Ivory Coast vs Scotland LIVE as Steve Clarke's squad see nightmare preparation continue

It was back down to earth with a bump for Scotland at the weekend.

After the high of their last Hampden outing, Japan ensured our dismal friendly record continued by inflicting a very efficient 1-0 defeat.

Now the Tartan Army have descended on Merseyside as Steve Clarke's men take on Ivory Coast at Everton's brand spanking new Hill Dickinson Stadium.

It's another non-European opponent as Clarke gets his players ready for Haiti, Morocco and Brazil across the pond this summer, with World Cup Group C having a very familiar France 98 feel about it.

Clarke hinted that there would be a number of changes to his starting XI tonight with the boss keen to get a look at certain players.

FIFA stipulate that he must name a whopping 55-man squad before May 11, then whittle than down over the June friendlies before kicking off the World Cup campaign.

He likely knows the majority of the 26 he'll be taking to Scotland's Charlotte, South Carolina base, but there are still a select number of slots to be claimed between now and then.

Ivory Coast XI: Lafont, Diomande, Singo, Kossounou, Kessie, Traore, Wahi, Oulai, Toure, Pepe.

Subs: Fofana, Seri, Fofana, Adingra, Akpa, Godo, Diallo, Kone, Doue, Sangare, Agbadou, Ndicka, Guessand, Guiagon.

Scotland XI: Kelly, McCrorie, Hyam, Souttar, Robertson, Gilmour, McTominay, Christie, Adams, Hirst.

Subs: Gunn, Bain, Patterson, McGinn, Dykes, Hendry, Miller, Ferguson, Conway, Ralston, McLean, Irving, Curtis, McKenna.

We'll have all the action LIVE right here on the blog.

Scotland hero James McFadden feels that Scotland are lacking final product.

He told BBC Scotland:

Scotland are being put under pressure and sometimes that forces mistakes.

Their execution isn't quite there.

The crowd booing after