Morocco vs Spain, December 6: Head-to-Head Statistics, Line-ups, Prediction for the 2022 World Cup Match

After suffering a shocking loss to Japan in their last game, Spain placed second in Group E. La Furia Roja has one of the strongest teams in the competition, and they'll do everything in their power to advance.

Morocco, has so far at the World Cup outperformed expectations and won their group.

• Date- 6th December 2022;
• Time- 3pm GMT;
• Venue- Education City Stadium;
• Stage- World Cup Round of 16;

How to Watch Morocco vs Spain

You can catch the Round of 16 match between Morocco and Spain on Tv via ITVX,ITV1,STV, and STV player in the UK.

For US viewers the match will be live on Fox Sports, Telemundo, Peacock Premium and Sling Blue.

Canadian viewers can watch this thrilling match on TSN and RDS.

Morocco

Morocco took full advantage of the underwhelming play of Belgium's golden generation and Croatia, last year's runners-up, to surprise everyone by finishing unbeaten in their world cup group.Regragui's team is unbeaten in eight games, during which they have only given up two goals. They are aiming to become the first Moroccan team to reach the quarterfinals and they may also break African history, as their four-game unbeaten streak at the World Cup is only surpassed by Cameroon's five between 1982 and 1990.

Yassine Bounou, the starting goalkeeper for Morocco, was able to play the full 90 minutes against Canada after feeling unwell and having to leave at the last minute. He can now expect to be included in an untampered XI.

Despite having some ankle issues, Achraf Hakimi is anticipated to be in good physical condition. However, the PSG defender was one of the stars who did not participate in full training on Saturday.

Morocco national team form( All competitions)- (W,D,W,D,W,W)

Spain

Some may view La Roja coming in second place as a blessing given that they would have faced Croatia in the round of 16, but Enrique is fully aware of how challenging Tuesday's game will be.

Spain was knocked out of the 2018 World Cup in the round of 16, but they have never experienced consecutive eliminations at this stage of the tournament. Four years have passed since Spain and Morocco faced off in the group stages of the World Cup in Russia, when La Roja was credited with an Iago Aspas equalizer in a 2-2 draw. Dani Olmo, David Raya, and Cesar Azpilicueta were absent from Enrique's training session on Friday, however it was thought that the former was only resting after a taxing group time.

According to Enrique, Azpilicueta and Raya will be present, although Simon was always going to get the start despite his mistake the last time.

Against Japan, Enrique did not hesitate to start the young duo of Nico Williams and Alejandro Balde, although Ferran Torres and Jordi Alba can anticipate returning to the starting lineup for the knockout rounds.

Spain National Team Form(All competitions)- (L,W,W,W,D,L)

Line-ups for the Match Morocco vs Spain

Expected Morocco National Team starting XI vs Spain(4-3-3) : Bono; Hakimi, Saiss, Aguerd, Mazraoui; Ounahi, Amrabat, Sahiri; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal

Expected Spain National Team starting XI vs Morocco(4-3-3) : Simon; Carvajal, Rodri, Laporte, Alba; Pedri, Busquets, Gavi; Torres, Morata, Olmo

Bookmaker Odds for Morocco vs Spain, December 6

Spain are obvious favorites heading to this fixture with odds of 1.53 at Bet365. Morocco are outsiders to win this match at odds of 7. However, we anticipate over 2.5 goals in this match at odds of 2.04.

Prediction and Bets on the match Morocco vs Spain

In the group stage, Morocco shocked Belgium, and they are very capable when called upon. However, Spain appears to be the superior team and will be able to prevail in this match.This will be a very tough match since both teams are very talented. However, due to experience Spain will come in as favorites and we predict a 2-0 win.