Lawrence Shankland is so close to his first Scotland goal.

The striker is found by a low James Forrest cross, but goalkeeper Aldo Junior Simoncini somehow manages to block it over the crossbar.

James Forrest weaves into the penalty box and wins Scotland's third corner.

Scott McTominay rises above the visiting defence, but the Manchester United midfielder's header is woefully wide from six yards.

A Callum McGregor shot flies towards goal but is deflected for another corner.

Scotland win their first corner already. This will probably be the direction of traffic throughout.

Scotland get the game under way in their traditional dark blue jerseys, with San Marino in their change outfit of white shirts and maroon shorts.

Scotland have never lost five successive matches in their history.

Surely that is not going to happen tonight.

Willie Miller
Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland

Alasdair Lamont
BBC Sport Scotland at Hampden

As anticipated, Hampden is eerily quiet until the anthems as kick-off approaches.

Rarely has the national team been at a lower ebb and I cannot recall a time greater apathy existed among the dwindling Tartan Army.

The players owe it to the loyal fans who have turned out to put in a really positive performance.

One of the San Marino players is holding an "equal game" Uefa logo as the national anthems are played.

Scotland will be hoping that is not an omen!

Here come the teams, making their way out of the tunnel into a wet and sparsely populated Hampden Park.

Neil McCann
Former Scotland winger on BBC Sportsound

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke: "We're just looking to get over the disappointment of the other night.

"What's gone is gone, we have to learn from it. I think in adversity you always learn more about people sometimes than when things are positive.

"So we have to learn those lessons, stick together as a group and we have to turn the corner. And what better way to turn the corner than this game."

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Willie Miller
Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland

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Former Scotland striker on Sportsound

It probably won't make any difference to the result, but San Marino head coach Franco Varrella makes four changes from his side's 9-0 hammering by Belgium.

The 22-year-old goalkeeper, Simone Benedetti, is replaced with the more senior Aldo Junior Simoncini, who plays in the Italian fifth tier with Cattolica Calcio.

Midfielders Luca Censori, Allesandro D'Addario and Alex Gasperoni all come in with captain Davide Simoncini and fellow defenders Mirko Palazzi and Andrea Grandoni dropping out.

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As mentioned earlier, Steve Clarke has made six changes from the side that lost in Moscow, with Charlie Mulgrew seemingly carrying the can for mistakes in defence as the veteran centre-half dropping to the bench.

The Scotland head coach turns to Stuart Findlay, who he helped develop at Kilmarnock, while fellow 24-year-old Lawrence Shankland is handed his first start after the Dundee United striker came on as a substitute against Russia.

Can the former Ayr United striker replicate his scoring exploits for the Scottish second-tier side at international level? It is a big ask, but he couldn't have a better chance against a team like San Marino.

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Clarke had already announced his intention to give Jon McLaughlin his second start in place of David Marshall as he looks to give the Sunderland goalkeeper more international experience.

Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay and Celtic duo Ryan Christie and James Forrest return to the side.

Celtic winger Lewis Morgan, who already had two caps, had been called up hours ahead of the game in place West Ham United's Robert Snodgrass and is on the bench.

Dropping out of the side along with Snodgrass and Oliver Burke, who was injured in Moscow, are John Fleck and Ryan Fraser.

Scotland face performing in front of the lowest-ever crowd for a competitive home international at Hampden Park.

As of Saturday afternoon, the Scottish FA was reporting ticket sales of just over 10,000 for tonight's game.

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San Marino's Italian head coach, Franco Varrella, has called on his side to summon the spirit of ancient Rome in the Hampden amphitheatre.

"When you talk of San Marino and Italy, you're essentially talking about the same culture," he said. "This is the country of the Colosseum, the gladiators.

"We're not afraid of gladiators. The one thing that does scare us is maybe all the lions and we're going somewhere where there will be many lions against us."

There was me thinking that the gladiators traditionally had an unfair advantage and got to win as part of the brutal spectacle.

You also wonder what it takes to get a San Marino boss the sack considering they have yet to score or avoid a defeat in their 13 games under the former Brescia and Reggiana head coach.

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