Scotland fans who are 35 and older will have clear memories of that horror show at the 1998 World Cup in France, when Morocco beat Scotland 3-0 in the final group game but both sides ended up going out because of Norway's win over Brazil.

Andy Robertson was asked if his side were out to avenge that painful defeat, but the Scotland captain pointed out he was too young to remember it!

These two sides do have history, and a painful one at that...

Scotland's only previous meeting with Morocco came at the 1998 World Cup where a 3-0 defeat consigned Craig Brown's side to a group-stage exit.

Will Steve Clarke's crop of 2026 fare better tonight?

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Captain Andy Robertson says the Scotland squad will not "shy away" from the chance to make history as the country's first to make it out of the group stages at a major tournament.

One point against African champions Morocco would almost certainly do the job after their opening win over Haiti.

"I try to not think about it because we've got such a tough task ahead of us," said Robertson.

"I don't think any of the lads and the coaching staff shy away from us wanting to be the first team to be able to do that for our country.

"We know how difficult that is going to be, were out playing against one of the best teams in the world but we believe we can make any game difficult and if we can do that, put in our best performance, then I believe we can get what we want and hopefully be the ones to achieve history."

I can't tell if this is confidence or not, Benny?

Jamie and Andy Murray say they are loving watching Scotland's World Cup journey from afar...but wish they could have joined the party Stateside.

Despite that one regret, the brothers admit they are daring to dream...

Tonight is the night history could be made for Scotland.

After a week of partying at baseball games, haggis being made 'legal' in Massachusetts and traffic cones taking over Boston - how are we feeling, Tartan Army?

Are you watching tonight's game at home with the curtains shut and the volume at max or heading to the pub?

Do you have any superstitions, lucky tops or rituals to help the lads get a result against Morocco?

Predicitons, plans and your feelings. We want the lot.

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Scotland's first minister has delivered a message of support to the men's team ahead of tonight's match with Morocco.

John Swinney passed on his thanks and congratulations to Steve Clarke's side for reaching the finals and for winning their first game against Haiti - Scotland's first victory at a World Cup since 1990.

Swinney said: “I hope the win against Haiti gives the team the foundations and the verve and the energy to win against Morocco tonight.

"I would just simply say to all of them - all of Scotland is right behind them.”

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Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi will stand trial for rape, French prosecutors have confirmed.

A woman accused the Paris St-Germain defender of raping her at his home in the French capital in 2023, when she was aged 24.

The public prosecutor's office in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris, began a preliminary investigation in March 2023.

An investigating judge ordered a trial in February 2026 and French media report that Hakimi, 27, failed with a recent appeal to have the trial dismissed.

Hakimi, who is set to lead his side out for their second World Cup fixture against Scotland on Friday (23:00 BST), has consistently denied the accusations.

News breaking today has cast a shadow over Morocco's preparations for tonight's match against Scotland...

Four years ago, Morocco were the World Cup's surprise package as they beat Belgium, Spain and Portugal on their way to the semi-finals, where they lost 2-0 to France.

Since then, their squad has evolved and kicked on to further success, but Kachloul believes there is more to come.

At previous tournaments, Morocco were pragmatic and effective - a team built on defensive structure and stability above all else

Under new head coach Mohamed Ouahbi - appointed just before this World Cup after success with the country's youth teams - Morocco hope to play a more fluid, front-foot style, led by a new generation of talent.

Scotland will have to watch out for 18-year-old Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi, who shone against Brazil and has been linked with both Arsenal and Liverpool.

And winger Saibari, the scorer against Brazil, looks set to join Bayern Munich from PSV Eindhoven.

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After 30 minutes of their World Cup opener against five-time champions Brazil, Morocco looked a class apart.

The Afcon finalists - and disputed winners - moved the ball about with confidence, dominated possession and deservedly led after Ismael Saibari raced onto a defence-splitting pass from Brahim Diaz and lofted a delightful finish over Alisson Becker.

Bedraggled Brazil were indebted to a piece of magic from Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr hauling them level before half-time.

Scotland supporters watching on would have understandably been concerned.

This was before Steve Clarke's side had defeated Haiti 1-0, but even so, Scotland will likely need to draw against either Morocco - the sides meet in Boston on Friday night - or Brazil to ensure they get out of Group C. At the very least, they need to avoid heavy defeats.

The party, however, is coming to an end in Boston.

Scotland will be moving on after tonight's second group match against a Morocco side that is sixth in the Fifa world rankings...

BBC Sounds

Bostonian Brad Livingston, drum sergeant of the Rhode Island Highlanders pipe band, speaking about the Tartan Army on BBC Radio 5 Live's Wake Up To Money: "It has been absolutely fantastic. I could not have nicer things to say about the Tartan Army, here in Providence. It has been absolutely magical for us. Getting new friends and being here, everyone has been so kind.

"The city of Providence has welcomed the Tartan Army with open arms and I hope that all of the folks from the Tartan Army are having as much fun as we are. Everything has been so wonderful."

On putting on bagpipe parades with the Scotland supporters: "The band here, we’ve done a couple of events now with the Tartan Army. Our first event was prior to the match at the end of last week. We met in a pub down here where there was a street party with the supporters, we marched them from the pub to the iconic yellow school buses we have here in the States, so everybody could climb on board and drive up to the stadium in Foxborough.

"We went back and the supporters that weren’t able to get tickets to the match, we stayed in the pub with them and we cheered just as loud as anybody else when Scotland won their game.

"Earlier today, we marched the Tartan Army down to the Hasbro Children Hospital where they made a very sizable donation to the children’s hospital. That was really special.

"There were members of the band who have had their own children or families go to that hospital for treatment, so it was emotional on our end and for the Tartan Army supporters as well.

"Just a magical thing and then after we finished with that, we marched supporters down to a park here.

"There were thousands of people, we just had a blast, playing music, singing songs. Just really enjoying the camaraderie of it all."

Perhaps it is surprising to see Bostonians respond positively to being woken up at 6.30am by a Scottish bagpiper on their street, which was another story that went viral in the run-up to Scotland's World Cup opener.

As the week has progressed, we have seen more stories coming out of bonhomie breaking out, including pictures of Scotland fans clearing up after themselves following a party in Boston Common.

Another focal point for the Tartan Army has been the city of Providence, Rhode Island, which thousands of Scotland fans used as their base, travelling en masse to Foxborough Stadium in a convoy of chartered yellow American school buses...

Scott Mullen
BBC Sport Scotland in Boston

There is not a statue left in the tri state area that now does not have a traffic cone for a hat, nor is there a sidewalk in Boston that has not had an unfortunate view up a kilt.

There has been - quite rightly - so much said about the tartan takeover of Fenway Park on Sunday night as the toiling Boston Red Sox were celebrated all the way to a limp 6-4 defeat to the Texas Rangers.

An on-screen proposal was done to the backing vocal of 10,000 Scots singing about John McGinn, a row of Sox fans had their view obstructed by two men doing the Gay Gordons in front of them, and organist Josh Kantor kept the hits coming while displaying a "No Scotland No Party" sign while on screen.

Scott Mullen details the Tartan Army's epic fortnight in Boston.

Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer

Last weekend in Boston, Scotland played their most important game of international football in 28 years, a walk on the wildside against Haiti, a game that put the heart sideways in every Scot but, ultimately, sparked the party to end all parties in the city they called Beantown.

More like Beanotown, more like Scotland, Massachusetts.

For almost four decades there was a character in the DC Thomson comic called Ball Boy, a wee football-obsessed lad who couldn't kick a can down a street without thinking he'd scored the winner in a World Cup final.

Boston has been overtaken by Ball Boys, full-time dreamers and relentless ambassadors for their country.

There isn't a cop in the city who hasn't been charmed by them, nor a local business that hasn't benefitted hugely from the Tartan Army dollar.

They've been a happy whirlwind, a force of nature that will be missed when it blows out of town in the coming days.

Before the exodus, though, there's a job to be done. Such is the rarefied air they're breathing at this World Cup, what we said in previewing Haiti can be said again in looking forward to Morocco.

• Read Tom's full feature here

Scotland are top of Group C going into the second round of fixtures, but know that their qualification for the knockout stages is still not assured.

One point against Morocco tonight should be enough to secure their progress with automatic qualification for the top two, while the best eight of the 12 third-placed finishers will also make the last 32.

Defeat, and Scotland's progress could hinge on their final group game against five-time winners Brazil.

Remaining fixtures in Group C:

Friday, 19 June

• Scotland v Morocco (23:00 BST)

Saturday, 20 June

• Brazil v Haiti (01:30 BST)

Wednesday, 24 June

• Morocco v Haiti (23:00 BST)
• Scotland v Brazil (23:00 BST)

Scotland's opening week at the World Cup was kicked off by a spine-tingling rendition of the 'Flower of Scotland' inside the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

And after a nervy 1-0 win followed over Haiti, the party spilled out into Boston and the surrounding areas.

Social media has since been awash with clips of the Tartan Army charming their hosts, even members of the local constabulary have joined the fun, cheered on by Scots as they played keepie uppies.

Highlights have included a boat full of fans burning in the midday sun singing 'Scotland's on fire', supporters marching through Boston led by pipers and a takeover of the Boston Red Sox baseball team's home, Fenway Park.

Fans have been in fine voice throughout and the locals seem to have really enjoyed the cultural exchange, albeit perhaps still in blissful ignorance about just who this John McGinn fella is.

Scotland now have one more fixture to fulfill in Boston - against Morocco tonight - before the road trip heads south for Miami and a date with Brazil...

After that detour for the Premier League fixtures, we are switching our focus back to the World Cup for the next few hours.

If you have not been with us all morning, the day started with a look back at the last four games, which included significant wins for co-hosts Mexico and Canada.

The biggest talking point was the horrible injury suffered by Canada midfielder Ismael Kone, who was left with a broken leg following a tackle by Qatar's Assim Madibi.

Readers were this morning split on whether Madibi - who apologised the part he played in the injury - deserved to be sent off for the tackle.

But a poll showed that 70% of you agreed with the dismissal.

That was yesterday/early this morning - now it's time to take a long run up to Scotland v Morocco (23:00 BST).

As the song goes, "No Scotland, No Party" - but can Steve Clarke's men take the Tartan Army's party into the knockout stages for the first time in their history?

Premier League

That's all from the Premier League fixtures release as we turn our attention back to the World Cup and build-up to Scotland's crucial game against Morocco coming later today.

But before we do that, here's a quick recap of all the important bits you may have missed:

• 2026-26 opening day fixtures in full
• 2026-27 final day fixtures in full
• Boxing Day fixtures
• Manchester United handed easiest opening
• Who are the new managers in the Premier League?
• Find out your club's fixtures here
• Which clubs will play in Europe?
• Key things to look out for this season