Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the critical World Cup qualifier between Slovenia and Scotland. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 5pm.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Slovenia 1 (53 mins - Roman Bezjak) Scotland 1. Well, there's the equaliser and Scotland are going to have to do this the hard way. Bezjak got in behind the Scotland defence from a freekick and headed past Gordon into the far corner.

It looks like Scotland might be about to make a change here. Anya is getting ready to come on. Who will come off for the away side? Is th injury to Griffiths more serious than we thought?

GORDON MAKES THE SAVE! Perhaps for the first time this evening, Gordon is called into action. Rotman took the shot on about 20 yards out, but the goalkeeper was equal to it.

It's difficult to stress just how big a half this is for Scotland. They are 40 minutes away from making the play-offs for a major tournament for the first time since the early 2000s.

And there's the second change for the hosts...

CORRECTION: Slovenia actually made two changes at the half time interval. Apologies, didn't spot that at first.

It will be interesting to see how Scotland play this half. Do they do what they were doing in the first half, or will they try to take more control of possession in an attempt to see this out?

No changes for either side, and that's significant for Scotland because Griffiths was struggling with an injury at the end of the first half. The Celtic striker is back out on the pitch, though.

The second half is under way! Scotland have a 1-0 lead over Slovenia.

What did you make of the first half? Has Strachan got his tactics right? Should Forrest be introduced to give them another outlet on the counter attack? Tweet me your thoughts!

HALF TIME: Slovenia 0-1 Scotland. It was a tense start for Scotland, but they grew into the first half and took the lead through Griffiths. This will do for Strachan's men. This is all they need.

GRIFFITHS INJURY! This could be a real issue for Scotland. Griffiths appears to have picked up an injury and is hobbling over to the touchline to receive some treatment. Calf?

This has been a different sort of performance from Scotland so far. They haven't seen all that much of the ball, but they have been quite happy just to sit back and hit out on the counter.

That goal came at an interesting time for Scotland. The Dark Blues (who are playing in pink this evening) were struggling for momentum. But now they have something to protect.

There was a goal in the other game at pretty much the same time as Griffiths' goal. Nemec has scored for Slovakia to give them a 1-0 lead over Malta. Keeps the pressure on.

So as things stand, with the scorelines in the two games as they are, Scotland would be guaranteed a place in the play-offs. But there's still a long, long way to go here. Plenty of football to be played.

What technique from Griffiths in scoring that goal. He let the ball drop over his shoulder and then struck it first time into the far corner. He made it look so easy, but it wasn't in the slightest.