Scotland team to play Haiti: Steve Clarke names line-up

Steve Clarke has confirmed his starting line-up as Scotland take on Haiti in their opening World Cup match.

Scotland are playing their first World Cup match for 28 years and they are the favourites to prevail against Group C outsiders Haiti.

After being drawn alongside five-time winners Brazil and 2022 semi-finalists Morocco, tonight is arguably a must-win match for Scotland.

The headline news is that Ryan Christie has been left out of Scotland's team.

John McGinn returns to the team in place of the Bournemouth man in the only change from last weekend's friendly win over Bolivia.

That means that Angus Gunn is preferred to Craig Gordon in goal and there are also starts for Lewis Ferguson and Ben Gannon-Doak.

Clarke has also opted for a front two of Lawrence Shankland and Che Adams as he names an attacking line-up in Boston.

Scotland will line-up in a 4-4-2 formation but it is a system that looks quite flexible given that McGinn will operate from one of the flanks.

Scotland starting line-up

Angus Gunn
Aaron Hickey
Grant Hanley
Jack Hendry
Andy Robertson (c)
John McGinn
Lewis Ferguson
Scott McTominay
Ben Gannon-Doak
Che Adams
Lawrence Shankland