Scotland are on the front foot immediately.

Nathan Patterson shows why he has started ahead of Stephen O'Donnell as he bursts down the wing and his cut-back finds Che Adams, but the striker's snap shot is straight at goalkeeper Ofir Marciano.

Scotland get the game under way in their traditional all navy blue, Israel in their all white, but whose colours - and World Cup chances - will be boosted by the end of the 90 minutes?

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Ex-Scotland international on BBC Sportsound

A few disrespectful boos from the Scotland fans to the Israeli national anthem before Flower Of Scotland booms out around the south side of Glasgow.

Pat Nevin
Former Scotland winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

Here come the national anthems...

If Hampden had a roof, it would have been lifted just there as the noise levels burst into the heavens to greet the arrival of the teams.

How big a difference will the introduction of former Hearts and Northern Ireland assistant Austin MacPhee make to the Scotland threat?

The 41-year-old has been added to the backroom staff as set-piece specialist after having made an impact after joining Aston Villa and with Steve Clarke admitting that had been a weakness for his side.

The atmosphere - and the noise - are certainly building at Hampden as "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" rings out and 50,000 start to dance.

Leanne Crichton
Ex-Scotland international on BBC Sportsound

Scotland: Gordon, McTominay, Hendry, Tierney, Patterson, John McGinn, Gilmour, McGregor, Robertson, Adams, Dykes.

Substitutes: McLean, Turnbull, McKenna, Ferguson, Nisbet, Fraser, McLaughlin, Kelly, Armstrong, Christie, O'Donnell, Cooper.

Israel: Marciano, Dasa, Arad, Menachem, Abaid, Dor Peretz, Natcho, Solomon, Bitton, Zahavi, Dabbur.

Substitutes: Nitzan, Shamir, Cohen, Gotlib, Abu Hanna, Glazer, Kinda, Davidadze, Weissman, Abada, Podgoreanu, Daniel Peretz.

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland).

Israel are all change at the back, but there is no doubt that they remain a threat up front and you only need to look at the top goalscorers in World Cup qualifying to realise that.

Only Netherlands' Memphis Depay and Serbia's Aleksandar Mitrovic, with seven apiece, are ahead of PSV Eindhoven 34-year-old Eran Zahavi - and only Ronaldo has scored more than the Israeli at international level in the last three years.

He and the returning Mu'nas Dabbur have proved a lethal partnership, while Shakhtar Donetsk winger Manor Solomon has given Scotland all sorts of problems in previous games - and they have wide man Liel Abada, who has made such a big impact after joining Celtic this summer, in reserve.

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Former Israel and Celtic midfielder Beram Kayal is another who admits the backing of 50,000-plus fans will give Scotland an added advantage, but he thinks it remains a "50-50" game and is predicting draw.

"The mentality and the way they are speaking in the media right now, Israel want the win and should believe they can do that," he said. "It is massive for them and they travelled early to Scotland to get used to the cold weather.

"The Israeli team have good quality up front and can punish any team in Europe, but we must not forget that players in the Scottish squad are playing in the top league in the world - the Premier League."

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At 45, Scotland are 35 places ahead of Israel in the world rankings.

However, it is the seventh meeting between the sides in just three years and the boys in dark blue have won just once in normal time - a 3-2 victory in Glasgow in 2018.

Israel, though, have yet to win any of their three visits to Hampden during that time - or ever.

They came close almost a year to the day ago, when Scotland secured a Euro 2020 semi-final play-off victory over Israel, but only after a penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 draw.

Ryan Fraser hit Scotland's equaliser in Haifa in March in what was the second match of this campaign.

Can Scotland win this one? Thumbs up for yes, thumbs down for no.

Israel head coach Willi Ruttensteiner makes five changes from the side that were thumped 5-0 in Denmark last time out.

Eyad Abu Abaid comes into defence with Hapoel Be'er Sheva team-mate Eitan Tibi and Beitar Jerusalem's Orel Dgani out injured and former Celtic defender Hatem Abd Elhamed dropping out.

Celtic midfielder Nir Bitton returns to the starting line-up and is also expected to be in defence along with Maccabi Haifa's Ofri Arad.

Venezia's Dor Peretz is in midfield in place of Maccabi Tel Aviv's Dan Glazer, while Hoffenheim's Mu'nas Dabbur is preferred to Real Valladolid's Shon Wiessman up front.

Ofir Marciano keeps his place in goal despite rare starts for Feyenoord since his summer move from Hibernian, with back-up Ariel Harush, of Hapoel Be'er Sheva, missing through injury.

Neil McCann
Former Rangers winger on BBC Scotland

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Scotland's 1-0 win in Austria last time out - their first away victory against a pot one or two team since beating Croatia in 2013 - means their chances of finishing second in Group F have increased from 22% to 61%, according to analysts at Nielsen Gracenote.

However, their calculations still only credit Clarke's side with a 13% chance of actually reaching the World Cup finals in Qatar through the play-offs - roughly the same as when the campaign began.

Neil McCann
Former Scotland winger on BBC Scotland

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Former Scotland midfielder on BBC Sportsound