SCOTLAND striker Jane Ross will face a familiar opponent at Tynecastle tomorrow as she aims to maintain a rich vein of form at international level against the Netherlands.

The former Glasgow City player, now with the Swedish club Vittsjo, scored 13 goals in ten Group 4 qualifying games to help Scotland to the World Cup play-offs. Italy and Ukraine meet in the other semi-final.

The Dutch player likely to mark Ross at Tynecastle is Vittsjo team-mate Mandy van den Berg. The left-sided central defender is likely to win her 49th and 50th caps over the two legs. The second is in Rotterdam next Thursday.

The two players are often in direct opposition in training, and Ross admitted: "It's going to be a challenge because she is a very good player. We've been team-mates for two years now, so we obviously know each other's strengths and weaknesses."

Ross is one of four Scotland players at Vittsjo - the others are keeper Shannon Lynn and defenders Ifeoma Dieke and Hayley Lauder.

Ross, 25, from Rothesay, plays down being Europe's joint top scorer in the qualifiers. "I was pleased with the number of goals I scored - but now the priority is to win the next two games," she says.

As a teenager she travelled from Bute to Paisley to play every weekend and made her international debut against England in 2009. She won her 75th cap against Sweden in the final Group 4 match in Gothenburg last month and has 33 Scotland goals - just two behind Kim Little in the current squad.

Her strike ratio took off in the qualifiers when she scored three hat-tricks, against Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina away and at Fir Park against the Faroe Islands.

Three other experienced Dutch squad members play in Sweden, for Goteborg. Goalkeeper Loes Geurts has 94 caps. Forwards Marion Melis, Lieke Martens and outstanding Vivianne Miedema, 18, are the main attacking threats.

Scotland's own offensive play revolves around Ross, Little and Potsdam's Lisa Evans. The latter is back having missed the Faroes and Sweden games with shin splints. Ross said: "It's great she is available again. She scored three goals last time we played Holland and I definitely enjoy playing with her."