World Cup Day 9 Cheat Sheet: Best bets for Scotland v Morocco and more

World Cup Day 9 Tips and Predictions

20:00 - USA v Australia: Back host to win lively game

Paul Higham: The hosts are big 6/10 favourites in Seattle, which is one of the loudest stadiums in the United States, with Australia 4/1 outsiders as they may find it hard to replicate the result against Turkey with a similar performance.

Just 28% possession was turned into two goals from four shots on target - it's hard to pull off the same trick twice against a USA side that will go full throttle like a Mauricio Pochettino side usually does.

They're comfortable in their surroundings now after 19 straight games at home in the United States (W11 L6 D2) while they've won seven on the spin in Seattle - but Australia rather surprisingly have now won three of their past four at the World Cup.

And the Socceroos will be tough to break down - they've kept six clean sheets in their last nine wins and even in defeat eight of their last 10 losses have just been by the odd goal, so they'll be nowhere near as wide open as Paraguay.

23:00 - Scotland v Morocco: Back McTominay in shots double

Kevin Hatchard: Using the Sportsbook's OddsBoost section, you can back both Scott McTominay and Brahim Diaz to have a shot on target each, and the price has been boosted from 6/4 to 2/1.

In the last two seasons under Antonio Conte at Napoli, McTominay has become one of the most effective box-crashing midfielders in Europe. He scored seven goals in qualifying, and hit the post against Haiti.

As for Diaz, he had three shots against Brazil, and hit the target once. If you look at his four games at AFCON, you see that the former Manchester City player hit the target in three of them.

01:30 - Brazil v Haiti: Back underdogs' shots

Opta Stat: Haiti had more shots than any other Group C side on MD1 (15), while they also ranked joint top - along with Brazil - for touches in the opposition box (22).

04:00 - Turkey v Paraguay: Back score combo at 12/5

Jack Critchley: Turkey boss Vincenzo Montella apologised to the fans and admitted that his gameplan wasn't executed well enough against Australia. He suggested that he will stick with similar tactics here, and he believes that his side will eventually be rewarded for their patience.

With an xG of 1.36, 72% possession and 30 shots, eight of which landed on target, Turkey certainly didn't struggle to carve out opportunities last weekend, however, their finishing left plenty to be desired. They are likely to make a fast start here, and as the USA demonstrated, Paraguay struggled to deal with early pressure.

The South American outfit will look to get back to basics after their humbling in the opening group game. They struggled to get any sort of foothold against the US, and managed just a single shot on target. If Turkey can keep hold of the ball, and improve their finishing, they should be able to clinch their first World Cup success since 2002.

Notable winners on Betting.Betfair so far at the 2026 World Cup...

- Mark Stinchcombe's stunning 38/139.00 Bet Builder in South Korea v Czechia
- Paul Higham's 9/25.50 Bet Builder in Mexico's MD1 defeat of South Africa
- Paul also tipped 13/53.60 (Canada v Bosnia) & 15/82.88 (Brazil v Morocco) draws
- A 6/17.00 winning ACCA for Mark on Sunday at the World Cup
- Andy Robson's 9/110.00 five-leg ACCA as Germany wallop Curacao
- Another 13/53.60 winner for Paul as France beat Senegal with both teams scoring

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