We look ahead to Sunday’s Group C match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup with our Haiti vs Scotland prediction and preview. After lengthy spells between tournaments for both nations, who will mark their World Cup return with a memorable victory in Massachusetts?
Haiti vs Scotland: The Key Insights
The Opta supercomputer is expecting Scotland to pick up a victory in their first World Cup match since 1998, with Steve Clarke’s side beating Haiti in 59.0% of the pre-match simulations. Haiti conceded 14 goals across their three group games at the 1974 FIFA World Cup – that’s the second most at this stage of the tournament, after South Korea shipped 16 at the 1954 edition. Scotland have lost their last three opening matches at the World Cup and last kicked off a tournament with victory back in 1982, beating New Zealand 5–2 at La Rosadela in Malaga, Spain.The Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts plays host to a match between two nations not seen at any other FIFA World Cup this century, as Haiti and Scotland face off in their Group C opener.
After a 52-year gap between tournaments – their only previous appearance coming in 1974 – Haiti are back on the biggest stage of all after topping their CONCACAF qualification group.
Those 52 years without a World Cup appearance for Haiti is the joint-fourth-longest stretch in the tournament’s history, after Wales (64 years between 1958 and 2022), Egypt (56 years between 1934 and 1990) and Norway (56 years between 1938 and 1994).
Haiti beat Nicuragua, World Cup regulars Costa Rica, and Honduras to top spot in Group C of the CONCACAF qualifiers, finishing two points clear of the latter despite a 3–0 loss in Tegucigalpa last October.
Forward Kenny McLean score stoppage-time goals to seal it.
After Sweden, Scotland did have the second-lowest goal difference (+6; 13 scored, seven conceded) among all UEFA-qualified teams attending this World Cup, as well as the second-lowest xG difference (+0.8).
However, Clarke’s side have rediscovered their shooting boots in the lead up to the tournament, beating Curaçao and Bolivia 4–1 and 4–0 respectively in their two warm-up games.
Lawrence Shankland and John McGinn and captain
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