two nations credited as the creators of association football have been bona fide rivals on and off the pitch, with Scotland often in England's shadow especially in more recent days.

However, given Steve Clarke's side are in fine form in Euro 2024 qualifying, they might well fancy themselves as favourites to defeat the Three Lions in front of their home fans.

The Sporting News details the history of the rivalry, and who has the edge on the head-to-head record, ahead of the latest meeting between international football's two oldest foes.

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Geographical proximity, and the general rivalry between England and Scotland in historical and societal terms, is the primary reason why the football teams are also old foes.

But the pair are also rivals because of that 1872 match, which is considered the first (and therefore oldest) international match of all time.

There was also debate, around that time in the late 19th century when football became professionalised, as to which nation truly 'invented' the sport, with the rules set out by the FA in England in 1863 but many Scottish teams credited with the invention of things like passing, formations and aspects of the game that are still used today. The FA received many 'challenges' to its rules by newspapers and clubs from Scotland.

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