We owe all of Scotland a big effort against England, says Stuart McInally

Scotland’s captain, Stuart McInally, has accepted his side have under-performed in the Six Nations as they attempt to salvage their campaign with a first win at Twickenham in 36 years.

After confidently overcoming Italy in their opening match at Murrayfield, Scotland have flattered to deceive again and defeats at home to Ireland and Wales – either side of a loss away to France – leave Gregor Townsend’s side facing a fifth-place finish.

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Injuries have compounded Townsend’s problems with Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Blair Kinghorn, Ryan Wilson and Huw Jones among those absent. Add in the possibility England may be able to clinch the title with victory on Saturday – and that Eddie Jones has not forgotten his side’s defeat at Murrayfield 12 months ago – and Scotland are rank outsiders to end their miserable run at Twickenham.

“We are due ourselves and the whole of Scotland a strong performance,” said McInally. “We are going to come down here and fight for everything. We will see if that is good enough. I agree we have under-performed and we are desperate to put a good performance in to close this Six Nations.”

England v Scotland: teams

England: Elliot Daly; Jack Nowell, Henry Slade, Manu Tuilagi; Jonny May; Owen Farrell (c), Ben Youngs; Ben Moon, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler, Joe Launchbury, George Kruis, Mark Wilson, Tom Curry, Billy Vunipola.

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge, Dan Cole, Brad Shields, Nathan Hughes, Ben Spencer, George Ford, Ben Te’o.

Scotland: Sean Maitland; Darcy Graham, Nick Grigg, Sam Johnson,Byron McGuigan; Finn Russell, Ali Price; Allan Dell, Stuart McInally, WP Nel, Ben Toolis, Grant Gilchrist, Sam Skinner, Hamish Watson, Magnus Bradbury.

Replacements: Fraser Brown, Gordon Reid, Simon Berghan, Jonny Gray, Josh Strauss, Greig Laidlaw, Adam Hastings, Chris Harris.

England have made scoring early tries a habit during their campaign, especially at Twickenham where Jonny May crossed after 65 seconds against France while Jamie George dotted down after eight minutes against Italy last week.

McInally added: “The best way to start well is through our defence. We are expecting them to run with the ball and run a lot. We expect to tackle and defend a lot. That is a good way for us to assert ourselves. Starting well is mainly around defence. You tend to know straight away if you are there or not. In terms of the mindset and how physical you are on the day.”