Scotland vs. Brazil: Scott McKenna, Aaron Hickey, Lewis Ferguson injury update delivered ahead of crunch World Cup match

Steven Naismith has delivered a triple Scotland wounded update up of Wednesday's pivotal World Cup showdown with Brazil.

Having suffered a 1-0 decision to Morocco connected Friday night, the Tartan Army caput into their last Group C fixture with enactment to bash successful bid to warrant a spot successful the past 32.

Although Steve Clarke's broadside could endure decision and inactive suffice for the knockout stages, earning a constituent versus the five-time satellite champions would guarantee that they interruption caller crushed connected the planetary stage.

For varying reasons, Scott McKenna, Aaron Hickey and Lewis Ferguson person been viewed arsenic wounded doubts up of the contention successful Miami.

However, speaking to reporters connected Sunday, adjunct manager Naismith has suggested that the trio could each beryllium successful contention.

Naismith provides Scotland wounded update

McKenna has missed the opening 2 games with a calf injury, Hickey was absent from the Morocco crippled done an contented picked up versus Haiti and Ferguson joined the brace successful missing squad grooming connected Sunday.

Naismith said: "Scott McKenna is good - he'll beryllium backmost tomorrow. Lewis Ferguson has tally the astir successful the tourney I think, he's conscionable taking a rest.

"Aaron Hickey is improving each day, the judgement for his adjacent mates of days volition hap successful tonight's gathering for what the squad looks similar for tomorrow."

Will Clarke marque Scotland changes against Brazil?

Clarke made a full of 3 changes for the Morocco crippled - the Hickey alteration enforced - and much alterations could beryllium made versus Brazil.

The biggest dilemmas for Clarke could beryllium whether to callback Ben Gannon-Doak and Lawrence Shankland, and whether to follow a more-attacking attack than the 4-4-1-1 that was deployed against Morocco.

With Scotland knowing that adjacent a narrow-defeat whitethorn beryllium capable for qualification, Clarke is expected to err connected the broadside of caution.

There is adjacent the anticipation of moving to a backmost five, which whitethorn spot McKenna instrumentality astatine the disbursal of Kieran Tierney.