Ralston & Tierney Miss Scotland Double Header

World Cup qualifying: Denmark v Scotland

Venue: Parken, Copenhagen Date: Friday, 5 September Kick-off: 19:45 BST

Coverage: Watch unrecorded connected BBC Scotland, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport website & app, matter updates connected BBC Sport website & app, perceive connected BBC Radio Scotland & Sounds

Anthony Ralston and Kieran Tierney person withdrawn from nan Scotland squad for nan opening World Cup qualifiers distant to Denmark and Belarus, pinch Josh Doig called up arsenic cover.

Both Celtic defenders played for Brendan Rodgers' broadside successful Sunday's 0-0 tie astatine Rangers, but Ralston, 26, appeared to suffer a sound successful nan Champions League play-off conclusion by Kairat Almaty 4 days earlier that.

He started some legs of Scotland's Nations League play-off conclusion by Greece successful March and won his 21st headdress successful nan 4-0 friends triumph against Liechtenstein successful June.

Max Johnston and Aaron Hickey are nan remaining right-back options for caput coach Steve Clarke, pinch Sassuolo's Doig boosting options astatine left-back.

Brentford's Hickey, 23, is fresh again aft near-two twelvemonth absence pursuing awesome hamstring problems.

When announcing nan squad past week, Clarke said of Hickey: "He's bully to go. Whether he's bully to spell 90 minutes complete 2 games is simply a different conversation. We'll negociate him."

Liverpool left-back and Scotland skipper Andy Robertson has flitted betwixt his earthy position and near wing-back for nan nationalist squad successful caller years while Doig whitethorn adhd to his solitary elder cap.

Scotland footwear disconnected their run successful Copenhagen connected Friday earlier travelling to Hungary to look Belarus connected Monday, pinch some games to beryllium shown unrecorded crossed nan BBC.