The last quarterfinalists of the World Championship will be determined on Tuesday. In the first match of the game day, the national team of Morocco will play with the national team of Spain. Your attention is invited to the forecast for this match.
Morocco
Only two representatives of Africa entered the playoffs, but Senegal has already managed to fly out to the 1/8 finals, so the Moroccans remain the last hope of the "black continent". In their group, the Atlas Lions took first place, scoring 7 points. They lost points in the first round without scoring goals with the Croatian national team (0:0). In the remaining two matches, the national team of Morocco prevailed over the teams of Belgium (2:0) and Canada (2:1).
Spain
The Spanish national team took second place in the group stage, but some believe that it did it on purpose to get a simpler tournament grid. In the first match of the tournament, the Spaniards defeated the Costa Rica national team (7:0), after which they drew with the Spanish national team (1:1). In the last round, having won the first half, the "red fury" lost to the Japanese national team (1:2), skipping it to first place, far ahead of the Germans in the confrontation for second place.
Statistics and figures
- Morocco has an 8-match unbeaten streak (6 wins + 2 draws);
- In the last seven matches, Morocco has conceded only 1 goal;
- Morocco has a 4-match unbeaten streak at the World Championships (2 wins + 2 draws);
- The only full-time match between these teams took place at the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, which ended in a 2-2 draw, with the Spaniards coming away from defeat in the last minutes;
- Spain has lost only 1 match out of the last five, winning three times;
- In three of the last four matches of Spain, the bet "Both teams will score" took place;
- Spain lost in regular time only 1 match out of the last eight at the World Championships, winning three times.
Forecast
The strength of the Spanish national team is in the "tiki-taka", but still the opponents of Luis Enrique's team regularly have chances to score – the defense and the goalkeeper are not a model of reliability. The Moroccans themselves are very good in defense at this tournament, and they also know how to work well and effectively on counterattacks. So the goal of the North Africans in this meeting is very likely.