The Haitian team (right) is expected to cause problems for Scotland – Photo: Editorial Team
With the participation of Brazil and Morocco in Group C, Scotland and Haiti are only considered “supporting roles” when it is too difficult to compete for the top two spots in the group.
Therefore, their goal will be to try to compete for tickets to third teams with good records. Both Scotland and Haiti have only one way to achieve that goal: winning this head-to-head clash.
Although it is still difficult to assess Haiti’s real level in the international arena, they certainly cannot be compared to Scotland, with the team being approximately 40 places above them in the FIFA rankings. Therefore, before this match, bookmakers gave Scotland a higher rating, with Haiti’s handicap being up to one goal, one and a half goals.
A quick look at most prediction sites also confirms this: Scotland will win by a margin of 2 goals or more. But as for the author himself, we think Haiti will have a chance to surprise in this match.
Haiti had to go through a very difficult journey to reach the 2026 World Cup and due to the unstable situation in this country, all qualifying matches were never played on home soil. Head coach Sebastien Migne has yet to set foot on the Caribbean island since taking over as Haiti coach 18 months ago.
Such a tough team, but they performed excellently to win the ticket to the 2026 World Cup. It won’t just be luck, but a united team effort to get the prize. In addition, they also have stars playing football in Europe such as midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton), captain goalkeeper Johnny Placide (Bastia) or Sunderland striker Wilson Isidore…
In a series of friendly matches in preparation for the 2026 World Cup, Haiti’s results were also not bad, defeating New Zealand 4–0 on 3 June. After that, they played quite well and led Peru but conceded 2 goals in the last minutes and eventually lost 1–2.
Scotland have participated in the tournament for the 9th time but have never progressed beyond the group stage. Therefore, he has prepared very carefully for this tournament. In a series of friendly matches to prepare for the tournament, Scotland also had very impressive performances with wins 4–0 against Bolivia and 4–1 against Curaçao.
Score Prediction: 2-2 draw.
Expected lineup of both teams
* haitian team: Calm; Arcus, AD, Delacroix, Experience; Didson, Jean Jacques, Bellegarde, Providence; Isidore, Nazon.
* scottish team:Gun; Hickey, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson; Doak, McTominay, Ferguson, McGinn; Adams, Shankland.