{"id":1037199,"date":"2026-06-19T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1037199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:54:26","slug":"is-scotland-v-morocco-on-tv-channel-kick-off-time-and-how-to-watch-world-cup-2026-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1037199\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Scotland v Morocco on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup 2026 match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"sc-1uza6dc-1 eRQajs\">Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/scotland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a> next face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/morocco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morocco<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/world-cup-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> and know that a win would secure a spot in the knockout stage of the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>Steve Clarke\u2019s side marked their return on the global stage with a 1-0 victory against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/haiti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haiti<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/boston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston<\/a> last Saturday, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/john-mcginn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John McGinn<\/a>\u2019s deflected effort. <\/p>\n<p>Boston will be full of thousands of Tartan Army fans once again before they finish against Brazil in Miami. <\/p>\n<p>Morocco, meanwhile, impressed in their opening outing and will fancy their chances of topping the group, given they end their Group C campaign against Haiti. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about this World Cup 2026 game:<\/p>\n<p>When is Scotland v Morocco? <\/p>\n<p>Scotland face Morocco at <strong>11pm BST<\/strong> on Friday 19 June (6pm ET) in Boston. <\/p>\n<p>How can I watch it?<\/p>\n<p>Viewers in the UK can watch the match free-to-air on ITV 1 and STV, with coverage starting at 10pm BST. It can also be live-streamed on ITVX. <\/p>\n<p>Team news<\/p>\n<p>Centre back Scott McKenna missed Scotland\u2019s win against Haiti and is still a doubt with a calf issue. Billy Gilmour was ruled out of the tournament after suffering an injury in a warm-up game. <\/p>\n<p>Morocco have no injury worries from their draw against Brazil, with goalscorer Ismael Saibari set to keep his spot in the starting XI. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01KV22MZEKAQ2MSQJNECVPJ0AA.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"John McGinn was Scotland\u2019s hero against Haiti\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>John McGinn was Scotland\u2019s hero against Haiti (PA)<\/p>\n<p>Predicted line-ups<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scotland:<\/strong> Gunn; Hickey, Hendry, Hanley, Robertson; Gannon-Doak, Ferguson, McTominay, McGinn; Adams, Shankland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Morocco: <\/strong>Bono; Hakimi, Diop, Riad, Mazraoui; El Aynaoui, Bouaddi; Diaz, Ounahi, El Khannouss; Saibari<\/p>\n<p>Latest odds<\/p>\n<p>Scotland &#8211; 19\/4<\/p>\n<p>Draw &#8211; 27\/10<\/p>\n<p>Morocco &#8211; 3\/4<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1037200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,103408,4884,283433,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-1037199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotland","tag-britain","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-great-britain","tag-haiti-vs-scotland-fifa-world-cup-2026-group-c-boston-stadium-pa2026","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116778060622458121","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1037200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}