Scotland boss Gordon Strachan has vowed to stand by Steven Fletcher as the striker bids to end a six-year goal drought for his country . The Sunderland forward , a £14million player , scored his only international goal in a 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over Iceland in April 2009 . Missing from the Scotland set-up for 19 months under former manager Craig Levein , the 28-year-old ’ s record now stands at one goal in 19 caps after Wednesday night ’ s friendly win over Northern Ireland . Striker Steven Fletcher has scored just one goal for Scotland in 19 appearances . A home European Championships qualifier with Group D minnows Gibraltar offers the chance to put that right on Sunday and Strachan believes one may be enough to set his first-choice striker scoring again . ‘ There was a lovely movement from Steven and link-up play ( against Northern Ireland ) , ’ said the manager . ‘ All his game is needing is a goal . ‘ But I don ’ t think it ’ s affecting his touch or his willingness to work - you see him sliding into tackles and making blocks . ‘ If you don ’ t have your goalscoring boots on then you dig in and do something else for the team . I ’ m happy with that . ‘ He is terrific to watch . I think he is elegant , I think he ’ s clever , he brings people into play . You can trust him when the ball goes up so we can then get up beside him . Fletcher 's goal drought continued in Wednesday night ’ s friendly win over Northern Ireland . ‘ But I would like to see more people round about him . ‘ In the first half against Northern Ireland , I didn ’ t think we had enough people in the box . ‘ We played too much around the edge of the box , so I would like to see more bodies in there . In saying that , we don ’ t have a Podolski or a Muller who comes in off the line. ’ Fletcher has found it difficult scoring goals for relegation threatened Sunderland as well , claiming four in 28 appearances this season . ‘ He a good player , ’ said Strachan . ‘ But as I said , you don ’ t have to be scoring goals as long as your team is winning . So I ’ m fine with that . Fletcher ( left ) celebrates scoring against Iceland with Kenny Miller at Hampden Park in 2009 . ‘ I went to bed fine on Wednesday night because the team was winning and making chances. ’ Defender Christophe Berra has scored three goals in the period since Fletcher struck against Iceland , adding his latest goal on Wednesday night . ‘ Funnily enough , when we put Christophe on we knew that he had scored a few goals this season so he came up with another one , ’ added Strachan . ‘ I felt pleased for him because he has been to all the get-togethers and not played - so we had to get him on the pitch to make all of his travels previously worthwhile. ’ Berra is unlikely to start against Gibraltar , with Strachan set to name his strongest side after vowing to treat Sunday ’ s opponents with respect . ‘ We ’ ve got to , ’ he said . ‘ But our players wouldn ’ t have got to where they are by taking shortcuts . ‘ You just had to watch their intensity in training on Tuesday when they were playing amongst themselves to see their hard work . Scotland boss Gordon Strachan believes one may be enough to set Fletcher scoring again . ‘ You don ’ t get to where they are by taking people for granted . That just won ’ t happen . ‘ You can be rest assured that won ’ t happen. ’ Gibraltar have yet to win FIFA recognition and , after battling for access to UEFA , shipped 21 goals in their four qualifiers so far - losing two of their games 7-0 . Cautioning against expectations of a rout , however , Strachan added : ‘ The world champions only beat Gibraltar 4-0 . ‘ I can ’ t tell our fans how to behave . I ’ ve said already , I ’ d imagine we ’ ll get about three minutes before they get anxious . ‘ That ’ s just the way we are , everybody is like that . There is not a problem , we all come along to games and get anxious . ‘ As long as the players don ’ t get anxious , that ’ s the main thing . ‘ But as I say , when it was Germany , it was only four goals . ’
Gibraltar bids to end a six-year goal drought for his country . He scored his only international goal against Iceland in April 2009 . Scotland face minnows Steven Fletcher in Euro 2016 qualifier on Sunday .