Box Occupation
Scotland
Scotland kept getting bodies into the area — 89% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 8 of 9
- Share
- 89%
- xG per shot
- 0.12
World Cup · Group Stage · 1
Haiti
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Scotland
J. McGinn 28'
World Cup
Group Stage · 1Haiti0–1Scotland
1.05
Expected goals
1.05
28′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: HAI 1.05, SCO 1.05.
Match report
Haiti 0-1 Scotland
Scotland edged out Haiti 1-0 at Gillette Stadium in World Cup. McGinn opened the scoring for Scotland on 28'.
Expected goals finished Haiti 1.05, Scotland 1.05. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Haiti held 54.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Scotland graded out for box occupation — 8 of 9 shots in the box and 0.12 xg per shot. Scotland graded out for cynical press — 21 fouls and 3 yellow cards.
Lewis Ferguson came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.7 for Scotland from 1 tackle.
It was a niggly afternoon: 44 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Haiti conceding the most free-kicks (23).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
54%Possession46%
15Shots9
1.05xG1.05
What the numbers say
3 readsCynical Press
Scotland
Scotland broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 21 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 21
- Yellow cards
- 3
Fine Margins
Both teams
Nothing separated these two — possession and chance quality finished all but level.
- Possession
- 54.0% v 46.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.05 v 1.05
Timeline
⚽28'
J. McGinn
Jean-Ricner Bellegarde
Foul
🟨39'
Half-time
🟨46'
Aaron Hickey
Foul
J. Casimir ↑ L. Deedson ↓
🔄61'
🔄75'
R. Christie ↑ B. Gannon-Doak ↓
🔄75'
L. Dykes ↑ C. Adams ↓
🔄75'
N. Patterson ↑ A. Hickey ↓
L. Joseph ↑ W. Isidor ↓
🔄76'
🔄83'
K. McLean ↑ L. Shankland ↓
🔄83'
F. Curtis ↑ J. McGinn ↓
Y. Fortune ↑ R. Providence ↓
🔄85'
🟨90+1'
Findlay Curtis
Foul
🟨90+5'
Kenny McLean
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueGillette Stadium, Boston
RefereeMustapha Ghorbal, Algeria
CompetitionWorld Cup
Season2026
RoundGroup Stage · 1
StatusMatch Finished