Steve Clarke's fear that the Tartan Army is being crippled by apathy will be borne out again in Monday's Euro 2020 crunch with Belgium.
Hampden is set to be just over half-full for the visit of the side ranked number one in the world as Scotland fans vote with their feet.
An SFA spokesman confirmed that ticket sales are on course to be in line with Friday's 32,000 crowd that watched the 2-1 defeat to Russia that leaves our Group I hopes all but buried.
That means large swathes of the 52,000-capacity National Stadium will lie empty just like against the Russians when the entire upper section of the South Stand and a huge chunk on the West Stand were closed.
It's now four years since the national team attracted a crowd of over 50,000 to Hampden - that being for the 3-2 Euro 2016 qualifying defeat to Germany in September 2015. The following month's 2-2 draw with Poland, which ultimately killed that campaign, drew an impressive 49,359.
That campaign, under Gordon Strachan, brought the Tartan Army out in force with 59,000 attending the 1-0 win over Ireland at Parkhead.
Since then it's been a slippery slope with only the thrilling 2-2 draw with England in the World Cup qualifiers two years ago coming close - 49,873 attending that showpiece.
Clarke admitted after Friday's defeat that his players have to win back the Tartan Army before the gloom sinks any lower.
He said: “We have to lift the apathy, it won’t lift itself.
“The crowd will only come if we give them something to shout about.
“It might be a lesser crowd on Monday but if we can get a good result then maybe the next time we will get a few more fans through the gate.
“We have to give the supporters a sign that we’re going to be a good team in the near future.
“The sense you get is that people have become resigned to not qualifying.
“The attitude is ‘typical Scotland’ because we gave people hope on Friday by starting well and then going in front.”
SFA chiefs have organised a number of pre-match attractions to try and help attract punters back.
A fan zone outside Hampden will include face painters, Teqball, freestylers, photo opportunities plus Hexagol – a new interactive football arena that has six challenging games - in a bid to attract younger fans.
Local band The La Fontaines will be playing live inside the stadium from 7.15pm.
