Morocco vs Spain in numbers:
Morocco are featuring in the knockout stages of the World Cup for only the second time, also reaching the Round of 16 in 1986, losing 1-0 to Germany
Morocco are unbeaten in their last four matches at the World Cup (W2 D2). The only African team to go five consecutive World Cup games without defeat are Cameroon (W2 D3 between 1982 and 1990)
Alvaro Morata, on the bench today, has scored in each of his last three World Cup appearances for Spain, despite playing a total of just 126 minutes across those games. The only Spain player to score in four World Cup games in a row was David Villa in 2010
Gavi creating records one after another
18 – Aged 18 years and 123 days Gavi ?? is the youngest player to start a knockout match at the #FIFAWorldCup since Pel? ?? in the 1958 final (17y 249d). Gem. pic.twitter.com/fwHuPCEOFp
Spain results at the 2022 FIFA World Cup:
23 Nov: 7-0 vs Costa Rica
28 Nov: 1-1 vs Germany
2 Dec: 1-2 vs Japan
Morocco results at 2022 FIFA World Cup:
23 Nov: 0-0 vs Croatia
27 Nov: 2-0 vs Belgium
1 Dec: 2-1 vs Canada
Spain team news
So it is Marcos Llorente at right back for his first game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup ahead of Carvajal and Azpilicueta. Morata is benched and Asensio will play the role of False 9
Playing XI:
Morocco: Bono; Mazraoui, Aguerd, Sa?ss, Hakimi; Amrabat, Amallah, Ounahi; Boufal, En-Nesyri, Ziyech
Spain: Unai Sim?n; Marcos Llorente, Rodri, Laporte, Jordi Alba; Gavi, Busquets, Pedri; Ferran Torres, Asensio, Dani Olmo
Morocco vs Spain Head-to-head
2 wins for Spain, 1 draw, 0 wins for Morocco
1961: Morocco 0-1 Spain, Spain 3-2 Morocco
2018: Spain 2-2 Morocco
Morocco vs Spain Live
Spain and Morocco it is in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup at the Education City Stadium. Spain are the overwhelming favourites but after shoddy performances against Japan and Germany, they’d better be careful against Morocco. The Africans finished ahead of Croatia and Belgium in their group and have every reason to be proud of themselves.