The 2026 World Cup has thrown up a repeat of the 2022 semi-final in this year's last eight as France lock horns with Morocco across the pond.
Many peoples' favourites, France are seen as the team to beat and have largely lived up to expectations thus far, winning every game while scoring 14 goals and conceding just two.
They kicked off their tournament with a 3-1 win over Senegal, which was followed by wins over Iraq (3-0), Norway (4-1) and Sweden (3-0) before a 1-0 win over Paraguay in the last 16 secured their quarter-final spot.
The French attacking arsenal are looking fearsome, with Kylian Mbappe currently on seven goals in five games, Ousmane Dembele on four goals in the same number of games while Michael Olise is pulling the strings as a number 10.
If final third players with X-factor quality are the biggest determiners of World Cup winning potential, no nation has a greater abundance of these profiles than the French and they're thus far reaping the rewards.
Their form heading into this game is imperious, with Didier Deschamps' side winning nine of their last ten games.
Many of those wins have been extremely convincing for France too, having scored three or more goals in seven of those ten outings.
Despite the often one-sided nature of their games, BTTS is a pretty common theme of matches involving France, occurring in 70% of their last ten.
Morocco, meanwhile, have reached the last eight of the World Cup for the second straight tournament, representing a major milestone in their footballing history.
Having claimed seven points from their group games - 1-1 vs. Brazil, 1-0 vs. Scotland and 4-2 vs. Haiti - they went on to beat the Netherlands on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the last 32, before beating Canada 3-0 in the round of 16.
The win over Canada was a performance emblematic of a team gaining tournament experience, with the hosts largely the better team for much of the game and posing serious issues to the North Africans. However, Morocco remained calm and their superior individual quality ultimately separated the two sides, with a clinical display producing three goals.
60% of Morocco's last ten games have seen BTTS occur while 50% of those ten have seen over 2.5 goals scored, so it shouldn't be a dull game.
Morocco have a high technical ceiling and a midfield that's very secure in possession, but it's hard to look past the French here. France comfortably won 2-0 when the sides met in the semi-finals in 2022 and while many would argue Morocco have improved in that time, so have the French.
France 3-1 Morocco
