Sebastien Pocognoli says he does not have any concerns about a lack of goals as Scotland prepare for his first home match in charge against Switzerland on Tuesday.

In his debut as head coach on Saturday, a Nations League stalemate in Slovenia was Scotland's third successive match without a goal, following World Cup blanks against Morocco and Brazil in June.

"It was one game. Some games you score. Some games you are unlucky," said the Belgian.

"I don't think there's any concerns from my side to score goals because we have good strikers. It's not only the strikers, but we are creating chances from many positions.

"Let's say we score tomorrow, I hope, and we can open another topic.

"I really hope we can start strong in the game."

Bologna midfielder Lewis Ferguson, who played the 90 minutes in Ljubljana, echoed his national head coach's thoughts.

"On another day we score two or three," Ferguson said of Saturday's encounter.

"The strikers will be disappointed, but I think we'd be more worried as a group if we weren't creating those chances."

World Cup quarter-finalists Switzerland opened their campaign with a 3-0 victory away to North Macedonia.

They are ranked 14th by Fifa - 28 places above Scotland - and the teams drew 1-1 at Euro 2024, while their last meeting at Hampden was a 3-1 friendly win for the visitors 20 years ago.

Pocognoli hoped Scotland could use the Slovenia match as "like a training session" for the visit of Murat Yakin's side.

When asked about his objectives for Tuesday, he said: "To play 90 minutes like we finished the game in Slovenia.

"The idea will be always and certainly at home to try to take the control of the game as much as possible.

"It will be a special moment, first time at home. I'm really looking forward for that moment since I've been appointed. As a new gaffer, that was really the date that was in my schedule that I want to experience."

Billy Gilmour returned with a player-of-the-match display against Slovenia after missing the World Cup through injury.

Ferguson, who experienced the same injury anguish for Euro 2024, welcomed Gilmour into the fold and believes the two friends have what it takes to form a long-term midfield partnership.

"It's great to have him back," said Ferguson. "We work off each other really well, two completely different profiles and it suits us both. We saw that in the game.

"We bring different things to the pitch and I thought it worked."

Switzerland head coach Murat Yakin missed his country's pre-match media conference, with the Swiss FA saying Yakin had "hearing problems".

"He struggled with the pressure from the flight so can't participate in this press conference," the organisation said.

"He will be at the training session and we hope these complaints will be solved, as has been the case in the past, and he can be in good health for the game.

"There were some problems with the weight as we entered the flight. It means we had to land again in Zurich and they had to put more fuel in the engine."

Yakin's assistant, Davide Calla, said the Swiss have "spent a lot of time looking at Scotland".

And Calla explained: "With the change of coach it will be a different proposition to the Euros but we know what to expect.

"They will be robust, play with a lot of passion and they have a lot of quality players, especially in midfield, with the ball at their feet. In the second half against Slovenia they showed the quality they have. It was clear Scotland were better in the second half.

"It's an absolute highlight playing at this brilliant stadium. We'll have lots of motivation to play in this big match."

Asked about possible team changes, with two more fixtures in this block of games, Pocognoli talked of "experimentation".

He added: "We try to find a balance to get results but also to see different approaches on the pitch. The idea is to have the most information after the camp, to use in the future."

Napoli star Scott McTominay is missing for Scotland as he recovers from a minor heart procedure, while Lawrence Shankland and Che Adams are injured and Kieran Tierney was a late withdrawal, along with Kenny McLean.

Forwards James Wilson and Findlay Curtis were released from a larger than usual squad last week to play in Wednesday's under-21 game against Azerbaijan.

Switzerland beat North Macedonia without the vastly experienced duo of Granit Xhaka and Breel Embolo, who will play no part in this run of matches.