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Shaun Maloney and Steven Whittaker join up with Scotland

Scotland's Shaun Maloney (centre) celebrates scoring his side's first goal
Image: Shaun Maloney (2nd left) will be in the running to face the Danes

Shaun Maloney and Steven Whittaker will join up with the Scotland squad for Tuesday's match against Denmark.

Goalkeeper Scott Bain and defender Paul Caddis are also staying with the group for Tuesday's Sky Live friendly after Thursday's win over Czech Republic. 

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Cardiff's David Marshall has withdrawn with pneumonia while Marseille's on loan striker Steven Fletcher, who missed out in Prague through illness, is expected to meet up with squad and may yet feature against the Danes.

Gordon Strachan is preparing his side for the World Cup qualifiers against England, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta as the Scots bid to reach the 2018 finals in Russia; should they do so, it would be their first major finals appearance since 1998.

Marseille striker Steven Fletcher
Image: Marseille striker Steven Fletcher is also back in the reckoning

Strachan included 10 uncapped players in his two pools for these two games, with fixtures away to Italy and France on 29 May and 4 June, respectively, to come.

Coach Stuart McCall was encouraged by the win over the Czechs saying: "It was nice to get a clean sheet and to go to the Czech Republic and win 1-0 is terrific. There were some bright individual performances, Allan McGregor was outstanding on the night.

Allan McGregor was helpless as Borek Dockal's free-kick came back off the crossbar
Image: Allan McGregor was in good form in Prague on Thursday night

"Ross McCormack showed he can play up there on his own if need be and Matt Phillips, when he came on, is a bit different to what we have, a lot of strength and pace.

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"But all in all there were a lot of good things came out of it. Other things that we have looked at already, things that we need to improve on, which we will be able to show the second group."

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