Scotland World Cup news: Scott McTominay misses training ahead of Haiti opener

Scotland person been dealt a fittingness interest up of their World Cup opener with Haiti aft Scott McTominay was forced to miss training.

The Tartan Army are successful bully spirits up of Saturday night's showdown successful Foxborough arsenic they bid to marque a winning commencement to their archetypal World Cup run since 1998.

With Brazil and Morocco successful Group C, determination is an statement that the crippled with Haiti could beryllium pivotal with regards to qualification for the knockout stage.

McTominay - the prima subordinate successful the squad - is expected to enactment up successful cardinal midfield, the Napoli prima trusted to instrumentality complaint from the motor country and supply a extremity threat.

However, the 70-cap planetary was incapable to instrumentality portion successful grooming connected Thursday owed to an upset stomach.

Could Scotland prima McTominay miss Haiti match?

Speaking astatine a property conference, teammate Kenny McLean hinted that determination was uncertainty implicit the origin of McTominay's issue.

He told reporters: "Mine is alright thankfully. Hopefully that doesn't spread.

"Fingers crossed Scott volition beryllium fine. I'm definite helium volition be"

At this constituent successful time, the anticipation is that McTominay volition instrumentality his spot successful Steve Clarke's starting lineup, but the Scotland brag indispensable hold to spot if immoderate different players endure the aforesaid symptoms.

Scott McKenna, a imaginable starter successful the centre of defence, was besides missing from grooming owed to a insignificant knock.

How would Clarke grip McTominay absence?

While John McGinn is favourite to beryllium recalled to the squad regardless, the lack of McTominay whitethorn pb to the Aston Villa subordinate featuring connected the near flank and Ryan Christie moving inside.

Clarke indispensable determine whether to instrumentality with the 4-4-2 enactment that worked truthful efficaciously against Curacao and Bolivia, oregon revert to 4-2-3-1 and driblet 1 of his frontline strikers.