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Scotland have lost midfield duo Kirsty Maclean and Chelsea Cornet to injury for their opening World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg.<\/b><\/p>\n
Melissa Andreatta’s team face the 108th-ranked side in a double header at Esch-sur-Alzette on Tuesday, 3 March and Hampden Park four days later.<\/p>\n
Liverpool’s Maclean, who already has 14 caps, would have been a likely starter, while Birmingham City’s Cornet, 27, would have been hoping to make her fourth Scotland appearance.<\/p>\n
Maclean, 20, missed Liverpool’s FA Cup win over Everton on Sunday, while Cornet was an unused substitute for Birmingham the previous day as they thrashed Chatham Town.<\/p>\n
Their places will be taken in the national squad by Rangers defender Leah Eddie, who has four caps, and fellow 25-year-old Amy Rodgers, the Nottingham Forest midfielder who has played for her country 12 times.<\/p>\n
Scotland will be strong favourites to start their World Cup campaign with two victories against a side ranked 80 places below them.<\/p>\n
The two sides are meeting for the first time, with Belgium and Israel the other sides in European qualification Group H.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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