Scotland v Japan LIVE: Team news as hosts face tough pre-World Cup friendly at Hampden – UK Times

Scotland resume their preparations for this summer’s World Cup – and play their first game since qualifying for the tournament – as they host Japan at Hampden in the first of two friendlies this week.

Now Clarke will oversee his final camp before naming his final World Cup squad, with Scotland arranging games against Japan at Hampden and the Ivory Coast at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday.

Scotland have stuck with a settled squad as the countdown to that crucial opening game against Haiti on 14 June begins.

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live blog coverage of Scotland’s friendly against Japan this evening.

Steve Clarke’s side play their first game since dramatically sealing World Cup qualification against Denmark in November, and this friendly comes against a talented Japanese side that includes the likes of Take Kubo, Ao Tanaka, Daizen Maeda and Karou Mitoma.

This means it will be a suitable test as Scotland begin to intensify their preparations for the World Cup, and we’ll have all the latest build-up, teams news and updates from Hampden right here.