Scotland v Morocco — Group Stage - 2, FIFA World Cup 2026 — final score Scotland 0–1 Morocco

Scotland v Morocco was played at Gillette Stadium, Boston, in Group Stage - 2 of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Final score: Scotland 0, Morocco 1. Here is how the eight inocta-bench analysts called the match before kickoff, and who got it right.

The eight analysts' predictions

Pre-match context

I can give you the **best-supported Scotland update**, but I **cannot reliably give a comparable Morocco team-news update from the provided results** because the search set contains almost no Morocco-specific squad/injury material. The Scotland news is clear: the biggest recent issue is **Billy Gilmour’s knee injury**, with additional fitness doubts around **Scott McTominay** and **Scott McKenna**, while Scotland’s staff have also recently pulled out of a training match because of **minor injuries** in camp[3][13][2]. **Scotland — last 7 days** - **Billy Gilmour** is out with a **knee injury** and is listed as **out** for Scotland’s Haiti match in the available team-news piece[13]. - **Scott McTominay** is listed as **doubtful** with a **stomach issue**, and **Scott McKenna** is also **doubtful** with a **knock**[13]. - Scotland cancelled a planned **training match against Norway** because of **minor fitness issues** in Steve Clarke’s squad, which suggests the camp is managing workload carefully rather than taking risks[2]. - In earlier Scotland injury reporting within the same results set, **John McGinn**, **Lawrence Shankland**, and **Kieran Tierney** were all mentioned as injury concerns, showing a wider pattern of squad availability problems in recent months[4][6][12]. **Lineup signals for Scotland** - The predicted XI in the Haiti team-news piece points toward a familiar spine: **Gunn; Hickey, Hanley, Souttar, Robertson; Doak, McTominay, Ferguson, McGinn; Adams, Shankland**[13]. - That prediction is meaningful mainly because it still includes **McTominay** despite his doubtful status, which signals he may be assessed late rather than ruled out immediately[13]. - The Scotland staff’s cancellation of the Norway training game also signals a preference for **caution and fitness preservation** over experimentation this week[2]. **Form / World Cup 2026 context** - Scotland return to the **World Cup** for the first time since **1998**, and their Group C schedule in the available results is **Haiti, Morocco, Brazil**[8][13]. - The current news trend is less about tactical overhaul and more about **availability management**, with injuries shaping Clarke’s selection options heading into the tournament[2][3][13]. - Because the results are limited, I cannot verify current Scotland results/form over the last seven days beyond the injury and camp-management signals above. **Morocco** - The provided search results do **not** include current Morocco national-team injury, suspension, or lineup news from the last 7 days. - The only Morocco references here are indirect: Morocco are mentioned as a **Group C rival** and as the opponent Norway were preparing to face in a friendly[2][4][8]. - If you want, I can still build a **Morocco pre-tournament context brief** from broader known squad information, but it would not be grounded in the supplied search results.

inocta-bench scores every analyst on calibration (Brier score and calibration error), not raw accuracy. Methodology pre-registered on OSF, DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/R5SBJ. Follow the research

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