While the analysts compile clips and graphics intended to clarify the challenge presented by England, one of the players likely to feature in that body of work is pretty certain that Scotland will have another - less official - video spy digging through footage.
Tyrone Mings knows Aston Villa team-mate John McGinn well enough not to be surprised to find the midfielder trawling through social media for those behind-the-scenes training clips being promoted by the FA.
Mings said: ‘Will John be spying on us this week? Absolutely. There won’t be a video that England have put out that John wouldn’t have watched.