Scotland welcome back several regulars, including vice-captain John McGinn, for the International League matches against Croatia and Poland.
Scott McKenna, Jack Hendry, Greg Taylor, Lawrence Shankland and Tommy Conway also return.
There is a first option for Ipswich. City goalkeeper Cieran Slicker, who has 17 caps at under-21 level, and Rangers non-capped midfielder Connor Barron keep their pitch a back name for the 0-0 draw at home to Portugal.
Che Adams is integrated despite limping out of Torino’s defeat to Fiorentina on Sunday.
Croatia will meet Hampden on November 15 and the campaign will end in Warsaw three days later.
Scotland props up the A1 team with one point from four matches, three behind Poland, who won 3-2 in Glasgow in the final round of matches.
Croatia beat Scotland 2-1 at the age limit in Zagreb.
James Forrest retires, alongside Liam Lindsay, Andy Irving, Jon McCracken and Jack MacKenzie, who used to be other names held back for October attacks.
Kieran Tierney, Aaron Hickey, Angus Gunn and Kevin Nisbet have all been out recently with injuries.
Lewis Ferguson is not integrated, having simply returned to Bologna’s first team after a six-month layoff.
The same applies to Nathan Patterson, who is back in the Everton squad but is yet to detail this season.
