Canada World Cup betting guide: Group odds and best bets

The World Cup is less than a month away. Canada will be making its first appearance in the tournament since 1986.

Canada is in a tough Group F with Belgium, Croatia and Morocco. Canada’s first game is against Belgium on November 23 at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.

It's been 36 years since Canada played on the soccer's greatest stage. Now, the Reds are back with their best team ever. The team is led by Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies. Davies won the Champions League with Bayern in 2020. Cyle Larin, Tajon Buchanan, Stephen Eustáquio, Jonathan David and Jonathan Osorio are also playing in the European Champions' League knockout stages.

Canada has to play against Belgium, Croatia and Morocco to advance past the group stage for the first time ever. Belgium is the No. 2 team in the world and has talents like Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku. Croatia was runner-up at the 2018 World Cup and is led by Luka Modric. Morocco has a formidable attacking group led to Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech and Sevilla”s Youssef En-Nesyri.

Canada is an underdog in every sense. Its odds to crash out of the group stage are -500. Canada didn't find the net in its only prior World Cup appearance. Davies is -155 to score a goal during the tournament. David plays forward and has scored in 65% of his games with the Canadian squad.

Belgium is -360 to win and Canada is a +1,000 underdog. Belgium has won six straight games in the group stage by an average of 1.67 goals per game. Backing Belgium to score over 2.5 goals at +130 has value. Canada held up well in CONCACAF but could get shelled in this spot.