SAINTS’ flying Scot Stuart Armstrong insists “the whole country” will be behind Scotland when they face off against bitter rivals England and added: “We need to produce a performance to match.”

Steve Clarke’s side are set to make the trip south of the border to Wembley tomorrow (8pm), having lost their Euro 2020 opener 2-0 against the Czech Republic at Hampden Park earlier this week.

Armstrong played 67 minutes of the Tartan Army’s first Group D contest and will hope to keep his place in midfield when they take on England for the first time since 2017.

Former Celtic and Dundee United man Armstrong played 90 minutes that day four years ago, as the sides battled to a pulsating 2-2 draw.

And the 29-year-old knows what a momentous occasion it will be when the nations collide once again in a major tournament.

Armstrong told the BBC: “We try to focus on game by game, so now the first one is out the way, we can now look forward to what is a very big occasion.

“The whole country will be behind us and we need to produce a performance to match.”

Scotland face England and Croatia in their remaining group fixtures, with six points and qualification to the knockout stages of the tournament still up for grabs.

It is the first time the Scots have reached a major finals since 1998.

Armstrong added: “There were some positive moments (against Czech Republic), we just need to carry that through into Friday – a clean slate and it’s a big one.

“I think we’ve got now two chances to produce a good performance and get something from them.

“It’s about analysing what went wrong but not dwelling on it and moving forward quickly, because the days go quick and the games come up quick as well.”