2026 World Cup: head-to-head Scotland-Brazil in Miami (Florida, USA) on 25 June (00:00 CET)

The Brazil national team is valued at €928m for its 26-player squad according to Transfermarkt, i.e. 5.5 times the value of Scotland’s squad (€170m), a few hours before the match between the two teams at the Hard Rock Stadium (64,478 capacity) of Miami (Florida, USA) in their third Group C match of the 2026 World Cup on 25 June 2026 (kick-off at 00:00 CET).

Brazil, the second-ranked South American nation behind Argentina, is in 5^th place in the FIFA rankings, between England and Morocco. Scotland, the 20fth-ranked European nation, is 40^th, between Hungary and Serbia.

The Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) is forecasting revenues of 2.7 billion reais in 2026, equivalent to around €458m, compared with 2.25 billion (€345m) in 2025. The body, chaired by Samir Xaud, had then posted a net deficit of 182.5 million reais (-€28m as of 31 December 2025, compared with a €16.6m profit in 2024), almost half of which was attributable to legal proceedings that forced it to compensate the club of Icasa. In 2025, the Scottish Football Association posted nearly £80m in turnover (€91.7m, compared…