Sir Alex Ferguson backing Scotland to beat England at Wembley

Scotland face England next month on the back of a disappointing qualifying double header, which saw them take one point from games against Lithuania and Slovakia, following a 5-1 victory in Malta in their opener.

Scotland lost 3-2 on their last visit to Wembley, but twice took the lead in the 2013 friendly, and won 1-0 there in their last competitive visit, going down 2-1 on aggregate in a Euro 2000 play-off.

Ferguson, who was back in his native Glasgow to promote Hampden's status as a Euro 2020 host stadium, said: "I think they have to win it, but that's not a problem. They can win it.

"If you go back to the European Championship a few years ago, they went down there and were very, very unlucky. In the last minute I think it was (Christian) Dailly who had the header that was saved by (David) Seaman. They'll do well Scotland, they will be fine."

Scotland quickly sold out their 13,700 ticket allocation for the November 11 game but Ferguson expects a bigger travelling support.

"Scotland always do well against England," said Ferguson, who managed his country in the 1986 World Cup finals.

"It's always a great incentive, the underdog. And the support will be fantastic, whatever they allocate Scotland it will be treble that. They will find tickets somewhere.

"Remember back in '76 (1977) when they tore down the goalposts and I think the English football president said they were banning Scottish fans forever. Two years later there were only 80,000 of them. So they will not stop the Scotland fans getting in."

Meanwhile, Ferguson believes Glasgow's record of hosting European finals was key to securing 2020 host city status. Hampden will stage three group matches and a last-16 match.

"It's been the home to fantastic finals, I can't think of a bad final," the former Aberdeen and Manchester United manager said.

"It's a great football home and the Glasgow people welcome these kind of events. You see the crowds over the years - 134,000 for Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt, who beat Rangers in the semi-final that year 12-4. And then St Etienne-Bayern Munich was a full house.

"So it's the right venue and a fantastic opportunity for Glasgow to show itself again."