Defying the odds, Morocco started the tournament with a draw over Croatia before defeating Belgium and Canada to top the group with seven points.
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Spain stands in the way of Morocco’s fairytale run in the FIFA World Cup 2022, as these two sides prepare for an intriguing round-of-16 tie on Tuesday. The contest at Education City Stadium will have the Europeans as the clear favourites – at least on paper. However, the form is on the African side. It is safe to say that Morocco is one of the in-form nations in the World Cup and they are one of the few who are still unbeaten in the competition. Their impressive outing in a difficult group has been met with a lot of praise from pundits and supporters alike.
| Morocco vs Spain | Key details |
| Date | December 6 |
| Venue | Education City Stadium |
| Kickoff time in India | 8:30 pm |
| Kickoff time in Morocco | 4 pm |
| Kickoff time in Spain | 4 pm |
| Kickoff time in Qatar | 6 pm |
Placed in Group F, the African nation were given little chance to qualify out of the group. Defying the odds, Morocco started the tournament with a draw over Croatia before defeating Belgium and Canada to top the group with seven points. On the other hand, Spain were placed in what many believed to be the group of death. Spain began Group E with a thumping win over Costa Rica before holding Germany in their subsequent match. However, they were shocked by Japan in a 2-1 defeat in their final group game to settle for the second spot with four points.
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There are not too many injury problems both sides have to deal with ahead of this contest. Morocco did have some concerns over the situation of their star full-back Achraf Hakimi and Yassine Bounou. However, they are now expected to be fit and ready for this contest. On the other hand, some question marks are raised over the fitness situation of Spain’s Cesar Azpilicueta, David Raya and Dani Olmo. It is unclear at this point if any of them will be unavailable for this contest. Jordi Alba is also expected to come back into the line-up for Spain.
Morocco possible line-up: Bono, Hakimi, Aguerd, Saiss, Mazraoui, Ounahi, Amrabat, Sahiri, Ziyech, Boufal, En-Nesyri
Spain possible line-up: Simon, Carvajal, Rodri, P Torres, Alba, Busquets, Pedri, Gavi, Torres, Olmo, Morata
Morocco
| Opponents | Score |
| Canada | 1-2 (W) |
| Belgium | 0-2 (W) |
| Croatia | 0-0 |
| Georgia | 3-0 (W) |
| Paraguay | 0-0 |
Spain
| Opponents | Score |
| Japan | 2-1 (L) |
| Germany | 1-1 |
| Costa Rica | 7-0 (W) |
| Jordan | 1-3 (W) |
| Portugal | 0-1 (W) |
| All competitions | Results |
| Spain draw Morocco | 2-2 |
| Spain beat Morocco | 3-2 |
| Morocco lose to Spain | 0-1 |
The FIFA World Cup match between Morocco and Spain will take place at Education City Stadium on Tuesday at 8:30 pm IST.
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar can be seen on Sports18 – 1 SD & HD – in India. Sports18 will be telecasting the games on the regular and HD Channels. Besides, Viacom18 Sports announced that JioCinema will live-stream all the World Cup games. Moreover, the match between Morocco and Spain can be seen on TOD, beIN SPORTS CONNECT in Morocco; and TVE La 1, fuboTV España, RTVE.es, Gol Mundial in Spain.
