Scotland 0-3 Brazil
World Cup 2026 Finals
First Round
Wed 24th June 2026
18:00 (23:00 UK)
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami (N)
Att: 64,478
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (Mexico)
A Gunn
N Patterson (A Ralston 82)
J Hendry
S McKenna
A Robertson(C) (K Tierney 46)
L Ferguson
K McLean
B Gannon-Doak (R Christie 82)
S McTominay
J McGinn (F Curtis 90+1)
L Shankland (C Adams 90+1)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 42
Vinícius Júnior(7, 45+3)
Cunha (60)
Rayan(7)
Guimarães(45+3, 60)
Alisson B
Danilo
Marquinhos(C)
Gabriel M
D Santos (A Sandro 82)
B Guimaraes
Casemiro (Fabinho 65)
L Paquetá (G Martinelli 66)
Rayan (Endrick 82)
M Cunha (Neymar 76)
Vinícius Júnior
Manager:
Carlo Ancelotti
FIFA Ranking: 6
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Angus Gunn (Nottingham Forest) | (25 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (97 Caps) | Age: 32 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Napoli) | (73 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (89 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 13 | Jack Hendry (Al-Ettifaq) | (41 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| 17 | Ben Gannon-Doak (Bournemouth) | (17 Caps) | Age: 20 | ||
| 19 | Lewis Ferguson (Bologna) | (27 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 20 | Lawrence Shankland (Rangers) | (22 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 22 | Nathan Patterson (Everton) | (29 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (61 Caps) | Age: 34 | ||
| 26 | Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb) | (50 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 6 | Kieran Tierney (Celtic) | (58 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| (Replaced Andrew Robertson 46 min) | |||||
| 10 | Che Adams (Torino) | (50 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| (Replaced Lawrence Shankland 90+1 min) | |||||
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) |  |
(71 Caps) | Age: 31 | |
| (Replaced Ben Gannon-Doak 82 min) | |||||
| 24 | Anthony Ralston (Celtic) | (29 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| (Replaced Nathan Patterson 82 min) | |||||
| 25 | Findlay Curtis (Kilmarnock) | (5 Caps) | Age: 19 | ||
| (Replaced John McGinn 90+1 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking  Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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17 Ben Gannon-Doak
World Cup 2026 Finals
First Round
Wed 24th June 2026
18:00 (23:00 UK)
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami (N)
Att: 64,478
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (Mexico)
World Cup 2026 Finals
First Round
Wed 24th June 2026
18:00 (23:00 UK)
Hard Rock Stadium, Miami (N)
Att: 64,478
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (Mexico)
Scotland went into their final group match knowing that a point should be enough to see them through. Scott McKenna was also fit, and he took Grant Hanley's place.
It was a nightmare start for Scotland, and their chances took a heavy knock after only seven minutes, when Scott McKenna gifted a goal to Brazil. He took a poor touch and Rayan passed the loose ball to Vinicius Jr. who beat Gunn and passed it into an empty net. Fifteen minutes later it looked to be over for Scotland, when Jack Hendry had the ball picked off him at the back by Vinicius Jr. who slotted it home. VAR rescued Scotland as it showed that Hendry was fouled, but Scotland were very lucky. Just before half time, Hendry prevented Cunha resulting in a corner. In injury time, Brazil doubled their lead. Guimaraes crossed to the back post for Vinicius Jr. to get his second. Gunn then pulled off a great save to prevent Rayan before half time. Just into the second half McTominay had a header saved by Allison after meeting with a Tierney cross. A couple of minutes later Vinicius Jr. was through on goal, but Gunn made a save with his leg to prevent him. On the hour mark Cunha made it 3-0. Vinicius Jr. was through on goal, before he passed to his right and Cunha slotted it past Gunn. This was damage limitation now as goal difference could be a factor. Two minutes later, Ferguson had a free-kick pushed over the bar by Allison. Tierney then put a great ball into the box where Allison had to make a low save from a McTominay header. With ten minutes remaining, Gunn made a low save to prevent Vinicius Jr. from getting his hat-trick. At the other end, Ralston got to the byline before his low cross was met by McTominay, but Allison pulled off another save. The match ended 3-0 and saw Scotland on 3 points with a -3 goal difference. Although things were not looking good for Scotland, they still had a chance of being one of the best 3rd place teams. They had to wait and find out though. Some shock results and tame games that were played out for a draw (shades of The Disgrace of Gijon in 1982, which saw both West Germany and Austria play out a 1-0 game that saw them both through on goal difference, and Algeria go out) occurred though. And Scotland finished 11th in the 12 teams. As soon as it was mathematically impossible for Scotland to qualify, Steve Clarke announced his resignation.