All you need to know about Scotland's June friendlies

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Scotland big Iceland connected Friday earlier travelling to Liechtenstein connected Monday to adjacent retired their play pinch 2 friends matches.

With Steve Clarke's broadside not starting their World Cup qualifying run until September, these games are portion of their preparations earlier a tilt astatine reaching nan expansive show successful nan United States, Canada, and Mexico adjacent year.

Here is everything you request to cognize astir nan double header.

Who is successful nan Scotland squad?

Clarke named 7 uncapped players successful his squad for these 2 matches, and truthful acold cipher has pulled out.

Goalkeepers: Gunn (unattached), McCrorie (Kilmarnock), Slicker (Ipswich Town)

Defenders: Doig (Sassuolo), Hanley (Birmingham City), Hendry (Al-Etiffaq), Johnston (Sturm Graz), Scott McKenna (Las Palmas), Patterson (Everton), Ralston (Celtic), Robertson (Liverpool), Souttar (Rangers), Tierney (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Barron (Rangers), Ferguson (Bologna), Gilmour (Napoli), Irving (West Ham United), McGinn (Aston Villa), McTominay (Napoli), Miller (Motherwell)

Forwards: Adams (Torino), Bowie (Hibernian), Conway (Middlesbrough), Wilson (Heart of Midlothian), Hirst (Ipswich Town)

Do nan Scotland friendlies matter?

What a daft mobility - each Scotland crippled matters.

As good arsenic world ranking points connected offer, Scotland will beryllium favourites to triumph some matches and that intends location is expectation.

With World Cup qualifying starting successful nan autumn, Clarke and his broadside request to get successful nan champion imaginable shape.

That intends 2 victories are important, moreover successful friends matches. It is besides an opportunity for immoderate uncapped players to impress.

How bully are Iceland & Liechtenstein?

Almost inevitably for a mini nation, Iceland person fallen from nan heady heights of Euro 2016, erstwhile they reached nan quarter-finals successful their first awesome tournament, and nan 2018 World Cup.

Now down astatine 74th successful nan world rankings, they vanished 3rd successful their Nations League B conception down Wales and Turkey, but successful beforehand of Montenegro, who they registered their 2 wins against.

And though they still person plentifulness of players representing large clubs astir Europe, prima striker Orri Oskarsson will not beryllium playing.

The 20-year-old missed nan extremity of Real Sociedad's play and is not successful nan squad.

As for Liechtenstein, their existent fortunes are bleak.

At 205th successful nan world, only 5 teams are classed beneath them and 1 of them, San Marino, hit them doubly successful nan caller Nations League D campaign.

The 3-1 conclusion successful Vaduz was nan first distant triumph successful San Marino's history.

It was besides nan first clip they scored much than erstwhile successful a competitory crippled and nan first clip they had scored 3 goals successful immoderate match.

Despite besides being a mini nation, nary of those are things Liechtenstein will beryllium proud of.

Anything little than a comfortable triumph would beryllium unthinkable for Scotland.

How tin I watch nan Scotland matches?

The BBC is nan only spot to travel Scotland crossed TV, radio, and online.

All of nan sum is accessible connected nan BBC Sport app and website, including nan unrecorded TV action which gets nether measurement astatine 19:30 BST from Hampden connected Friday for nan Iceland match, which is simply a 19:45 kick-off.

Injured Scotland striker Lyndon Dykes is portion of nan sum on pinch James McFadden connected BBC One Scotland and iPlayer.

On Monday, nan Liechtenstein lucifer is simply a 17:00 BST footwear disconnected pinch sum connected BBC Scotland and iPlayer from 16:30, pinch Dykes and erstwhile Scotland skipper Scott Brown arsenic pundits.

Sportsound will besides person unrecorded commentary connected BBC Radio Scotland Extra and BBC Sounds and location will beryllium unrecorded matter coverage, arsenic good arsenic clips and highlights connected nan BBC Sport website and app.

When do Scotland commencement World Cup qualifying?

For immoderate teams, qualification has already started. Five-nation groups person already played 2 games successful their campaign.

But pinch Scotland only successful a four-team conception pinch Denmark, Greece and Belarus their opening crippled is not until September.

First up is simply a travel to Denmark connected 5 September earlier different distant crippled against Belarus follows 3 days later.

In October Scotland big Greece and Belarus astatine Hampden, earlier ending pinch nan Greeks distant and Denmark astatine Hampden successful November.