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Kenny Miller headed the home side in to the lead after only three minutes and Lee McCulloch grabbed a second soon after with a wonderful curling shot from 16 yards.

Ukraine skipper Andriy Shevchenko pulled a goal back after 24 minutes to give the visitors hope but James McFadden's drive on 67 minutes gave the Scots three valuable points ahead of Wednesday's penultimate qualifier in Georgia.

The result also ended Oleg Blokhin's faint hopes of guiding Ukraine to Austria and Switzerland. Scotland succumbed to a 2-0 defeat on a dark and dreary night in Kiev 12 months ago but this time around optimism radiated from the 51,336 crowd.

A hamstring injury meant Miller had celebrated the now famous win over France in a pub in Birmingham surrounded by jubilant members of the Tartan Army. This time, he made sure he was in the thick of the action and broke the deadlock early on.

McFadden whipped a tantalising ball into the box from the right flank and Miller did well to squeeze between two yellow shirts and nod home from inside the six-yard box with just three minutes gone.

Scotland doubled their advantage in the 10th minute. A free-kick was played short between Barry Ferguson and McFadden before skipper Ferguson hooked the ball into the path of Rangers club-mate McCulloch, who was on the left edge of the penalty area.

The former Wigan man left goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskiy flapping as he sent a delicious curling right-footed shot into the far top corner.

Shevchenko then pulled a goal back for Ukraine in the 24th minute. Andrei Nesmachniy caused havoc by punting into the Scotland box, Andriy Vorobei flicked on to Shevchenko and the Chelsea man gratefully rifled into the roof of the net.

McFadden once again sealed a memorable win for the Scots when he slotted his side's third after 68 minutes. Alan Hutton was the provider with a cross from the right to the feet of the Everton striker who lashed home from just inside the area with 22 minutes remaining.