Georgia - Scotland live updates

Nice nutmeg from Naismith and he runs into the box but there’s just too much on his touch and keeper Revishvili gets to the ball just before him.

Poor cross from Robertson meant for Fletcher is easily cut out but Scotland continue to probe around the Georgia box.

Good little spell of possession and a good ball into the box from Navalovski but a good claim by Marshall to calm his nerves.

Georgia break and they have numbers but Qazaishvili opts to shoot and it’s tame and wide. Wrong option.

Hutton with bags of space on the right and loads of time to deliver a telling cross but it’s over the head of Fletcher. Disappointing.

Good play from Mulgrew under pressure from Mchedidze. Combative start but early doors.

Referee Ovidiu Hategan blows the whistle to get us underway here in Tbilisi. A walk in the park or potential banana skin? A very warm evening. It has been 32 degrees here today.

FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF!

TEN MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: Mark McGhee: "You can (look at) any number of results from the remaining fixtures and come out with all sorts of outcomes and there are probably three of them which will still have us qualify. That is not really constructive. What we can do on Friday night is win the game. Then we look at the other results and say 'where does that leave us?' and then go into the game on Monday.There is no panic, no anxiety. Everyone sees it as an opportunity and we are looking forward to it."

Should Scotland win tonight, they will momentarily join Poland at the top of the Group with Germany to host Poland later.

Gordon Strachan's side beat Georgia 1-0 at home in October thanks to defender Akaki Khubutia's own goal but the only time the two sides met in Tbilisi, in 2007, Georgia won 2-0.

On paper, this should be easy for Scotland. Georgia sit second bottom of Group D and have not won in six competitive home games since beating Belarus in September 2012.

Mark McGhee (via BBC Sport): "They are under a new manager and they have a passionate way about them, tribal almost, when it comes to supporting their country and playing for their country. You can be absolutely sure they will not want to be embarrassed at home against us. They are expecting a lot from their team so we have got to be up for it. We will be ready for Georgia's best performance, not hoping that they are going to play badly. If we take that approach, we won't be taken by surprise."

Georgia: Loria, Lobjanidze, Kashia, Amisulashvili, Dvali, Navalovski, Ananidze, Kobakhidze, Okriashvili, Qazaishvili, Vatsadze.

Scotland lie third in the Group D standings, three points behind leaders Poland and two points behind Germany, who visit Hampden on Monday.