Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Belarus
Match Time & Date:
8 September 2025
19:45
Prediction: 0-1
Scotland
ZTE Arena will host Monday’s football game between Belarus and Scotland. The hosts aim to recover from a heavy 5-1 loss to Greece, but they will have yet another big fish to fry against Steve Clarke’s men. As the game will be played on a neutral location, home win should not be considered. Piast Gliwice forward German Barkovskiy is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in their opener.
The Scotts, on the other hand, played out a goalless draw with Denmark in the opening match of their World Cup qualifying campaign. Scotland are now eyeing their first win of the process and given the number of high-profile players in Steve Clarke’s team, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visiting team. Star players Andy Robertson, Scott McTominay, and John McGinn should keep their spots in the starting XI.
Highlighted Team (Scotland):
Despite being part of United Kingdom Scotland participate in football competitions as an independent country. The Scots qualified for the 1950 FIFA World Cup finals, but the SFA eventually withdrew their entry as they were not British champions. Four years later Scotland national football team participated at the showpiece tournament in Switzerland, but they were eliminated in the group stages.
Scotland booked their place at the FIFA World Cup on eight occasions, but they have not played a match at the finals of the major tournament since 1998. On the other hand, the Scotts participated at both Euro 1992 and Euro 1996, but they failed to qualify for the knockout stages at the tournaments in Sweden and England respectively. A number of Premier League stars played for the Scotland national football team in the past and Jim Baxter, Hughie Gallacher, John Greig, Jimmy Johnstone, Billy McNeill, Bobby Murdoch, Archie Gemmill and Lawrie Reilly are the footballers who made more than 50 appearances for Scotland, with Alan Hutton and Scott Brown joining the list recently.
The Scotts recorded their biggest win back in February 23, 1901, with the team rolling over Ireland 11-0. The team suffered their biggest defeat against Uruguay (0-7) in June, 1954. Gordon Strachan’s team welcome their opponents at Hampden Park.
Croatia 
Montenegro 
Gibraltar 
Faroe Islands 
Greece 
Denmark 
Israel 
Italy 
Kosovo 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Slovenia 
