Scotland captain faces 102nd cap and potential suspension

Scotland captain Andy Robertson will earn his 102nd international appearance on Friday against North Macedonia. The match offers the Tottenham Hotspur defender a chance to break Kenny Dalglish's all-time appearance record for the national team.

Robertson is one of three players currently one yellow card away from suspension. A booking at Hampden Park would prevent him from playing in Monday's Nations League Group B1 finale in St Gallen. John McGinn of Aston Villa and Oli McBurnie of Hull City face the same disciplinary risk.

Scotland must likely win the Switzerland match to keep its promotion play-off hopes alive. The squad enters the North Macedonia fixture with several defensive absences. Stephen Welsh of Swansea City and Scott McKenna of Dinamo Zagreb are already out due to injury.

Luis Binks of Brondby became the latest withdrawal on Wednesday. David Bates from Amedspor received a late call-up to replace him. Ryan Porteous of Los Angeles had already been added to the group. Ryan Christie recovered from a knock suffered against Bournemouth.

Kieran Tierney, Scott McTominay, and Che Adams returned to the squad for their first appearance since the start of the Nations League group stage. On the opposition side, Marko Gjorgjievski of Shkendija may make his debut for North Macedonia.

Head coach Goce Sedloski omitted Bojan Miovski from the squad because he has not played regularly for Rangers. Darko Curlinov, Stefan Despotovski, Imran Fetai, and Nikola Serafimov all returned to the North Macedonia lineup. Andrej Stojchevski missed the selection due to injury.