Tidy striker play again from Che Adams on the left, who links up again with Stuart Armstrong.

But his Southampton team-mate stumbles over as he looks to burst past his man.

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Scotland enjoying over 75% of the ball so far.

Che Adams holds the ball up brilliantly and sets Nathan Patterson down the right.

But the Rangers full-back runs the ball out of play. Unlucky.

The ball breaks to Billy Gilmour on the edge of the box who absolutely rattles one towards goal.

Namasco parries it away well before Stuart Armstrong has an effort blocked behind.

Resulting corner is dealt with by Moldova. Scotland are really pushing.

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Right up the other end, Che Adams feeds Southampton team-mate Stuart Armstrong on the left of the box.

But the ex-Celtic man's strike is low at straight at the home keeper.

Not cool, Scotland. Not cool.

Warning for the Scots as Ionita slips in Ginsari, but the forward drags a left-footed effort wide of the far post.

Not far away.

Really tidy finish that by Adams.

He feinted inside and tucked it away well. Might have been offside but he will take confidence from it.

Andy Robertson's cross is missed by John McGinn and Che Adams picks it up and slips it home.

The striker thinks he's put Scotland ahead, but the flag is up. After a VAR check, the decision is confirmed.

That would have been too good to be true.

Bit of early pressure from Scotland as Stuart Armstrong gets a low ball in from the left, but it's hacked away.

The away side are dominating the ball early, as expected.

The travelling support are in fine voice.

Let's hope the players give them a fine evening.

Serbian referee Srdjan Jovanovic blows his whistle and we are off.

How about a stress-free night, Scotland? Is that too much to ask?

• Scotland have won two of their three internationals against Moldova (D1), triumphing 1-0 earlier this World Cup qualifying campaign with a goal from Dykes.
• In the only previous meeting in Moldova, the sides played out a 1-1 draw in October 2004, with Steven Thompson cancelling out a Sergiu Dadu goal.
• Victory for Scotland would ensure them a play-off spot - they haven't qualified for the World Cup since 1998.
• Moldova are winless in their past 18 World Cup qualifiers (D3 L15), losing their past seven in a row by an aggregate score of 23-3. Their last win was in October 2013 away at Montenegro, a 5-2 win.
• Scotland have won their last four matches, all in World Cup qualifiers - the Scots last won five games in a row between May and October 2007 under Alex McLeish, winning six consecutively.
• Moldova have won one of their last 38 qualifying matches for major tournaments (D5 L32), a 1-0 home win over Andorra in June 2019 in what was a Euros qualifier.
• Scotland have won nine of their last 14 World Cup qualifiers (D4 L1), with their previous nine World Cup qualifying wins coming over a period of 27 matches (W9 D6 L12).
• No player has scored more goals in World Cup 2022 qualification for Scotland than John McGinn (4 - level with Dykes), although all four of his goals so far have come in home matches.

A belting rendition of 'Flower of Scotland' from the travelling Tartan Army is done and we're ready to go.

C'mon Scotland!

Moldova: Namasco, Jardan, Posmac, Bolohan, Revenco, Rata, Dros, Ionita, Marandici, Nicolaescu, Ginsari.

Substitutes: Celeadnic, Calancea, Iovu, Rozgoniuc, Spataru, Cociuc, Bogaciuc, Iosipoi, Puntus, Cojocaru, Arhirii, Cotogoi.

Scotland: Gordon, Hendry, Cooper, Tierney, Patterson, Gilmour, McGregor, McGinn, Robertson, Armstrong, Adams.

Substitutes: Clark, McLaughlin, O'Donnell, Souttar, Brown, McKenna, Turnbull, Nisbet, Ferguson, McLean.

Scotland boss Steve Clarke tells Sky Sports: "I think we just have to look to the recent game at Hampden against them where they made it a tough night for us. They were organised and disciplined. They’re at home tonight too and will want to finish their campaign on a high.

[On the move away from two up top]: "We’ve worked on it this week in training and it’s a system that can work for us. With Lyndon [Dykes] suspended, it was a chance to do it.

"Both Stuart [Armstrong] and John [McGinn] can give us goals and Che [Adams] can give us pace up there too. It’s just a little tweak, nothing too dramatic."

Lyndon Dykes will miss tonight's game through suspension, but the big man's commitment can't be questioned after Steve Clarke had to talk the striker out of flying to Moldova to watch the lads.

"I had to persuade Lyndon it was a bad idea," Clarke said. "He phoned us up and said he wanted to fly to Moldova just to watch the game.

"He was prepared to get on a plane for three hours to watch the team and then fly back with the team to Edinburgh. It shows you the level of commitment I have got from the boys in the squad."

It's now only fair that someone gets big Lyndon round to their gaff or at least to the pub to watch the game. Who's volunteering?

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Ranked 181st in the world, Moldova sit at the bottom of Group F with their sole point from eight matches coming from a 1-1 draw at home to the Faroe Islands.

They lost four goals to Denmark and Israel at the Zimbru Stadium, while Austria needed a stoppage-time strike to wrap up a 2-0 success in Chisinau.

At Hampden in September, Scotland could not add to an early Lyndon Dykes tap-in, with several good chances spurned.

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Italian coach Roberto Bordin was appointed before the campaign and has won just one from 10, a friendly against Azerbaijan.

"They surprised me a little bit at Hampden," said Clarke. "They were quite progressive, they wanted to be on the front foot when they had the chance to go forward.

"They defended well, although we did create enough chances to maybe have a more comfortable night than a 1-0. They went to Israel last month and only lost 2-1, so I think they've improved."