Scotland v Haiti LIVE: World Cup line-ups and team news ahead of must-win return

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Scotland haven’t won a match at a major tournament in 30 years – but if they beat Haiti tonight, they’ll end the day at the top of a World Cup group.

That’s because Brazil and Morocco, who make up the other half of Group C, just played out a 1-1 stalemate at MetLife Stadium!

Click below for reaction to that game – but don’t go for too long, as kick off is only 45 minutes away!

The Scots were out inspecting the Boston pitch after arriving a littler earlier

“We hope we inspire the next generation to go out and kick a ball with their brother, mates or sister,” said Scotland skipper Andy Robertson, seemingly referencing the commercialisation and costs of this World Cup, in his pre-match press conference on Friday. “I did that with my brother in the back garden and with my mates.

“Society and football has become more expensive, but people can always kick a can down the road as they say. This is obviously on the world stage. We see back home how excited kids, parents and grandparents are.”

And here’s the Haiti team. Wolves midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, as well as Sunderland frontman Wilson Isidor, are some of the recognisable names facing Steve Clarke’s side tonight.

Haiti XI: Placide, Arcus, Ade, Delcroix, Experience, Deedson, Jean Jacques, Bellegarde, Providence, Pierrot, Isidor.

As expected, Scott McTominay does start for Scotland – having sufficiently recovered from his illness this week.

Steve Clarke has also plumped for Angus Gunn in goal, rather than veteran Craig Gordon, while Che Adams and Lawrence Shankland play together up front, leaving the likes of Ross Stewart and Lyndon Dykes as options off the bench.

Jack Hendry and Grant Hanley are the centre-backs, with John Souttar on the bench, while Andy Robertson captains the side from left-back.

Scotland XI: Gunn; Hickey, Hendry, Hanley, Robertson; Gannon-Doak, Ferguson, McTominay, McGinn; Adams, Shankland.

The Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence but, on part of Boston’s famous Freedom Trail, there was an invasion by a foreign force: the Tartan Army.

There were kilted Scots everywhere in Boston’s historic centre, at least until they decamped to Foxborough. They hired Massachusetts’ yellow school buses for the journey south.

The 28-year wait for a World Cup game has turned this into even more of an occasion for the Scots. It should be quite a night.

A couple of years ago, the slogan, at least outside the dressing room, was “No Scotland, no party”. Now it is different. The core of Andy Robertson’s message was “no regrets”.

Now the objective is to go one better and win a game, to do something that has eluded every previous Scotland side and reach the knockout stages of a tournament. “We want to do something special,” said Steve Clarke, a manager who often deals in cautious rhetoric allowing himself to dream.

Star player: Duckens Nazon. The captain scored six goals in qualifying and leads the line for his nation.

Breakout talent: Wilson Isidor. Coming off an excellent season at Sunderland, the French-born Isidor has switched allegiances.