The 2026 FIFA World Cup has finally arrived, and DraftKings Network is already pointing bettors toward the players it likes most for Saturday’s four-match slate. On a day that includes Qatar vs. Switzerland, Brazil vs. Morocco, Haiti vs. Scotland and Australia vs. Turkey, Charlie Cummings laid out anytime goalscorer picks built for the first full weekend of the tournament.
Cummings said the weekend board looks excellent and said he would break down his favorite anytime goalscorers for the four-game slate. That matters now because the picks landed on Jun 12, 2026, one day before the matches are played, giving fans and bettors a last look at the names most likely to decide a result when the action starts on Saturday.
Among the players singled out, Ndoye stands out for the Swiss after scoring in four of his last five starts for the national team. Qatar, by contrast, enters its match after losing all three games in its debut World Cup while conceding seven goals, a record that frames why scoring angles around Switzerland have attracted attention. Scott McTominay is another favored name after posting 11 goals in 19 games across EURO 2024 and the UEFA Nations League in 2024, then adding two more goals in six 2026 World Cup qualification games for Scotland.
The most intriguing call may be Kenan Yildiz, the 21-year-old Juventus winger who has 14 club goals this year and three goals in seven World Cup qualification matches. Cummings said Yildiz should begin his World Cup career with a bang, but Australia can defend stubbornly, which makes Turkey’s path to easy chances less straightforward than the scoring profile suggests. Yildiz also brings a reminder of how quickly he has grown since the 2024 Euros, when he scored once in 14 matches as a teenager.
The four matches will decide whether the picks hold up, and that is the only real answer bettors will get by the end of Saturday. For now, the board gives the opening weekend of the World Cup a betting edge, with one question hanging over every ticket: which of the suggested anytime goalscorers actually cashes when the whistle blows?
