Key events
Scotland make five changes to the team sent out to beat Denmark last November. Angus Gunn, Nathan Patterson, Jack Hendry, Tommy Conway and halfway-line hero Kenny McLean take the places of John Souttar and Ryan Christie, who are on the bench, and the missing Craig Gordon, Aaron Hickey and Ben Gannon-Doak. Middlesbrough forward Conway returns to the team after missing the entire qualification campaign. The promising 19-year-old striker Findlay Curtis, on loan at Kilmarnock from Rangers, hopes to make his debut.
The teams
Scotland: Gunn, Robertson, Hendry, McKenna, Patterson, McTominay, Ferguson, McLean, McGinn, Dykes, Conway.
Japan: to come
Preamble
Four months ago, this happened …
… and now Scotland are coming down the road. A 28-year World Cup thirst will be slaked in three months’ time, and the prep starts now. Kick-off is at 5pm GMT. It’s on!
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