This is has been a huge debate for months now - who is Scotland's No 1? The romantic in me wants it to be Craig Gordon, but the reality is that the Hearts stopper is 43 and spent a lot of this season injured. Gunn is in the peak years of his career and while he doesn't play regularly for Nottingham Forest, I feel he'll get the nod to start against Haiti. He looked assured against Bolivia and that will have helped the coaching staff make the call.placeholder image
This is has been a huge debate for months now - who is Scotland's No 1? The romantic in me wants it to be Craig Gordon, but the reality is that the Hearts stopper is 43 and spent a lot of this season injured. Gunn is in the peak years of his career and while he doesn't play regularly for Nottingham Forest, I feel he'll get the nod to start against Haiti. He looked assured against Bolivia and that will have helped the coaching staff make the call. | SNS Group

Scotland team to play Haiti at World Cup: Big calls at back, two strikers and player cruelly left out

We pick our side to face the Haitians in World Cup opener

Scotland begin their World Cup campaign against Haiti in the early hours of Sunday morning - and the biggest talking point is what the team will be.

Everyone will have an opinion. The most important one belongs to head coach Steve Clarke. But that won’t us pitching ours in, will it?

We’ve named our XI that will hopefully beat Haiti. Scotland have played a 4-4-2 formation in their past two matches, against Curacao (4-1) and Bolivia (4-0). This seems the way to go against a Haitian side ranked 40 places beneath Scotland.

Take a look at our team and see if you agree ahead of our World Cup opener:

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