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Spain are sixth favourites for the title: Opta
As per data analytics company Opta, Spain are the sixth favourites for the FIFA World Cup title. Brazil, who convincingly swept aside Korea last night, have more than a 25% chance. Behind them are Argentina, France, England, Netherlands. Below Spain are Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland and Morocco
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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
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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 Pelé 🇧🇷 in the 1958 final (17y 249d). Gem. pic.twitter.com/fwHuPCEOFp
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) December 6, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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Playing XI:
Morocco: Bono; Mazraoui, Aguerd, Saïss, Hakimi; Amrabat, Amallah, Ounahi; Boufal, En-Nesyri, Ziyech
Spain: Unai Simón; Marcos Llorente, Rodri, Laporte, Jordi Alba; Gavi, Busquets, Pedri; Ferran Torres, Asensio, Dani Olmo
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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
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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.
Spain are hoping it won’t come down to a penalty shootout against Morocco in the Round of 16 on Tuesday, at least the team is well prepared if it does get to that point.
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Spain were also eliminated in a penalty shootout at the 2018 World Cup, by host Russia.
“It doesn’t just depend on luck. It’s a moment of the highest pressure. If you’ve trained for that often, then the way you take a penalty will improve,” Luis Enrique said. “Obviously you cannot train for the pressure and the tension. But it’s manageable. You can cope with that pressure.”
Morocco have been one of the biggest surprises of the tournament by winning a difficult group ahead of 2018 finalist Croatia and 2018 semifinalist Belgium.
Morocco conceded only one goal in their three group matches and the team have big support in Qatar as the last of the four Arab qualifiers still playing — and now the last African team, too, after Senegal were eliminated by England on Sunday.
Spain also met Morocco in the teams’ final group game in 2018, which ended 2-2.
(with inputs from The Associated Press)
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