Scotland play their first World Cup match in 28 years on Saturday night, just after five-time champions Brazil kick off their campaign in North America.Lots of eyes around the globe, but particularly on these shores, will focus on Group C as Scotland take on Haiti in their first World Cup match since 1998, while Brazil, much fancied ahead of this tournament and the last team to win the tournament in the USA, take on African champions and dark horses Morocco.Haiti vs Scotland Bet Builder Tips — World Cup 2026Kick-off: 02:00 BST, Sunday 14 June (Saturday night UK time)Venue: Gillette Stadium, BostonGroup: CNote for UK bettors: this match kicks off at 2am BST — set your bets before you head to bed.Our recommended Haiti v Scotland bet builderScotland to win, Lawrence Shankland to score, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde to be carded – 12/1 with bet365Scotland play their first World Cup match this century on Saturday night, in what will be an emotional affair after missing out on reaching each of the last six editions of football’s most global competition.Steve Clarke’s side will be desperate to kick off their first World Cup campaign since 1998 with victory, and face the ideal opposition, on paper, to do so as they come up against a Haiti side, ranked 41 places lower, and having qualified for the competition for the first time in 52 years.Scotland won both of their pre-World Cup friendlies quite comfortably, beating Curacao 4-1 in their send off in Glasgow at the end of last month before thrashing Bolivia 4-0 in New Jersey last week to ensure they head into this weekend’s clash with confidence.In contrast, Haiti were beaten 2-1 by a Peru side who didn’t manage to qualify for the World Cup in their most recent friendly.New Rangers signing Lawrence Shankland is expected to lead the line for the Scots on Saturday night, and not only has he scored more international goals in the last 12 months than any other player on either team, but bagged 20 goals across all competitions for Hearts last season, despite missing over two months of the campaign through injury.The striker has scored four goals in his last three matches for Scotland, including three goals and an assist in their two friendlies so far in this camp.No player on either team has received more yellow cards for their national team than Wolves midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, who been booked on three occasions in his last eight matches for Haiti.The central midfielder has started nine of his country’s last 10 matches in all competitions, missing only 14 minutes of their jubilant World Cup qualification campaign, and, as one of the Grenadiers’ star players will have some heavy lifting to do in the Haitian midfield on Saturday night.Brazil vs Morocco Bet Builder Tips — World Cup 2026Kick-off: 23:00 BST, Saturday 13 JuneVenue: MetLife Stadium, New York/New JerseyGroup: COur recommended Brazil vs Morocco bet builderBrazil to win, both teams to score, Vinicius Junior to score, Casemiro carded – 20/1 with bet365Brazil, record five-time winners of the World Cup, become the first previous winners to get their tournament underway on Saturday night as they take on African champions Morocco, beginning their hunt for an unprecedented sixth title.Now managed by serial winning manager Carlo Ancelotti, after not having gone past the quarter final stage since they last lifted the trophy in 2002, confidence is high in the South American nation that they could once again go all the way this summer.Brazil romped to victory in each of their last three friendlies prior to Saturday’s opening World Cup clash, getting the better of each of Croatia, Panama and Egypt to stand them in good stead for their match with Morocco.The African side will be brimming with confidence, unbeaten in all competitions since August, a run spanning 25 matches, when including their controversial awarded result in the Africa Cup of Nations final earlier this year, but Brazil’s quality and their strength in depth should see that run come to an end in New York this weekend.No player in the Brazil squad has scored more goals for their country in the last 12 months than Vinicius Junior, who has five international goal contributions throughout the season, including three in his last three games having found the back of the net against Panama a fortnight ago.This comes off the back of a season where the winger racked up 36 goal contributions for Real Madrid, 22 of which were goals.Casemiro has received more yellow cards in international matches than any other player in either squad ahead of Saturday night’s World Cup opener, having received three in his last six matches.The outgoing Manchester United midfielder as received the joint-most cards for the Premier League side across all competitions last season, and will come up against a confident and dangerous Moroccan side that has potential to cause Brazil problems.Stay up to date with all the latest World Cup tips & predictions, World Cup Top Goalscorer Odds, 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