Morocco vs. Croatia Match Analysis and Prediction

Morocco vs Croatia Match Analysis & Prediction

Morocco

23/11/2022 12:00 am

Croatia

by Bryce

6 months ago 0 163

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When Morocco and Croatia meet in a Group F fixture on Wednesday, it will start the daily schedule for the national teams at the 2022 World Cup. Belgium and Canada will meet nine hours later at the Al Bayt Stadium.

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Morocco and Croatia meet in Group F of the 2022 World Cup as two nations with disappointing recent records at major tournaments.

Morocco qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but failed to advance from its group, suffering only a single defeat. Since then, however, it has underperformed at the Africa Cup of Nations, reaching the last 16 in 2019 and the quarter-finals in 2021. It enters this competit

ion on a five-match unbeaten streak and will be looking to build on this momentum against Croatia, which failed to qualify for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups after being defeated by Iceland in playoffs both times.

Croatia is playing in their first World Cup fixture since their agonizing defeat in the 2018 final against France. They went down 4-2, but recent results suggest that Zlatko Dalic’s side is getting back to their best after losing in the last 16 at Euro 2020.

The Balkan’s side recently won four successive UEFA Nations League fixtures, including a 3-1 away victory over Austria in their most recent competitive match.

Since losing 5-3 against Spain in the quarter-finals at Euro 2020, Croatia has lost just once in 16 games.

Morocco vs. Croatia Head to head

Both sides are yet to play against each other and this marks their first encounter in this competition.

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Morocco Team News

Regragui is expected to keep much of the team that impressed in a 3-0 win over Georgia, but changes are likely with Sofyan Amrabat returning in midfield. Noussair Mazraoui will deputise at left back, with Achraf Hakimi assured of a starting place on the opposite flank, and Regragui will retain his star names throughout.

Morocco's Last 5 Matches

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3

Georgia

0

International Friendlies
27/09/2022

Paraguay

0

Morocco

0

International Friendlies
23/09/2022

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2

Chile

0

International Friendlies
23/08/2022

Jamaica

0

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3

AFCON
13/06/2022

Liberia

0

Morocco

2

AFCON

Croatia Team News

Meanwhile, Dalic is expected to field most of the Croatia team, which began their success over Austria in September, with Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic featuring in midfield as expected. Josip Stanisic is likely to start at right-back; Dalic’s biggest decision appears to be who to start in attack out of Bruno Petkovic and Nikola Kramaric.