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Morocco vs Portugal 3rd Quarter Final Match Preview

Morocco vs Portugal 3rd Quarter Final Match Preview

The Third Quarter Final Match of the FIFA World Cup 2022, will be played between Morocco vs Portugal on Saturday, 10 December 2022 at Al Thumama Stadium. The winner of this match will move to Semi Finals and has to play against the winner of the match between England vs France.

World Ranks: Morocco 22                                                                            Portugal 9

Morocco vs Portugal  Head-to-Head

Morocco 1 Win                                                                                                      Portugal 1 Win 

Recent 5 Match Form:

Morocco: W D W W W

Portugal: W L W W W

FIFA World Cup 2022 Matches

Morocco: Croatia Draw 0-0, Beat Belgium 2-0, Beat Canada 2-1. First position in Group F. In the Round of 16, Morocco won over Spain by winning in Penalty Shootout 3-0, reached Quarter Finals.

Portugal: Beat Ghana 3-2, Beat Uruguay 2-0, Lost to South Korea 2-1. First in Group H. In the Round of 16, Portugal Won by 6-1 over Switzerland and entered to Quarter Finals.

Morocco vs Portugal Quick Facts

Morocco 

Current FIFA world ranking: 22
World Cup titles: 0
World Cup appearances: 6
How they qualified: Qualified automatically from CAF
Coach: Vahid Halilhodzic
Key players: Achraf Hakimi, Yassine Bounou, Youssef En-Nesyri, Romain Saiss

Portugal

Current FIFA world ranking: 9
World Cup titles: 0
World Cup appearances: 8
How they qualified: Qualified from UEFA via playoffs
Coach: Fernando Santos
Key players: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruben Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancel

Match Time: Saturday, 10 December 2022 at Al Thumama Stadium

Morocco vs Portugal Possible XIs

Morocco
Bounou; Hakimi, Saiss, Aguerd, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal

Portugal
Costa; Dalot, Pepe, Dias, Guerreiro; B. Silva, Carvalho, Otavio; Fernandes, Ramos, Felix

Morocco vs Portugal  Where to Watch

Morocco vs Portugal Match Prediction

The Portugal team is in great touch, as they have thrashed Switzerland by 6-1 in their Round of 16 match.

On the other hand, Morocco won their match against Spain by a penalty shootout, after both teams failed to score in the stipulated time. Morocco is now only the fourth African team to reach FIFA World Cup Quarter Final. This is the first-ever FIFA World Cup Quarter Final for Morocco. The African team Morocco has conceded just one goal in all of their four games, till the Quarter Final Match.

Portugal’s 6-1 win over Switzerland in the Roun of 16 matches, is the second biggest win of the FIFA World Cup 2022.  In earlier FIFA World Cups, so far Portugal has reached the Quarter Finals on two previous occasions. On those two occasions, Portugal reached the Semi-Finals stage. 

Match Prediction: Based on the team’s match form, match form in this FIFA World Cup 2022, FIFA World Rankings, Portugal is having a higher chance of qualifying for the Semi-Finals.

However this match will be a close contest, whoever wins will be with a small margin. The teams have to put 100%  effort and skill to pass through this tough match.

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SEE: FIFA World Cup 2022 Updated Schedule | FIFA Schedule Round of 16

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