Morocco have never lost in three previous meetings with Canada in all competitions (W2 D1), most recently a 4-0 friendly win in October 2016.
This will be Morocco’s fifth Fifa World Cup game against a non-European nation, with the Atlas Lions losing each of their four previous such games (vs Peru, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Iran).
Canada have been eliminated from the 2022 World Cup, having lost their first two matches. They have now lost all five of their World Cup games in total, with only El Salvador (6) playing more games while losing on each occasion.
Morocco earned only their third ever win at the World Cup last time out against Belgium, in what was their 18th game (D6 L9). All three of their victories have come against European nations (also beating Portugal in 1986 and Scotland in 1998).
This will be Canada’s first match against an African nation since October 2016, when they lost 4-0 to Morocco in Marrakech, with Hakim Ziyech scoring a brace. Canada’s only previous competitive match against a side from Africa saw them lose 2-0 to Cameroon in the Confederations Cup in 2001.
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Morocco are looking to reach the knockout stages of the World Cup for only the second time, after 1986, with this their sixth participation overall.
Morocco have kept a clean sheet in each of their last six games in all competitions, now going 622 minutes without conceding since Lyle Foster’s strike for South Africa in June. Should they keep a clean sheet in this game, they will be the first African side not to concede a goal in their first three matches at a single World Cup.
Despite sitting bottom of Group F with no points, Canada have attempted 30 shots across their two matches, which is 11 more than any other side in the group. Nonetheless, only five of those shots have been on target, which is the fewest in the group.
Morocco have made 41 clearances as a team during this year’s World Cup, the most of any team in Group F; central defender Romain Saïss has made 15 of those clearances himself, including 11 of their 21 in the victory against Belgium on MD2.
As well as scoring their only goal at this year’s World Cup, Alphonso Davies leads all Canada players for total ball carry distance (473 metres) and chances created (5).