France vs Morocco, December 14: Head-to-Head Statistics, Line-ups, Prediction for the 2022 World Cup Match

France, the 2018 champions, and Morocco, the first African country to ever make it to the World Cup semifinals, will face off in the World Cup 2022 semifinals with the hopes of getting to the final on Wednesday at Al Bayt.

Morocco has a team that is plagued by injuries, but they offer outstanding and unexpected depth. They have a virtual home field advantage because a large number of their supporters traveled to Qatar to help generate an electrifying environment. They defeated pre match favorites Portugal with a solitary goal within 90 minutes to proceed to this stage.

• Date- 14th December 2022;
• Time- 7pm GMT;
• Venue- Al Bayt stadium;
• Stage- World Cup 2022 semifinals;

Viewers in the UK can watch the match live on TV via BBC One,BBC iPlayer and live stream via the BBC sports website.

In the US, the match will be live on TV on:

• Fox Sports;
• Telemundo;
• Fubotv;
• Peacock Premium;
• Vidgo;
• Sling Blue;

Fans in Canada can also catch the game live on TV via TSN and RDS.

Harry Kane missed a penalty vs the French national team in the quarters, and Didier Deschamps claimed that France was the "fortunate" recipient of such good fortune when the defending champions beat England in an entertaining classic.

The victory for France was secured by Aurelien Tchouameni's wonder goal and Olivier Giroud's header in between a precise Kane penalty, though Bleus supporters were both relieved and shocked when Kane overhit a second spot kick over the post.

84 years have passed since a European country advanced to the World Cup final and France will be looking to rewrite that piece of history. France have since won their semis matches on their last three occasions in 1998, 2006, and 2018.

Prior to their semi-final matchup with Morocco, France are still lacking a World Cup 2022 clean sheet after conceding to Kane from the penalty spot. France have no injuries or suspensions to worry about coming into the match and are favorites to win this game vs their African opponents.

France National Team Form( All competitions)- (L,W,W,L,W,W).

Whatever happens on Wednesday at the Al Bayt Stadium, the current Moroccan crop has already cemented their names in history as the first ever African country to advance to the World Cup semifinals.

Walid Regragui's stand-ins performed admirably to hold back a tough Portuguese side in the quarters, and a Youssef En-Nesyri first half header was all it took for them to win. Walid Regragui was forced to play without Nayef Aguerd and Noussair Mazraoui against a Portugal team that had beaten Switzerland 6-1. However, they will be available for this semis fixture vs France

Morocco have defeated Belgium, Spain, and Portugal on their way to the semis. They enter the semis having impressively kept the opposition's scorers scoreless throughout the entire tournament in Qatar.

Regragui's team has not conceded in 4 matches this tournament, with Nayef Aguerd's own goal vs Canada the only exception. Moroccan supporters should take pride in this statistic, as the last two teams to do so at the same World Cup championship were Italy(2006), and Spain(2010), who both went on to lift the World Cup title.

Morocco striker Cheddira is out of the game after receiving a red card at the last minutes of their previous fixtures. They will be underdogs for this match since they have never beaten France in their last 5 meetings but they will want to make more history along the way.

Morocco National Team Form(All competitions)- (W,D,W,W,W,W).

Expected France National Team Starting XI vs Morocco(4-2-3-1) : Lloris; Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, T. Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Giroud.

Expected Morocco National Team Starting XI vs France(4-3-3) : Bono; Hakimi, El Yamiq, Aguerd, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal.

France are heavy favorites to win this interesting semifinal match at odds of 1.53 at Bet365. A draw is placed at odds of 3.95 at Betway while Morocco are underdogs and outsiders to win this match at odds of 7.8 at 1xbet sportsbook. A both teams to score wager is placed at odds of around 2.41

Olivier Giroud is predicted to score at anytime during the match at odds of 2.8.

France have a very talented team in front led by Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud and will be favorites to win the match considering they are the defending champions and have a lot of experience. However, the defensive structure of the Morocco team will surely trouble the French and the fact that France has not kept a clean sheet in their games so far, it means that Both teams to score will be a good bet to place. Based on form,however, we predict a 2-1 win for France.