FIFA World Cup 2026 Scotland 0-3 Brazil Wednesday, 24 June 2026 Miami Stadium, Miami
Scorers
Scotland 0
Brazil 3: Vinicius Junior 7, Vinicius Junior 45, Matheus Cunha 60)
Team News
Scotland Head Coach Steve Clarke made four changes to the side that lost narrowly to Morocco on Friday in Boston, with Scott McKenna, Kenny McLean, Ben Gannon-Doak and Lawrence Shankland coming in for Grant Hanley, Kieran Tierney, Ryan Christie and Che Adams.
As it happened
Scotland supporters were vastly outnumbered in the sweltering Miami Stadium but the Scots had started confidently in the opening stages before Brazil took the lead with their first chance of the game in the 6th minute.
It came from a heavy touch from McKenna, which allowed Rayan to nip in, with the loose ball breaking to Vinicius Junior, who took a touch round Angus Gunn before slotting home.
Scotland were stunned but Clarke’s side looked to put that moment behind them and Ben Gannon-Doak was almost put clean through by a brilliant Nathan Patterson through ball, with only a last ditch challenge preventing the young winger from going through one-on-one with Allison.
Brazil were close to getting their second in the 20th minute as Vinicius Junior had McKenna back tracking but his effort with the outside of his right boot did not trouble Gunn.
Brazil then did make it 2-0 a couple of minutes later, but VAR came to Scotland’s rescue, with the officials ruling that Vinicius Junior had clipped Jack Hendry’s heels in the build up.
Scotland were buoyed by this reprieve and forced a flurry of corners, while McKenna almost got on the end of a dangerous John McGinn cross and Lewis Ferguson saw an effort deflected wide as the Scots enjoyed our first attacking spell of the game.
Mathias Cunha scored two against Haiti in Brazil’s last match and he was next to come close in the 42nd minute, curling just wide of Gunn’s goal.
The second goal did come for the Brazilians before the half, as Vinicius Junior nodded home at the back post from a Bruno Guimarães cross in injury time.
Scotland were needing the half time whistle and it was almost 3-0 as Rayan took an incredible touch before side footing goal wards but Gunn made a crucial stop.
There was a blow for Scotland at the break as injured skipper Andy Robertson was forced to come off, though Clarke was able to call upon the experienced Tierney to deputise.
Tierney almost made an impact straight away as his 49th minute cross was met by the head of Scott McTominay, though his header was too close to Allison.
Vinicius Junior was a constant threat, however, and he was played through on goals again a minute later, forcing Angus Gunn to come out to block well.
Scotland then had two half shouts for penalties in a matter of minutes as first Patterson and then McLean went down under tackles as they burst into the box but the referee was unmoved on both occasions. [00:42, 25/06/2026] Angus Macgregor: Match report: Scotland v Brazil
Scotland supporters were vastly outnumbered in the sweltering Miami Stadium but the Scots had started confidently in the opening stages before Brazil took the lead with their first chance of the game in the 6th minute.
It came from a heavy touch from McKenna, which allowed Rayan to nip in, with the loose ball breaking to Vinicius Junior, who took a touch round Angus Gunn before slotting home.
Scotland were stunned but Clarke’s side looked to put that moment behind them and Ben Gannon-Doak was almost put clean through by a brilliant Nathan Patterson through ball, with only a last ditch challenge preventing the young winger from going through one-on-one with Allison.
Brazil were close to getting their second in the 20th minute as Vinicius Junior had McKenna back tracking but his effort with the outside of his right boot did not trouble Gunn.
Brazil then did make it 2-0 a couple of minutes later, but VAR came to Scotland’s rescue, with the officials ruling that Vinicius Junior had clipped Jack Hendry’s heels in the build up.
Scotland were buoyed by this reprieve and forced a flurry of corners, while McKenna almost got on the end of a dangerous John McGinn cross and Lewis Ferguson saw an effort deflected wide as the Scots enjoyed our first attacking spell of the game.
Mathias Cunha scored two against Haiti in Brazil’s last match and he was next to come close in the 42nd minute, curling just wide of Gunn’s goal.
The second goal did come for the Brazilians before the half, as Vinicius Junior nodded home at the back post from a Bruno Guimarães cross in injury time.
Scotland were needing the half time whistle and it was almost 3-0 as Rayan took an incredible touch before side footing goal wards but Gunn made a crucial stop.
There was a blow for Scotland at the break as injured skipper Andy Robertson was forced to come off, though Clarke was able to call upon the experienced Tierney to deputise.
Tierney almost made an impact straight away as his 49th minute cross was met by the head of Scott McTominay, though his header was too close to Allison.
Vinicius Junior was a constant threat, however, and he was played through on goals again a minute later, forcing Angus Gunn to come out to block well.
Scotland then had two half shouts for penalties in a matter of minutes as first Patterson and then McLean went down under tackles as they burst into the box but the referee was unmoved on both occasions.
It got worse for Scotland on the hour mark as Guimares held off McLean before teeing up Cunha who slotted home at the near post.
Scotland’s response was good though and only wonder save from Alisson preventing Ferguson pulling a goal back with an in-swinging free kick.
Alisson was called into action again two minutes later, scrambling to keep out a McTominay header from an another dangerous Tierney cross.
Everything positive was coming down Scotland’s left and McTominay went close again in the 72nd minute, diverting Shankland’s scuffed effort narrowly over after he latched onto Tierney’s centre.
Shankland was next to go close in the 76th minute, headed Ferguson’s corner over the bar as Scotland chased a vital goal.
The Scots were desperate for a goal to give the fans something to shout about but it was not to be, as Alisson made his fifth save of the second half in the last minute, dropping low to smother McTominay's stabbed shot, as Scotland's knock-out hopes are now up in the air.
Teams
Scotland: Gunn, Patterson (Ralston 82), Hendry, McKenna, Robertson (Tierney 46), Ferguson, McLean, Gannon-Doak (Christie 82), McTominay, McGinn (Curtis 91), Shankland
Unused Substitutes: Kelly, Gordon, Hickey, Hanley, Souttar, Hyam, Fletcher, Dykes, Adams, Stewart, Hirst
Brazil: Alisson, Gabriel Magalhaes, Marquinhos, Danilo, Douglas Santos, Casemiro (Fabinho 65), Bruno Guimaraes, Lucas Paqueta (Gabriel Martinelli 66), Vinicius Junior, Matheus Cunha (Neymar 76), Rayan (Endrick 82)
Unused substitutes: Weverton, Ederson, Alex Sandro, Bremer, Leo Pereira, Roger Ibanez, Ederson Silva, Danilo Santos, Luiz Henrique, Igor Thiago
