23/11/2022 Football

23/11/2022 Football – Four Games in the World Cup today. At 10am is Morocco v Croatia. At 1pm is Germany v Japan. Spain v Costa Rica is at 4pm and Belgium v Canada is at 7pm.

23/11/2022 Football – World Cup – Morocco v Croatia

• Abdelhamid Sabiri is unlikely to feature in this game, owing to injury.
• Abdessamad Ezzalzouli is out of the game with a hamstring injury.

• Croatia have their full 26-man squad to choose from here.

Morocco-Croatia – FIFA World Cup 2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

23/11/2022 Football – World Cup – Germany v Japan

• Leroy Sane returned for Bayern Munich with a 15 minute cameo and should start here.
• There are no other issues to the squad Hansi Flick selected, but it is missing the likes of Timo Werner and Marco Reus, who missed out on the final squad through injury.

• Takuma Asano made the final team but has been injured since September, so there is a doubt over him featuring. He did play the first half against Canada though in a friendly.

Germany-Japan – FIFA World Cup 2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

23/11/2022 Football – World Cup – Spain v Costa Rica

• Jose Gaya was in contention to start before suffering a sprained ankle in training. He had to withdraw from the squad, and Barcelona’s Alex Balde was called up in his place.
• Nico Williams made his debut for the national team and scored his first goal for his country in a friendly against Jordan. He could start for La Roja against Costa Rica.

• There are no injury concerns for Costa Rica ahead of the game against Spain.

Spain-Costa Rica – FIFA World Cup 2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

23/11/2022 Football – World Cup – Belgium v Canada

• Romelu Lukaku has not played a competitive game since the end of October, only making five appearances across all competitions for Inter Milan this season and is likely to miss the opening two World Cup games for Belgium, owing to a thigh injury.
• Thomas Meunier has been missing for his club side Borussia Dortmund since mid-October owing to a fractured cheekbone, but came on in Friday’s friendly defeat against Egypt, so should be alright to start here.
• Leandro Trossard missed that game on Friday due to a knock he received in training, but he should be fine for this game, though he is unlikely to start.

• Alphonso Davies has been carrying a hamstring injury, which has meant he hasn’t played since near the start of November, though it looks as if he is fit enough to start here after returning to full training.
• Stephen Eustaquio and Milan Borjan were both carrying knocks in the lead up to this game, but have since taken part in full training, so will likely start in this game.

Belgium-Canada – FIFA World Cup 2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)