Steven Naismith will miss Scotland's World Cup double-header against Wales and Belgium after being handed a two-match ban by FIFA.
Steven Naismith will miss Scotland's World Cup double-header against Wales and Belgium after being handed a two-match ban by FIFA.
But Scotland boss Craig Levein will not call up any replacement after Naismith was punished for an elbow on Serbia's Srdjan Mijailovic.
A Scottish Football Association statement read: "FIFA have confirmed to the Scottish FA that their Disciplinary Committee have imposed an immediate two-match suspension on Steven Naismith following an incident that took place during the last month's FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 Qualifier against Serbia at Hampden Park."
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