Morocco will be looking to avenge their semi-final defeat to France in 2022 when they meet in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.
France vs Morocco: The Key Insights
France are strong favourites to win, given a win probability of 60.9% by the Opta supercomputer. Only twice has an African team gone unbeaten in their opening five games of a FIFA World Cup, Morocco on both occasions (2022 and 2026). This will be Didier Deschamps’ 25th game as a manager at the FIFA World Cup, equalling the record total of Helmut Schön (25 between 1966 and 1978).France will be aiming to reach a third consecutive FIFA World Cup semi-final when they take on Morocco at Boston Stadium on Thursday.
Les Bleus lifted the trophy in 2018 and were runners-up in 2022, going down to Erling Haaland in what is set to be a captivating race for the Golden Boot with Argentina and Norway also in the quarter-finals.
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1 day ago Aryan JollyMbappé has also made two assists and created 12 chances for France at this World Cup, with only Ousmane Dembélé also impressing, France are on a seven-game winning streak in competitive matches and have been victorious in 11 of their past 12 (D1). The last time they won eight straight was between September 2002 and June 2004 (a run of 14).
It will be tough for Morocco to stop France from achieving that, particularly if they are without Achraf Hakimi to continue their fine attacking form.
Since the start of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Díaz has been directly involved in more goals than any other Morocco player across all competitions (6 goals, 4 assists).
Across the last two World Cups, Hakimi has created more chances than any other defender (21). His 15 chances created at this year’s competition are the most by an African defender in a single edition on record (since 1966).
Mohamed Ouahbi’s only other injury concern for the match is Aurélien Tchouaméni does not recover from the groin injury that kept him out against Paraguay, while
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