Overview

• Kick-off is 7:45pm BST on Friday at Parken Stadium, with live coverage on BBC Two, BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer.
• Scotland begin their bid to reach a first World Cup since 1998 in Group C, which also includes Greece and Belarus.
• Denmark’s home form underlines their status as favourites, with 25 wins in their last 28 home games and 18 clean sheets in that run.
• Predicted XIs across outlets point to Hojlund leading Denmark’s line, with regular picks including Schmeichel, Kristensen, Andersen, Vestergaard and Dorgu, while Scotland selections commonly feature Gunn, Hickey or Souttar, McKenna, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, McTominay, McGinn and Adams.
• Team news notes include reports of Scotland injury withdrawals for Tony Ralston and Kieran Tierney, while bookmakers price Denmark odds-on to win (around 4/7) with Scotland at roughly 5/1.