Scotland assistant manager Mark McGhee believes a win over England in Saturday's World Cup qualifier would be a notable result in the national team's history.

England head into the game at Hampden on course for automatic qualification for Russia 2018 while Scotland are fighting to keep momentum after a win over Slovenia reignited hopes of reaching a major finals for the first time since 1998.

McGhee, who scored against England at the national stadium in 1984, said a victory would stand comparison with the most memorable moments for fans.

"I think it would be as important as any," McGhee said. "There would be other games, Cardiff and all these places where we had magnificent results. But I think it would be up there.

"I hear people say the present England are not a great team. They are a good team and they have great players, and one of these days they are going to be a great team, and we have to guard against it not being Saturday.

"It's a big, big challenge for us but if we could achieve the right result it would be up there with those sort of performances."

The match will be the latest in a 145-year rivalry that is the oldest in international football.

McGhee said he did not think the significance of the fixture had diminished over the years and was felt as strongly by England players as their Scottish counterparts.

"I don't think it's changed," he said. "I know a lot of English players - not all of the ones that are playing on Saturday, of course, but I know a lot of English players - and their attitude isn't really any different player from the Scottish players.

"It's a big game for both nations, that rivalry is still there. We feel it in the camp, the way the boys talk about it.

"A lot of them are going back to clubs where they are facing their English colleagues and don't want to go back with anything but a victory. I don't think it has changed since my day. I still feel it's very important to us all."