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In 144 years of competition, England have never been more dominant in their football rivalry with Scotland as they are now, a Sky Sports study has found.The two nations have met on 112 occasions since 1872, with England winning 47 times and Scotland winning 41 - but England are currently stronger than ever in head-to-heads, winning 12 of the last 17 meetings. England won when the teams last met at Celtic Park in November 2014, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opening the scoring and Wayne Rooneys second-half double securing a 3-1 victory. Wayne Rooney celebrates scoring Englands second goal against Scotland in November 2014 Scotland won the most recent competitive match 1-0, a Euro 2000 play-off dubbed the Battle of Britain in November 1999 - but England progressed to the tournament on aggregate after winning 2-0 in the first leg four days earlier. Don Hutchison celebrates his 39th-minute winner for Scotland during the Euro 2000 play-off second leg Prior to that, Paul Gascoigne scored a memorable goal against Scotland after David Seaman had saved Gary McAllisters penalty at Euro 96 to ensure a 2-0 victory. Paul Gascoigne celebrates his stunning goal against Scotland at Euro 96 Period of Scotland dominationScotland generally had the better of their fixtures with England up to 1939 - apart from brief spells in the late 19th century and early 1900s.In fact, Scotland enjoyed their greatest ever dominance between the teams during the 1880s. However, Scotland have only won 12 out of 49 meetings since 1947. Record games and goalscorersThe all-time top goalscorer from head-to-heads is Steve Bloomer, who played for England between 1895-1907, with eight goals. Familiar names in the top 20 include Englands Geoff Hurst (four), Englands Jimmy Greaves (four), Scotlands Denis Law (three) and Englands Steve Coppell (three).The highest-scoring match between the teams also featured the biggest winning margin, when England won 9-3 at Wembley in the British Championships on April 15, 1961.Scenes from the first ever recorded International football match, which was played between England and Scotland and ended 0-0 on November 30, 1872 in Partick, Glasgow.England currently lead World Cup 2018 Qualifying Group F on seven points, having beaten Slovakia 1-0 during Sam Allardyces only game in charge before defeating Malta 2-0 and drawing 0-0 in Slovenia under interim boss Gareth Southgate.Meanwhile, Scotland kicked off their qualifying campaign with a 5-1 win in Malta, but a 1-1 draw with Lithuania and 3-0 defeat to Slovakia has left them fourth in the table on four points.Also See:Where are England players born?England attack options worryingKyle Garlick Jersey . 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Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2.RALEIGH, N.C. -- It didnt take Omer Yurtseven long to show flashes of the shooting touch and range that made him a big international recruit for North Carolina State.The 7-foot Turkish freshman had nine of his 12 points in the first half Thursday night to highlight the Wolfpacks 97-64 win against Appalachian State, a good first step for a player who had to wait a month to make his college debut due to an NCAA eligibility dispute.I was not nervous, Yurtseven said. I was excited though. The first time when I was going on the court, I was excited.The NCAA had required the five-star freshman to sit out the first nine games and pay $1,000 to charity after reviewing his time playing for a club team overseas. He entered at the 14:57 mark of the first half and played 24 minutes, making 4 of 6 shots and even stepping out to knock down a 3-pointer from the top while drawing loud cheers from fans -- some coined it Yurtmas on social media -- for the home-standing Wolfpack (8-2).It was really fun, Yurtseven said. I really missed being out there.Fellow freshman Dennis Smith Jr. finished with 22 points to lead N.C. State, which scored the first 10 points and led big all night. Maverick Rowan added 13 points in his second game back from a seven-game absence due to a concussion, while N.C. State shot 52 percent.He spaces the floor, Smith said of Yurtseven, he knows how to roll, sets great screens, hes very smart, high IQ, sees the floor pretty well. He just makes the offense a lot better.Ronshad Shabazz scored 14 points for the Mountaineers (3-6), who shot 32 percent after entering the game shooting about 45 percent on the season.We had tremendous opportunities to make shots, shots we usually make, and we just missed them today, Mountaineers coach Jim Fox said. It affected us and when you keep missing and missing wide-open shots, it takes a toll on you and carries on to other parts of the game.BIG PICTUREAppalachian State: The Mountaineers suffered another big loss to a power-conference opponent.dddddddddddd They trailed by as many as 26 before losing 103-94 in the second game at Tennessee, lost by 35 at Duke on Nov. 26 and by 33 against the Wolfpack.N.C. State: Adding Yurtseven meant this was the first game the Wolfpack was at full strength. For coach Mark Gottfried, the focus now is to integrate Yurtseven into the rotation and get him adjusted to American basketball while simultaneously bringing along a young rotation that hasnt played much together -- one he hopes will have a very different look come February.Weve got a little more depth now, Gottfried said, which is nice.HANDS OFFYurtseven had foul trouble during two exhibition games, including when he fouled out in just 11 minutes against Division II Barton. He had four fouls Thursday but managed to avoid major trouble in what will be a big part of his adjustment to the American college game.You just have to watch the referees, Yurtseven said. They talk to you, so they tell you what youve got to do, what you shouldnt do.GOTTFRIEDS TAKELike Smith, Gottfried sees plenty of potential for Yurtseven to make an impact with his shooting and passing touch.When the balls in his hands, especially in the high post, hes really effective, the coach said. And (the players) know that. Again, I think the more he plays with our guys, the more they play and just get comfortable, hes going to find ways to score within our offense.But I do think our guys are excited about playing with him because hes such a good passer. I think that does a lot for our team.UP NEXTAppalachian State: The Mountaineers host James Madison on Saturday.N.C. State: N.C. State is home Sunday against Fairfield.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap---More AP college basketball at http://collegebasketball.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '