Week 2 brings us a match on Nov 27th where Belgium hosts Morocco in a meeting of these two World Cup teams. Belgium is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Canada. Michy Batshuayi struck first for Belgium in the 44th minute on a feed from Toby Alderweireld, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Canada was frustrated by Belgium’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Belgium ended the match with the shutout victory. Belgium is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Morocco recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Croatia. Neither Morocco nor Croatia could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Morocco is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Sofiane Boufal has been the most prolific scorer on Morocco in the last five matches with 2 goals. Both Hans Vanaken and Michy Batshuayi have been the hottest scorers for Belgium in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.