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Steve Clarke starts with just one Celt plus loan bhoy Jack Hendry

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Ryan Christie is the only Celtic player in the Scotland side to face Austria at Hampden tonight in the opening World Cup qualifier for Qatar 2022.

There are five former Celtic players in the team with Jack Hendry coming into the side after impressing on loan at Belgian side Oostende.

Callum McGregor has dropped onto the bench with Stuart Armstrong and Scott McTominay forming the midfield alongside John McGinn.

Since the penalty shoot-out win over Serbia Scotland have lost 1-0 away to Slovakia and Israel in the Nations League.

After tonight’s match Scotland travel to Israel on Sunday followed next Wednesday by a home match against the Faroe Isles. Only the group winners go through automatically to the finals with Denmark the top seeds in the group

SCOTLAND: Marshall; Hanley, Hendry, Tierney; O’Donnell, McGinn, McTomney, Armstrong, Robertson; Dykes, Christie

SUBS: Gordon, McLaughlin, Fleck, McGregor, Gallagher, McKenna, Fraser, Nisbet, Adams, McBurnie, Palmer, McLean.

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