Mark McGhee believes Scotland will face a tougher test against France they did against Italy in Malta on Sunday evening.

The Dark Blues suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Antonio Conte's side, with Southampton forward Graziano Pelle scoring the game's only goal after 57 minutes of play.

Scotland failed to notch a single shot on target, but assistant manager McGhee believes Saturday's friendly match against France in Metz will present his team with a greater test.

"Italy will be a decent team in the Euros but I don't think they will win it," McGhee said. "But I think France could.

"I think it will be a much more difficult game, however there will be a big crowd and it will be a better pitch and all those things will help us as well.

"The difficulty of the game and the importance of their last game before the Euros will tune us in as well.

"So I have no fears for the game. Why should we have any fear? We have a group of players capable of a good performance.

"We were difficult to beat defensively. The goalkeeper and the centre-halves were terrific, the rest of us just have to be better going in the other direction."