Teams confirmed for 2026 World Cup and full line-up as Tierney, Patterson and Christie debut, TV channel, online streaming and stats
Scotland and Morocco confirmed their squads for the second day of their 2026 World Cup campaigns in Boston on Friday.
The Tartan Army will seal a place in the knockout stages with victory, beating Haiti in their first final since 1998.
Morocco showed why they reached the 2022 semi-finals by taking an early lead against five-time champions Brazil as part of a 1-1 draw in their first match.
Brazil and Haiti continue action in Group C in Philadelphia on Saturday (01:30 BST).
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World Cup 2026: Scotland confirmed squad vs Morocco
Full-back Scott McKenna is out with a calf injury for Scotland, who have brought in Kieran Tierney, Nathan Patterson and Ryan Christie.
Aaron Hickey, Ben Gannon-Doak and Lawrence Shankland made way.
Scotland starting XI: Angus Gunn, Andy Robertson, Grant Hanley, Kieran Tierney, Jack Hendry, Nathan Patterson, Scott McTominay, John McGinn, Ryan Christie, Lewis Ferguson, Che Adams
Scotland instead: Liam Kelly, Craig Gordon, Aaron Hickey, John Souttar, Dominic Hyam, Anthony Ralston, Scott McKenna, Tyler Fletcher, Kenny McLean, Lyndon Dykes, Ross Stewart, Ben Gannon-Doak, George Hirst, Lawrence Shankland, Findlay Curtis
2026 World Cup: Morocco to face Scotland
Morocco has not changed.
Morocco starting XI: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Issa Diop, Chadi Riad, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Azzedine Ounahi, Ismael Saibari, Bilal El Khannouss, Neil El Aynaoui, Brahim Diaz
Moroccan Substitutes: Munir El Kajoui, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, Marwane Saadane, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Youssef Belammari, Redouane Halhal, Anass Salah Eddine, Sofyan Amrabat, Chemseddine Talbi, Samir El Moukabit, Gessime Yassine, Soufiane Rahimi, Amine Uunia Elsaube
Where to watch Scotland vs Morocco: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off on Friday is at 23:00 BST (18:00 ET / 15:00 PT). In the UK, broadcast live on ITV1.
Fans can stream the action via the ITV website and the ITVX app, available on a range of devices for viewing on the go.
Scotland vs Morocco: Statistics for the 2026 World Cup
- The only time these teams faced each other was in the group stage of the 1998 final, with Morocco winning 3-0 in their biggest World Cup triumph.
- Scotland have won eight of their last 11 games (D1 L2) and five of their last six (L1), with their only defeat coming at home and away to Greece.
- John McGinn has scored 21 goals under manager Steve Clarke for Scotland, the joint-most goals scored by a player under one Scotland manager with Denis Law under Ian McColl (21 in 21 games)
- The Tartan Army could win more than one game and back-to-back games in one major tournament for the first time
- Clarke leads Scotland to a third major tournament following EURO 2020 and EURO 2024, more than any other national team head coach.
- Including EURO appearances, Scotland have failed to get past the opening round in any of their last 12 attempts at major tournaments.
- Nine of Morocco’s last 12 World Cup matches have been against European teams, with no team having played more matches in the tournament against European opposition since the 2018 final.
- Morocco have lost one of their last six World Cup group games against European opposition (W2 D3) – losing 1-0 against Portugal in 2018.
- They have not lost in their last five World Cup group games (W2 D3), which is jointly run by an African country: Cameroon did not lose in five between 1982 and 1990 and Senegal had five group games unbeaten between 2002 and 2018.
- Reigning African Footballer of the Year Achraf Hakimi made more tackles (26) than any other player at the 2022 World Cup and recorded the second most duels won (41)
- Midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi captained France Under-21s until the midfielder’s move to Morocco was agreed in May. Brahim Diaz, the top scorer in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations with five goals, was born in Spain.
