Morocco vs Croatia Prediction FIFA World Cup match prediction

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Morocco vs Croatia Prediction

Morocco vs Croatia Prediction

On Wednesday, November 23 at Bayt Stadium, Al Khor in Qatar, Morocco will play a challenging opponent. The odds-on favorite to win Group F is Croatia, which lost to France by the score of 4-2 at the 2018 World Cup Finals. Since this would be both teams’ debut game, some rust is to be expected.

Morocco met the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a two-legged play-off, which they won 5-2 on aggregate, to go to the World Cup. Croatia placed first in a group that also featured Russia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. During that time, Croatia only gave up four goals while scoring 21.

Morocco National Teams Performance

For Morocco, the 2018 World Cup was unlucky. The Atlas Lions were on the verge of upsetting Spain when Iago Aspas scored with a few seconds left, but they were ultimately defeated by Portugal thanks to an own goal by Aziz Bouhaddouz in stoppage time. Portugal’s renowned player Cristiano Ronaldo scored the game’s lone goal.

They breezed through the first stage of qualifying, scoring a whopping twenty goals and conceding just one in six victories from six despite four of the five third-round games in Africa being tight matches. Then, over two legs, Morocco defeated the Democratic Republic of the Congo 5-2.

The blowout was the perfect remedy for their disappointment at losing to Egypt in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations at the beginning of this year. Morocco is more motivated now that it’s friendly with Chile and Paraguay both finished in 0-0 draws.

Achraf Hakimi of PSG, Romain Saiss of the former Wolves, experienced playmaker Adel Taarabt, and the potent strikers Youssef En-Nesyri and Sofiane Boufal are all capable of scoring goals. The World Cup champions will definitely struggle against the Atlas Lions, and we predict that Morocco will surprise Zlatko Dalic’s squad.

morocco vs croatia prediction
Morocco vs Croatia prediction

Croatia National Teams Performance

Croatia, the victors of the 2018 World Cup, is preparing for a nail-biting 2022 Qatar opening game against risky Morocco, who have qualified for the previous two World Cups. With highly regarded Belgium and qualified underdogs Canada, the Blazers and Atlas Lions were put in a risky group.

Croatia made a big impression during the 2018 World Cup in Russia as they embarked on a legendary run that saw them go to the final before losing to France.

They outlasted Denmark, Russia (both victories came on penalties), and England (extra time) in the knockout rounds, demonstrating their sincerity. After defeating Argentina in the second game of the group with a victory that was more than convincing (3-0), they made a powerful statement with their performance.

Croatia’s sparkplug Luka Modric, 37, continues to play an important role for his nation, but the Real Madrid player will miss a number of his former teammates because they have retired as Father Time creeps in on the veteran. Croatia’s great midfielder Modric and his intrepid team of foreign players had led the Nations League pool this year, which also included France and Denmark, with four straight victories.

Andrej Kramaric of Hoffenheim leads the line for the Croats, with Mateo Kovacic of Chelsea and Ivan Perisic, a newcomer to Tottenham, both more than capable of producing enticing set plays.

Morocco vs Croatia World Cup Match Prediction

One of the underdogs from Africa will take on one of the underdogs from Europe in Morocco and Croatia’s opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2022. They belong to the infamous “Group of Death”. In Group F, two spots in the Round of 16 will be up for grabs amongst Belgium, Canada, Morocco, and Croatia. Africa has a history of pulling off respectable upsets at the world cup, despite Morocco continuing to be the weakest opponent of the four.

For the following three reasons, this game will end in a BTTS-NO. In the majority of their encounters in Morocco and Croatia in 2022, neither team managed to score a goal.

Croatia had secured clean sheets in three of the previous four World Cup qualifying games that headed to Qatar. No Moroccan team has scored more than two goals in an AFCON game this year.

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