Morocco vs Georgia Match Analysis and Prediction

Morocco vs Georgia Match Analysis & Prediction

Morocco

17/11/2022 7:00 pm

Georgia

by Vincent

1 year ago 0 164

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In their final warm-up game ahead of the FIFA World Cup opener, Morocco go head to head with Georgia at the Sharjah Stadium on Thursday.

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The visitors head onto the contest off the back of an impressive run in the UEFA Nations League and will be looking to continue in the same vein.

After a 20-year absence, Morocco secured a second consecutive appearance at the World Cup through a fine qualifying campaign earlier this year.

Morocco picked up six points from their six matches in Group I to claim top spot and a spot in the March’s playoffs, where they defeated Congo DR 5-2 on aggregate.

However, the Atlas Lions head into Qatar looking to improve on their disappointing performance in Russia four years ago, when they finished bottom of Group B after failing to win any of their three games.

Walid Regragui’s side head into Qatar in solid form and regardless of Thursday’s result, they will be backing themselves to equal their best-ever campaign which came in 1986, when they reached the knockout stages.

Meanwhile, Georgia failed to secure their first-ever appearance at the World Cup after an underwhelming run in the qualifiers, where they finished just two points above bottom-placed Kosovo in Group B.

The Jvarosnebi lost five of their opening six games, with a 1-1 draw against Greece on March 31 being the exception, before closing out the campaign with successive victories over Kosovo and Sweden.

However, that served as a springboard for a fine run of form as they would go on to record two victories and one draw from three friendlies before enjoying an impressive run in the UEFA Nations League.

Georgia head into Thursday on a run of nine victories and two draws in their last 11 matches across all competitions, with their last defeat coming in October 2021.

Morocco vs. Georgia Head to head

These two nations have not previously met in any competition and this will be their first meeting in an international friendly.

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Morocco Team News

Regragui is expected to name a strong XI, with Romain Saiss, Achraf Hakimi, Yahia Attiyat Allah and Nayef Aguerd starting in defence, shielding goalkeeper Yassine Bounou in goal.

Burnley attacker Anass Zaroury was called up to the squad to replace the injured Amine Harit in attack, with Youssef En-Nesyri spearheding the attack.

Morocco's Last 5 Matches

02/06/2022

United States

3

Morocco

0

Friendlies
09/06/2022

Morocco

2

South Africa

1

AFCON Qualification
13/06/2022

Liberia

0

Morocco

2

AFCON Qualification
23/09/2022

Morocco

2

Chile

0

Friendlies
27/09/2022

Paraguay

0

Morocco

0

Friendlies

Georgia Team News

Sagnol has called up 22 players to the squad, including Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and midfielder Giorgi Aburjania, who has 35 senior appearances for Georgia.

Khvicha Kvaraskhelia has missed Napoli’s last three matches after coming off injured against Liverpool on November 1, and will not be involved in this game.