Lewis Ferguson believes Scotland’s Greek tragedy in March forewarns them for the visit of Ivan Jovanovic’s side in next month’s 2026 World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park .

After bringing back a 1-0 win from Piraeus in the first leg of their Nations League play-off, the Scots were comfortably beaten 3-0 in Mount Florida to relegate Steve Clarke’s side from League A.

Scotland and Greece were drawn in Group C for the World Cup qualifiers and after beating Belarus 2-0 in Hungary on Monday night, the Scots have four points from their opening two qualifiers ahead of the October visits of Greece and Belarus.

Bologna captain and former Aberdeen midfielder Ferguson is confident that lessons had been learned, and the 26-year-old said: “We’ve played them away and at home, so we’ve seen

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