Scotland vs Switzerland - Euro 2024: Live score, team news and updates as Steve Clarke's side aim to bounce back from their opening-day 5-1 trouncing while the Swiss look to join hosts Germany in the knockout stages

Lovely evening in Cologne. After the torrential downpours yesterday, this has felt much more like a summer tournament.

Both sets of fans in great spirits. Our trip up to the ground was filled with Scotland and Switzerland supporters trying to outsing the other. 'You can stick your Toblerone up your a**' was one that got a few laughs all round.

There may be more Scotland fans in town but it's pretty much 50/50 inside the ground and makes for a wonderful sight with a sea of Scottish blue to our left and Swiss red to our right.

The RheinEnergieStadion has transformed into a cauldron of noise as the players step out onto the pitch for the national anthems!

It's the Swiss anthem to go first as fans around the stadium belt out the anthem!

Cologne had been forced to cancel several events in the Euro 2024 fanzone ahead of tonight's match.

Hundreds of Scotland supporters made their way to the city ahead of the match but amid severe weather warnings, several fanzones had been closed for nearly an entire day.

The weather is looking bright and sunny this evening ahead of tonight's match!

Scottish fans look happy and hopeful before their team's match kicks off against Switzerland.

Scotland supporters have been waving their country's flag and are dressed up in traditional Scottish attire for the game.

Manchester City’s Manuel Akanji is one of two Swiss with first-hand knowledge of Scotland’s main men.

‘Of course, I know and have played against a lot of the Scottish players in the Premier League,’ said the defender.

‘John McGinn has had a really good season at Aston Villa. He’s powerful on the ball but also works so hard against it as well.

‘Scott McTominay has had a very good season at Manchester United too and everyone knows Andy Robertson, he’s been there for so many years on the wing for Liverpool. So we know Scotland has many excellent players.’

Speaking to the BBC, Steve Clarke was optimistic that his team would come out firing during this evening's clash.

A niche reason for Scottish optimism. The legendary Cologne FC anthem rung at this stadium takes the tune of the Bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond’ as its tune – because the lyricist liked it...

The atmosphere is building quickly at the RheinEnergieStadion!

Both Scotland and Switzerland are out on the pitch warming up ahead of this Group A clash.

A win would throw Scotland back on level terms with Switzerland, second in Group A, while a win for the Swiss would see them go level with Germany at the top of the group.

It's all to play for tonight!

Our man on the ground Ian Herbert took this shot nearly six hours ago!

No huge surprises in Steve Clarke's Scotland starting eleven. Norwich defender Grant Hanley comes in for the suspended Ryan Porteous. Brighton's Billy Gilmour replaces Ryan Christie as Clarke looks to secure more control in midfield.

Switzerland make one change, with Xherdan Shaqiri coming in for Kwadwo Udah, the unlikely goal hero in an impressive 3-1 win over Hungary.

Scotland's last win in a major tournament group game was 26 years ago... against Switzerland. The goalscorer that night, Ally McCoist, is here on ITV commentary duties.

Hard to believe that any other nation could challenge the size of the Tartan Army, but there’s a huge red sea of Swiss fans in the stadium, 45 minutes out from kick-off, and they’ve been a huge presence in Cologne all day.

The Scots are making most noise though. ‘No Scotland, no party,’ they’re singing – desperate for at least a draw to keep their tournament alive.

Germany have secured a place in the last 16 of the Euros with a 2-0 win over Hungary.

Goals in either half from Jamal Musiala and Ilkay Gundogan were the rewards for another convincing performance following their 5-1 demolition of Scotland.

Their dominant display sees them stay top of Group A on six points after two games.

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No huge surprises in Steve Clarke's Scotland starting XI. Norwich defenderGrant Hanley comes in for the suspended Ryan Porteous. Brighton's Billy Gilmour replaces Ryan Christie as Clarke looks to secure more control in midfield.

Switzerland make one change, with Xherdan Shaqiri coming in for Kwadwo Udah, the unlikely goal hero in an impressive 3-1 win over Hungary.

Scotland's last win in a major tournament group game was 26 years ago....against Switzerland. The goalscorer that night, Ally McCoist, is here on ITV commentary duties.

There's just over 10 minutes to play in that game with Germany currently 2-0 up.

That would see the host nation qualify for the knockout stages as it stands.

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After making a major impact at Euro 2020, Switzerland will be determined to go even further on this occasion.

Being placed in the same group as hosts Germany won't make matters easy for Switzerland this time around, but they will be hopeful that they can finish above Scotland and Hungary.

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Scotland are in danger of making this major tournament malarky a regular occurrence after Steve Clarke's men breezed to qualification for Euro 2024.

Having gone more than two decades without an appearance at either at European Championship or World Cup, the boys in blue recorded back-to-back Euros qualifications courtesy of an eye-catching campaign that included big wins against Spain and Norway.

This time out the target will be a little bit of history, with Scotland having never made the knockout stages of any tournament.

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And welcome to Mail Sport's live blog for Scotland's second group game with Switzerland!

Scotland will be desperate to bounce back from that humiliating 5-1 defeat by Germany on the opening day of the tournament but they face no slouches in the Swiss.

Should Steve Clarke's men tasted defeat again, their hopes of qualifying for the knockouts will be all but over.

Kick-off for this Group A encounter will kick off at 8pm but we'll take you through all the build up until then so stay tuned.