Morocco's class told in a 1–0 win over Scotland, the 2022 semi-finalists moving to the top of Group C and leaving the Tartan Army's hopes hanging by a thread.

Morocco's 1-0 win flattered Scotland in the possession column (59-41) but the killer number is Scotland's 0 shots on target from 6 attempts: they never tested Bounou despite a second-half push and penalty-box tumbles from McGinn and McTominay. Morocco's edge was front-loaded and clinical — Saibari's strike inside 71 seconds accounts for a chunk of their 0.97 xG, and after grabbing the lead the Atlas Lions controlled tempo (601 passes) rather than chasing a second, leaving 12 shots but only 2 on target. With a combined xG under 1.5 and just two on-target efforts all night, this was a low-event game decided almost entirely by one early defensive lapse from Hanley, not by sustained territorial dominance.