France vs. Morocco: Prediction, Tips & Odds – Dec. 14, 2022, 20:00 CET
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On Wednesday at 20:00 at the Al Bayt Stadium, the second match of the semi-finals of the World Football Championship awaits us, in which the current champion France will compete with the most pleasant surprise of the tournament in Qatar, the Moroccan national team.
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France Team News
We cannot say that France is at the same level as it was at the last World Cup in Russia when it won the championship. And the fact that Didier Deschamps could not count on all the players because some of the key players dropped out even before the start of the tournament speaks in favor of that, and some suffered injuries during the competition in Qatar.
After the first two rounds, France easily passed the group by defeating Australia 4-1, and then Denmark 2-1. The match against Tunisia was an opportunity for most players from the starting line-up to rest, so it should not be surprising that it ended in a 1:0 defeat.
Back in the round of 16 against Poland, which France won 3-1, it was seen that France, led by the great Kylian Mbappe, can defend the championship title. And with a 2-1 triumph against England in the quarter-finals, they only confirmed that.
Perhaps it was realistic to expect a much more attractive duel in the semi-finals than the one that France will play with Morocco, but what the African team has shown in the previous part of the competition is not to be underestimated.
The French will face with the best defense of the tournament in front of them on Wednesday night. The attacking tandem of Mbappe – Giroud, who have scored 9 goals together so far, will have to do their best to break through the Moroccans’ last line of defense in order to bring their national team a new participation in the World Cup finals, which they deserved with the game they showed.
Morocco Team News
Morocco is the biggest sensation of the World Cup in Qatar and whatever they do in the next game against France, it will certainly remain so. Walid Regragui team became the first African national team that managed to place among the four best selections in the world and this is a success that wrote new pages in the history of this sport.
Morocco proved to be a very tough team, conceding only one goal in this championship, an own goal to be exact. They played 0-0 with Croatia, they beat Belgium 2-0, with Canada 2-1, with Spain 0-0 in the regular part of the match, and then on penalties they won a place in the quarter-finals, where they were better than Portugal by the score 1-0.
Sevilla striker Youssef En-Nasyri scored the only goal in the match for Morocco’s historic World Cup semi-final in the 42nd minute, after which Portugal tried to equalize, but the hosts’ defense was great.
The central figure of the match, for the umpteenth time, was another Sevilla player in the ranks of the Moroccan national team, the phenomenal goalkeeper Bono.
The Africans are now on an 11-game unbeaten and will want to go one step further after making it to the semi-finals. Although they will have the support of the whole of Qatar, we believe their miraculous journey will end here as France are too good a team to pass up the chance to challenge for the most prestigious trophy for the second time in a row on Sunday.
H2H
France and Morocco last met in November 2007 in a friendly that ended in a 2-2 draw.
Expected lineups
France (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris – Jules Kounde – Raphael Varane – Dayot Upamecano – Theo Hernandez – Aurelien Tchouameni – Adrien Rabiot – Ousmane Dembele – Antoine Griezmann – Kylian Mbappe – Olivier Giroud
Morocco (4-3-3): Bono – Achraf Hakimi – Jawad El Yamiq – Romain Saiss – Yahia Attiyat Allah – Azzedine Ounahi – Sofyan Amrabat – Selim Amallah – Hakim Ziyech – Sofiane Boufal – Youssef En-Nesyri
France vs. Morocco Prediction
Fewer than three goals were scored in four of Morocco’s five games at the tournament in Qatar. The Africans have not yet conceded a goal at this World Cup, considering that the only goal conceded was actually an own goal against Canada. On average they scored a goal per match.
On the other hand, France scored three or more goals in two of the five games, which we don’t expect on Wednesday considering that their opponent is the best defensive team in the tournament.
We can say that this will be a duel between the best offense and the best defense in the competition. We don’t expect many goals in the match, so we decided on this combination. France has phenomenal individuals who are perfectly integrated into the whole collective and we firmly believe that Morocco cannot stop them.
Kick-off time: Wednesday, 14.12.2022. 20:00 CET
Prediction: BET BUILDER
Match result will be France or draw
Over 0 goals in the match
Under 4 goals in the match
Odds: 1.57
Sportsbook: Bet365
