<p class="title">Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser scored his maiden international goal as Alex McLeish's Scotland thrashed 10-man Albania 4-0 in Shkoder on Saturday to close in on promotion from Nations League C.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Scots will secure top spot in Group C1 and a Euro 2020 play-off place if they can beat Israel at Hampden Park on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I had a good feeling about it and I felt if the players brought their performance level to the game then it would be positive and that's how it turned out," Scotland manager McLeish told Sky Sports.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fraser scored an excellent individual goal to give the visitors a 14th-minute lead, latching onto the ball after Ryan Christie won possession, before cutting inside and curling the ball into the far corner to continue his fine form this season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Scotland were handed a man advantage midway through the first half as Mergim Mavraj was sent off for head-butting Christie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">McLeish's men were awarded a penalty shortly before the interval when Stuart Armstrong's free-kick struck an arm in the Albanian wall, and Sheffield Wednesday striker Steven Fletcher stepped up to score for his country for the first time since September 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Scotland made the most of the wide-open spaces available to them in the second half, with Christie sending Celtic winger James Forrest clear to loft in his first international goal 10 minutes after the restart.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fraser turned provider in the 67th minute as his cutback was expertly flicked into the air and volleyed into the corner by Forrest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 27-year-old Forrest has now scored 11 goals in all competitions for club and country this term.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"James has been there or thereabouts in the last couple of years for Scotland," McLeish added. "He's won a lot of caps.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier on Saturday, Kosovo took a big step towards reaching the qualifying play-offs for the Euros with a 5-0 thrashing of Malta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azerbaijan stayed in contention by seeing off the Faroe Islands 2-0 in Baku.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Elsewhere, Sweden kept their hopes of promotion to League A alive as Andreas Granqvist's 71st-minute penalty gave the World Cup quarterfinalists a 1-0 win in Turkey to relegate their opponents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Scandinavians can finish top of Group 2, despite failing to win their first two games, if they beat Russia in Stockholm on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Romania kept the pressure on Serbia at the top of Group C4 with a 3-0 victory over Lithuania, after the Serbians had edged past Montenegro courtesy of goals from Adem Ljajic and Aleksandar Mitrovic.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>Results: League A: Group 3:</strong></span> Italy: 0 drew with Portugal: 0.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>League B: Group 2:</strong></span> Turkey: 0 lt to Sweden: 1.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>League C: Group 1:</strong></span> Albania: 0 lt to Scotland: 4; <span class="bold"><strong>Group 4:</strong></span> Serbia: 2 bt Montenegro: 1l Romania: 3 bt Lithuania: 0.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>League D: Group 3:</strong></span> Azerbaijan: 2 bt Faroe Islands: 0; Malta: 0 lt to Kosovo: 5</p>
<p class="title">Bournemouth winger Ryan Fraser scored his maiden international goal as Alex McLeish's Scotland thrashed 10-man Albania 4-0 in Shkoder on Saturday to close in on promotion from Nations League C.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Scots will secure top spot in Group C1 and a Euro 2020 play-off place if they can beat Israel at Hampden Park on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I had a good feeling about it and I felt if the players brought their performance level to the game then it would be positive and that's how it turned out," Scotland manager McLeish told Sky Sports.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fraser scored an excellent individual goal to give the visitors a 14th-minute lead, latching onto the ball after Ryan Christie won possession, before cutting inside and curling the ball into the far corner to continue his fine form this season.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Scotland were handed a man advantage midway through the first half as Mergim Mavraj was sent off for head-butting Christie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">McLeish's men were awarded a penalty shortly before the interval when Stuart Armstrong's free-kick struck an arm in the Albanian wall, and Sheffield Wednesday striker Steven Fletcher stepped up to score for his country for the first time since September 2016.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Scotland made the most of the wide-open spaces available to them in the second half, with Christie sending Celtic winger James Forrest clear to loft in his first international goal 10 minutes after the restart.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fraser turned provider in the 67th minute as his cutback was expertly flicked into the air and volleyed into the corner by Forrest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 27-year-old Forrest has now scored 11 goals in all competitions for club and country this term.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"James has been there or thereabouts in the last couple of years for Scotland," McLeish added. "He's won a lot of caps.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier on Saturday, Kosovo took a big step towards reaching the qualifying play-offs for the Euros with a 5-0 thrashing of Malta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Azerbaijan stayed in contention by seeing off the Faroe Islands 2-0 in Baku.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Elsewhere, Sweden kept their hopes of promotion to League A alive as Andreas Granqvist's 71st-minute penalty gave the World Cup quarterfinalists a 1-0 win in Turkey to relegate their opponents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Scandinavians can finish top of Group 2, despite failing to win their first two games, if they beat Russia in Stockholm on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Romania kept the pressure on Serbia at the top of Group C4 with a 3-0 victory over Lithuania, after the Serbians had edged past Montenegro courtesy of goals from Adem Ljajic and Aleksandar Mitrovic.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>Results: League A: Group 3:</strong></span> Italy: 0 drew with Portugal: 0.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>League B: Group 2:</strong></span> Turkey: 0 lt to Sweden: 1.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>League C: Group 1:</strong></span> Albania: 0 lt to Scotland: 4; <span class="bold"><strong>Group 4:</strong></span> Serbia: 2 bt Montenegro: 1l Romania: 3 bt Lithuania: 0.</p>.<p class="ListBody"><span class="bold"><strong>League D: Group 3:</strong></span> Azerbaijan: 2 bt Faroe Islands: 0; Malta: 0 lt to Kosovo: 5</p>