Overview
- Scotland host Greece on Thursday and Belarus on Sunday at Hampden after taking four points from their opening two Group C games.
- Assistant coach Steven Naismith says the squad is targeting maximum points this month to keep qualification in their own hands.
- Goalkeeper readiness is a concern, with recalled Craig Gordon yet to play this season, Angus Gunn still awaiting a Nottingham Forest debut, and Liam Kelly limited for Rangers.
- March’s 3-0 Nations League loss to Greece at Hampden lingers as a warning, although Greece also lost 3-0 to Denmark in September after thrashing Belarus 5-1.
- Steve Clarke will equal Craig Brown’s record of 71 matches in charge against Greece and is set to surpass it versus Belarus, with World Cup progress central to his legacy.