Scotland have been warned against underestimating World Cup debutants Haiti.Steve Clarke’s side kick off their World Cup campaign in the early hours of Sunday morning, hoping to make a winning start in Group C.Steve Clarke is gearing his side up for their first shot at the World CupGettyBacked by thousands of the travelling Tartan Army, Scotland face their first World Cup match in 28 years.Meanwhile, Haiti will play their first-ever World Cup match having successfully come through their CONCACAF qualifiers.But the Caribbean nation has not arrived in Boston just to make up the numbers.Haiti boasts players with Premier League experience in Sunderland‘s Wilson Isidor and Wolves star Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.After comfortably topping a qualifying group consisting of Honduras, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Les Grenadiers are riding the crest of a wave.Take nothing for grantedScotland may view their opener as the least daunting of their three group stage matches with Morocco and Brazil to follow but former Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam believes overlooking Haiti could be a huge mistake.“The fans, everybody outside that camp could go, ‘Yeah, but it’s Haiti, it’s going to be an easy game’,” Adam told talkSPORT Breakfast with Jason Cundy and Gabby Agbonlahor.“They’ve got Wilson Isidor, they’ve got Jean-Ricner Bellegarde from Wolves. They have played at a Premier League level. These are very good players.“This ain’t going to be as easy as we think it’s going to be from the outside. Definitely not in that camp.“Steve will not be saying that, by the way, this is three points. We could say as supporters, ‘Yeah, it’s a perfect game for us’, but it won’t be easy in the heat as well.Charlie Adam has warned Scotland against underestimating their opponents this weekendGettyAdam identified Wilson Isidor’s top-flight experience as a key factor for HaitiGetty“It’ll be a difficult start, but we have to start the way we started against Bolivia. If we start the way we did against Bolivia, it’ll give us a great platform to then try to get that result.”Adam knows only too well the importance of getting off to a good start in international tournaments.Two years ago at Euro 2024, Scotland opened the tournament against hosts Germany and were full of optimism about what they could achieve.But Clarke’s side were quickly brought down to earth in a 5-1 thrashing at the Allianz Arena, followed by a 1-1 draw with Switzerland and a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Hungary.Scotland bowed out at the group stage in Germany, but Adam believes they are much better equipped to qualify out of the group this time round.Higher expectations“Obviously, the Covid one was poor; Germany was poor. To open up the tournament against the Germans was very, very difficult. But I think we’re in a better place. I think this group has matured,” he added.Ten-man Scotland were beaten 5-1 by Germany in the opening match at Euro 2024AFP“But Steve’s not going to go gung-ho, you know, I get that. We’ve got a way of playing. Playing Haiti first might not suit us because I think we’re better on the counter-attack.“We might have a lot of the ball. I thought Gilmour would have been a big key player in that, in terms of being able to keep the ball.“I expect Ryan Christie and Lewis Ferguson to be the two holders. Maybe Kenny McLean might come in and play that position.“But we just need to be really good with the ball in terms of our penetration and trying to risk it. Instead of playing safe, we need to risk the ball.“I just think that the group and the supporters are really connected because it’s been tough since we’ve qualified.“There was always doubt about Steve and is he going to sign a new contract?Clarke has been putting his squad through their paces ahead of Sunday’s openerGetty“I’ve always been a believer that Steve’s the man to take us forward because I look at two managers, David Moyes won’t come out of Everton, and Derek McInnes has just done an unbelievable job to finish second behind Celtic. He ain’t going to come.“They’re probably the two for the Scotland national team that are next in the pecking order.“So I thought Steve was the right guy. This group of players are now coming together.“They’ve got another tournament probably after this, and we’ve got some young talent coming through that hopefully we can propel and become, you know, a nation that starts to qualify for tournaments regularly.”