Belgium relied on Batshuayi’s goal to beat Canada by the minimum scoreline on their World Cup debut in Qatar🇧🇷 However, despite the three points that put the Belgians at the top of Group F, the European team did not have it easy against the Canadians.

The team of De Bruyne and company gave almost three times less kicks than the opponent during the match on Wednesday. In all, there were nine shots against 21 for the North American team. which favored the Hell The reds, however, were efficiency in the endgame.

According to figures made available by Fifa, Belgium finished the match with three accurate shots on goal, the same number achieved by Canada. That is to say, the Belgians had a success rate of 33.33%, while the Canadians had only 14.28%.

Additionally, Team North America took 11 shots from the sidelines, meaning more than half (52.38% to be exact) of the shots weren’t in the direction of the goal. On the other hand, the Belgians maintained the rate of a third of false blows (33.33%). The rest of the shots were blocked by the respective defenses – three for Belgium against seven for the Canadians.

Of course, one cannot fail to consider that one of those Canada shots, which went on goal, but did not balance the net, was Alphonso Davies’ penalty, saved by Courtois. On the other hand, the Europeans changed the score in a more difficult way – thanks to a long ball towards the attack and with a fine finish from Batshuayi.

Seeded – and now leader – of Group F, Belgium returns to the field next Sunday, at 10 a.m. (Brasília time), to face Morocco. Finally, participation in the group stage of the world Cup against Croatia, from 12 p.m. Thursday. Crotas and Moroccans share the vice-leadership, with one point each, while the bitter Canadians the bottom.