World Cup Match Day 3: Brazil-Morocco, Australia-Türkiye Highlight Saturday Slate

Now we're really in it: The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup holds its first full match day on Saturday. 

The opener of the four-game slate sees 2022 host Qatar face an ambitious Switzerland team in Northern California. The drama then shifts to New Jersey for what is arguably the best group stage game at this tournament when Brazil faces Morocco in a matchup between two top-10 teams in the FIFA World Rankings. 

Scotland then kicks off its campaign against Haiti before the action concludes in Vancouver, where Australia and Türkiye meet in what promises to be an intense and hard-fought game.

Let’s go into detail on these games.

Qatar vs. Switzerland: How to Watch

Switzerland arrives at this World Cup with the realistic goal of making a long run into the knockout stages. Switzerland performed brilliantly in World Cup qualifying, winning UEFA’s Group B without losing a game. In a group that had Kosovo, Slovenia and Sweden, the Swiss scored 14 goals and conceded just twice while winning four games and drawing twice. That run has seen Switzerland climb to 19th in the FIFA World Rankings. 

Head coach Murat Yakin has been the architect of the team’s success, and he has Switzerland playing consistently well in major tournaments. He took over in 2021 and led the team to qualification for the 2022 World Cup after finishing above Italy to win its group. At the World Cup, the Swiss advanced to the Round of 16 before losing to Portugal. At Euro 2024, Yakin’s team beat Italy in the Round of 16 before losing to England in a shootout in the quarterfinals. 

Unlike Switzerland, Qatar enters this tournament without much positivity. In 2022, Qatar had the worst campaign of any host nation in the history of the World Cup, having lost all three