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Oli Gent

Scotland XI vs Morocco: Starting lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for World Cup today

Scotland have one injury concern going into their huge World Cup encounter with Morocco today.

Steve Clarke is likely to be without defender Scott McKenna once more, with the former Nottingham Forest man nursing a calf injury that kept him out of the 1-0 win over Haiti.

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Otherwise, the Scots are at full strength, and it remains to be seen whether Clarke goes for the jugular against the slick Moroccans or whether he reverts to type and hopes to grind his way to avoiding defeat.

He has switched to a more adventurous 4-4-2 shape in recent weeks and months, incorporating the prolific Lawrence Shankland into his attack to partner Che Adams.

It seems to be the same setup today, though Ryan Christie comes in in place of Ben Gannon-Doak.

Goalscorer: John McGinn (PA Wire)
Goalscorer: John McGinn (PA Wire)

John McGinn, goalscorer against Haiti, is the first name on the teamsheet, so it won’t be him.

Former Arsenal man Kieran Tierney comes into the side next to Jack Hendry and Grant Hanley.

Aaron Hickey also finds himself dropped to the bench, though Andy Robertson has kept his traditional starting place at left-back.

McGinn stays in the middle of the park, along with the deeper-lying Lewis Ferguson and the box-crashing Scott McTominay.

It would then give Clarke the two strikers he has seemingly preferred of late.

Scotland XI: Gunn, Robertson, Hanley, Tierney, Hendry, Ferguson, Patterson, McGinn, Christie, McTominay, Adams

Subs: Kelly, Gordon, Hickey, Fletcher, Dykes, Stewart, Souttar, Hyam, Gannon-Doak, Hirst, Shankland, McLean, Ralston, Curtis, McKenna

Date and time: 11pm BST on Friday June 19, 2026

Venue: Boston Stadium, Massachusetts

How to watch: ITV

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