Morocco vs Spain Lineups, H2H and Score Prediction 1-0
For Spain, Morocco is the opponent they 'choose' to face in this round. Therefore, Spain must also be required to be able to win the game later.
Spain lost 1-2 to Japan on the last matchday of Group E, but La Furia Roja still qualified for the round of 16. They escaped with Japan, while Germany and Costa Rica had to go home. Japan won Group E, while Spain finished as runners-up . Spain will face Morocco (Group F winner), while Japan will face Croatia (Group F runner-up).
Keep in mind, Group F matches are held before Group E matches. In other words, Group E teams already know who the winners and runners-up from Group F are.
If Spain had won, then Germany, who beat Costa Rica 4-2 in the other party, would have qualified to accompany them, while Japan had to run aground. In that scenario, Spain will also meet Croatia. However, Spain apparently 'chose' to lose, took part in repatriating Germany, finished as runner-up , and would 'only' face Morocco.
Not to belittle Morocco, but if you have to choose between Morocco and the 2018 World Cup runners-up , anyone might prefer the former.
Morocco is the opponent that has been 'chosen' by Spain for them to face in this round. Spain should also be confident that they will be able to win and move on to the quarter-finals, where they will face either Portugal or Switzerland.
Lineups Prediction Morocco vs Spain
Morocco (4-3-3): Yassine Bounou; Noussair Mazraoui, Romain Saiss, Nayef Aguerd, Achraf Hakimi; Abdelhamid Sabiri, Sofyan Amrabat, Azzedine Ounahi; Sofiane Boufal, Youssef En-Nesyri, Hakim Ziyech.
- Coach: Walid Reragui (Morocco).
- Squad info: No absent players.
Spain (4-3-3): Unai Simon; Jordi Alba, Pau Torres, Rodri, Dani Carvajal; Pedri, Sergio Busquets, Gavi; Dani Olmo, Alvaro Morata, Ferran Torres.
- Coach: Luis Enrique (Spain).
- Squad info: No absent players.
H2H Morocco vs Spain
Head-to-head
- encounters: 3
- Morocco wins: 0
- Goals Morocco: 4
- Draws: 1
- Spain wins: 2
- Goals Spain: 6
Last 3 Meetings
- 25/06/2018 Spain 2-2 Morocco (World Cup)
- 23/11/1961 Spain 3-2 Morocco (World Cup Qualification)
- 12/11/1961 Morocco 0-1 Spain (World Cup Qualification)
Last 5 Matches Morocco (SMSMM)
- 28/09/22 Paraguay 0-0 Morocco (Friendly)
- 17/11/22 Morocco 3-0 Georgia (Friendly)
- 23/11/22 Morocco 0-0 Croatia (World Cup)
- 27/11 /22 Belgium 0-2 Morocco (World Cup)
- 01/12/22 Canada 1-2 Morocco (World Cup)
Last 5 Matches Spain (MMMSK)
- 28/09/22 Portugal 0-1 Spain (UNL)
- 17/11/22 Jordan 1-3 Spain (Friendly)
- 23/11/22 Spain 7-0 Costa Rica (World Cup)
- 28/ 11/22 Spain 1-1 Germany (World Cup)
- 02/12/22 Japan 2-1 Spain (World Cup)
Statistics and Score Predictions
- Morocco without a win in 3 meetings with Spain so far (W0 D1 L2).
- Their last meeting was in the group phase of the 2018 World Cup. At that time, Morocco and Spain drew 2-2.
- Morocco is unbeaten in its last 8 matches (W6 D2 L0).
- Morocco kept 6 clean sheets and only conceded a total of 1 goal in their last 7 matches.
- Morocco is unbeaten in its last 4 matches in the World Cup (W2 D2 L0).
- Morocco has always scored 2 goals in 3 of its last 4 matches at the World Cup.
- Morocco has only won 3 times in its last 13 matches in the World Cup (W3 D3 L7).
- Spain has only lost 2 times in its last 14 matches (W9 D3 L2).
- Spain has kept 7 clean sheets in its last 14 matches.
- Spain has only lost 1 time in normal time in its last 8 matches at the World Cup (W3 D4 L1).
- Spain has always conceded 1 goal in 3 of its last 4 matches at the World Cup.
- Spain won 2 and drew 1 in 3 meetings with Morocco so far, of which 2 wins were all with a margin of 1 goal.
Final score prediction: Morocco 1-2 Spain
