Scotland has never been accused of making things easy on itself. Now, with a place in the knockout rounds of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the line, the Scots find themselves exactly where the script demanded: needing a result against Brazil, one of the most decorated sides in football history.
The two nations meet on June 24, 2026, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with a 6 p.m. ET kickoff. For Scotland, nothing less than a draw will do to advance from Group C.
What Scotland needs, and why Brazil makes that so complicated
The historical record between these two sides at World Cups does not make for comfortable reading if you are Scottish. Brazil have won three of the previous four meetings at the tournament, with Scotland managing just one draw across all those encounters.
Their most recent meeting, a 2011 friendly, ended 2-0 to Brazil.
