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Kenny Miller will lead an injury-hit Scotland attack in Saturday's Euro 2004 qualifier against Lithuania despite playing only two premier league matches this season.
Manager Berti Vogts will look to Miller, who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers, for goals in a Hampden Park encounter they must win to have a chance of reaching the playoffs.
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Winger Neil McCann and striker Andy Gray withdrew from the squad on Tuesday,
joining forward Paul Dickov and striker Steven Thompson on the sidelines.
Miller scored in Scotland's 2-1 win over Iceland and the 1-1 draw with Germany earlier in the qualifying campaign and is returning to fitness after recovering from a hernia operation. Ticketmaster
"It's great to be back and it's been a long time coming. Missing the start of the Premiership was a big blow but I feel fit and ready to go and I want to score," Miller told reporters on Tuesday.
Miller came on as a substitute as Wolves drew 1-1 at Bolton two weeks ago and started the 1-0 win over Manchester City on Saturday -- the club's first top-flight victory in 19 years.
"He (Miller) looked very well and we started preparations with him on Monday," said Vogts. "There is no problem with him."
Miller rated Scotland's 1-0 defeat by Lithuania in April as "one of the most frustrating" games of his career and expects the eastern European team to pack their defence again. Ticketmaster
"They got 10 men behind the ball even at home and I think it will be more of the same," said Miller. "It was bitterly disappointing to come away with nothing after controlling the game in Lithuania, but we must get three points this time."
Scotland's 51,000-capacity Hampden Park stadium has sold out for the first time in four years.
Scotland are third in Group Five on 11 points, two less than Iceland, who travel to group leaders Germany (15) in their final game on Saturday. Ticketmaster
"If we play
badly and win 1-0 then we will be happy but it would be great if we can put
a performance in to get the result, especially with the sell-out Hampden crowd
behind us," added Miller.