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After drawing with Morocco in their opening fixture, Brazil will want to send a message by winning their second match of the competition in some style. The Selecao are not short of offensive quality, having scored 3+ goals in three of their last seven, including six against a Panama team that qualified comfortably from CONCACAF and are ranked 34 in the world.

Haiti, by contrast, are down in 83rd. They are also no strangers to conceding a high volume of goals, conceding three or more in three of their last eight competitive fixtures.

Brazil will dominate this game in terms of territory and should put up a sizeable corner count as a result. During their qualifying campaign, the Selecao averaged 5.17 corners but typically faced opponents higher ranked than Haiti. In their opening World Cup encounter against Morocco, they picked up six corners, hinting that they could put up big numbers here. Haiti conceded 4.6 corners on average during their qualifying campaign and will face an opponent, the quality of which, they have never previously faced.

Fresh from his equalising goal in Brazil’s opening match, Vinicius goes seeking an even bigger impact in his second game of the tournament. He had two shots on target in both Brazil’s pre-tournament friendly matches against Egypt and Panama, who are both teams with significantly stronger defences than the one the Real Madrid superstar will face against Haiti.

With Louicius Deedson likely to be Haiti’s biggest offensive threat, right back Carles Arcus may find himself exposed in one-v-one situations against the left winger, who loves to cut inside and shoot, with his goal against Morocco a textbook example.

It’s very rare for Bruno Guimaraes to play a football match and not be fouled at least twice. The Newcastle central midfielder is currently on a streak of playing nine successive matches for club and country in which he has been fouled at least twice.

Over those fixtures, he has won an astonishing 31 fouls. Haiti, meanwhile, gave up a foul count of 23 against Scotland, with central midfielders Danley Jean-Jacques and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde contributing five towards that final tally. That was no fluke; in qualifying, Haiti averaged 14.6 fouls committed – another very sizeable figure.

Haiti’s central midfielder was strong against Scotland when it came to winning fouls to relieve pressure on the defence, and the 26-year-old will need those skills against a Brazil side that will dominate this game.

He won three fouls against Scotland, while he drew at least one in three of his last four outings for Philadelphia Union in MLS. Brazil’s central midfielders, meanwhile, are likely to impose themselves by pressing quickly. Bruno Guimaraes averages 1.65 fouls per 90 in the Premier League with Newcastle this season and is a likely head-to-head opponent along with Casemiro (1.61 fouls per 90).

Haiti showed enough against Scotland to suggest that they will be able to pose an offensive threat to a Brazil side that has not kept a clean sheet in their last six matches across all competitions. They are 2.1 to find the net – but they picked up four corners against Scotland and showed that they will carry a threat on the break. They are also a side that produce a high corner count, hitting at least three in their last six competitive matches as well as in three of their last four friendlies.

Brazil have what it takes to rack up a big score against Haiti, having found their touch in front of goal in the pre-tournament matches against Croatia, Panama and Egypt, in which they alone scored 13 times.

The Haiti defence have conceded 3+ goals to the likes of Honduras, Costa Rica and Curacao over the course of the last year. Although Haiti only leaked one against Scotland, they will face a Brazil side much more at home in this climate. Equally, this is not necessarily all about the Selecao clocking up a big score; they themselves have conceded in six successive matches, so don’t discount Haiti from finding the net and contributing to the tally.

Brazil might have the reputation for being capable of playing beautiful football, but Carlo Ancelotti’s side also have an edge to them. In their last 18 competitive matches, they have received 2+ cards on 13 occasions.

That figure increases when they are outside of Brazil, with 2+ cards in nine of their last 10 games played either away from home or on neutral territory. Haiti, meanwhile, were apt at winning fouls against Scotland in their opening game, doing so on 21 occasions. The Scots saw three yellow cards, showing that Brazil could clock up their usual tally here.

Sunderland’s Isidor was unsurprisingly Haiti’s biggest threat against Scotland and he will recognise this match as an opportunity to make a name for himself on the biggest stage.

The 25-year-old was Sunderland’s most prolific shooter in the Premier League last season with 43 efforts, despite playing the equivalent of only 12.9 games. This equated to 3.32 shots per 90, underlining just how much he likes to shoot when he gets a sight of the target. He had two shots against Scotland and also had two efforts against Peru in Haiti’s final pre-tournament friendly.