Mark McGhee insists the Scotland camp will not waste their time trying to work out Euro 2016 qualification prospects ahead of the double-header against Georgia and Germany.

After six Group D fixtures the Scots are in third place with 11 points, two points behind the Germans and three behind leaders Poland.

There is a general feeling that Friday's match in Tbilisi against a Georgian side who are already out of the running could be the defining game of the campaign for Gordon Strachan's side, with three points more likely there than in next Monday night's clash against the world champions at Hampden Park, with high-flying Poland also to visit in October.

However, speaking at Tennent Caledonian Brewers in Glasgow, where Tennent's Lager was announced as the official beer of the Scotland national team, assistant manager McGhee stressed the need to focus only on the next task in hand.

"You can extrapolate it and perm 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," he said.

"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.

"Otherwise you drive yourself insane, you keep yourself awake at night so it is only about the present. This game is all that we are concentrating on.

"We are not mind readers or clairvoyants, we don't know what is going to happening in the other games or future games.

"Ireland still have a big say in this, Georgia will have a say in it. We can only win against Georgia on Friday night."

McGhee believes that amid growing excitement ahead of the game, "there remains a calmness about the squad, borne out of what gone on so far."

"There is no panic, no anxiety, everyone sees it as an opportunity and we are looking forward to it," said the former Scotland striker.

"It is a positive excitement. It is, 'let's get on that plane and get over there and get started'. Everyone is chomping at the bit."

Georgia have taken only three points so far, although it was a narrow 1-0 defeat they suffered against Scotland at Ibrox last October.

However, the former Aberdeen and Motherwell manager pointed out the national pride of a country which gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

He coupled that fervour with an enthusiasm similar to the spirit engendered in Scotland in 1978 by then national team boss Ally MacLeod ahead of the World Cup finals in Argentina that summer, as he stressed the difficulty of the Scots' task.

He said: "They are under new manager (Kakhaber Tskhadadze) and one of the things you find with all countries but certainly with these 'newer' countries, 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.

"There is a lot of hyperbole coming out of there about what they are going to do and what they can do, their fans have been 'Ally MacLeod-ed.'

"They are expecting a lot from their team so we have got to be up for it.

"Historically they have had good players and good teams. I think they will bounce back to that and I think they are capable of that on the night.

"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."

Skipper Scott Brown and Ikechi Anya sat out training but McGhee has "no fears" about either of them.

Celtic midfielder Stuart Armstrong (back) and Ipswich defender Christophe Berra (hamstring) have withdrawn.