Gordon Strachan will be without the services of Matt Phillips for Scotland’s friendly against the USA as the QPR winger is injured.
The 22-year-old is the fourth midfielder to drop out of the squad following the withdrawals of James Forrest, Chris Burke and James Morrison.
Leeds United striker Ross McCormack, who scored all four of his team’s goals in Saturday’s 4-2 victory at Charlton Athletic, has been added to the squad following the withdrawal of Blackburn Rovers forward Jordan Rhodes, who picked up an ankle sprain in training.
It’s a really interesting fixture for us.
Mark McGhee
Earlier in the week, Strachan added Dundee United winger Gary Mackay-Steven and Brighton midfielder Craig Conway to his squad because of the absence of Forrest, Burke and Morrison.
Hull City goalkeeper Allan McGregor and Wigan Athletic midfielder Shaun Maloney are also injured while Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher is still unavailable. Scotland can be backed at 7/1 to beat the USA 1-0 with Robert Snodgrass available at 11/1 to open the scoring.
Assistant manager Mark McGhee said of the friendly: “It’s a really interesting fixture for us. They have, I think, a different mentality from European teams. We can look at them and see things that will maybe benefit us, that we can learn a little bit from.
“I’m quite excited about this game, even though it’s a friendly. I do expect them to be a better than decent team and opposition.”
Scotland squad: Scott Fox, Matt Gilks, David Marshall, Christophe Berra, Gordon Greer, Grant Hanley, Alan Hutton, Russell Martin, Charlie Mulgrew, Lee Wallace, Steven Whittaker, Charlie Adam, Ikechi Anya, Barry Bannan, Scott Brown, Craig Bryson, Craig Conway, Gary Mackay-Steven, James McArthur, Robert Snodgrass, Steven Fletcher, Steven Naismith, Ross McCormack.
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