13 June: Scotland vs Haiti – 9pm ET/2am BST on 14 June

19 June: Scotland vs Morocco – 6pm ET/11pm BST

24 June: Scotland vs Brazil – 6pm ET/11pm BST

The players have all arrived at Hampden…

Having been placed in Pot 3, they will face a daunting test against Brazil from Pot 1 and Morocco, semi-finalists at the last World Cup, from Pot 2. They will also face Haiti from Pot 4, who are returning to a World Cup for the first time since 1976.

Scotland’s first World Cup outing in 28 years will be against that side, with the venue for the clash now confirmed as the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Japan XI: Suzuki; Sugawara, Seko, Watanabe, Fujita, Suzuki, Maeda, Tanaka, Sano, Ito, Goto.

Steve Clarke has gone with a couple of notable changes to the side that beat Denmark in November, with Jack Hendry and Nathan Patterson replacing Aaron Hickey and Grant Hanley in defence.

In midfield, Ryan Christie and Ben Gannon-Doak come out in favour of Kenny McLean and Tommy Conway, while Lyndon Dykes takes the place of Che Adams up front.

Scotland XI: Gunn, Patterson, Hendry, McKenna, Robertson, Ferguson, McLean, McGinn, McTominay, Dykes, Conway.

Subs: Kelly, Bain, Hanley, Tierney, Gilmour, Adams, Christie, Miller, Souttar, McCrorie, Hyam, Hirst, Ralston, Irving, Curtis.

In his pre-match press conference, Scotland boss Steve Clarke underlined that “both matches will be important in terms of preparation for the World Cup games”.

“Every game with the national team should be an important game, so they’re both important in terms of preparation for the summer, very important,” Clarke said.

“To play games against two top quality teams from different continents, they’ll bring their own challenge – the Japanese side in particular,” he explained.

Clarke added that Japan have “a very interesting way of playing. I found them a really good team to watch in the preparation for the game, the way they play, the way they approach matches, so it will be tough game for us.”

Japan have won five of their last six matches against European nations (D1), having lost six games in a row beforehand against European teams.

Scotland have won eight of their last 12 matches (D1 L3), having only won one of their previous 16 beforehand (D5 L10).

The line-ups could arrive any time now, so here’s a reminder of the early Scotland team news…

Clarke will be without his No 1 goalkeeper in the 43-year-old Craig Gordon, who faces a race to be fit for the World Cup due to a shoulder injury. His Hearts team-mate, and a scorer in that 4-2 win over Denmark, striker Lawrence Shankland is also unavailable as he builds up his match fitness. Winger Ben Gannon-Doak is another who has only recently returned from injury and doesn’t make the squad, with right back Aaron Hickey also unavailable due to a hamstring injury.

Angus Gunn is likely to start in goal, despite not playing since Scotland’s win over Belarus in October, while Everton right-back Nathan Patterson is back. Kilmarnock’s on-loan forward Findlay Curtis has been handed his first call-up and there have also been recalls for Middlesbrough’s Tommy Conway and Wrexham’s Don Hyam.