The facts and fiction that one should know before 3rd place play off between Morroco and Croatia
By Filimon Okoth Odhiambo - 2022-12-17 22:41:58 - [General]
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FIFA WORLD CUP FIXTURES
3RD/4TH PLAY-OFF
Croatia Vs Morocco
Location: Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Date: Saturday 17 December
Kick-off Time: 15:00 GMT / 10:00 ET / 07:00 PT
MATCH FACTS
None of the 19 previous third place play-off matches at the World Cup have gone to penalties, with only one being settled in extra time (France v Belgium in 1986). A European nation has finished third in the past 10 World Cups, since Brazil beat Italy in 1978.
This is Croatia's second third place play-off match in the World Cup, previously beating Netherlands 2-1 in the 1998 edition.
Croatia conceded as many goals in their 3-0 semi-final defeat by Argentina as they had in their previous five games at the 2022 World Cup combined. They've also faced more shots than any other side at this tournament (75).
Morocco conceded more goals in their 2-0 semi-final loss to France than they had in their previous five matches at this World Cup combined (one). They could still become the eighth team to keep as many as five clean sheets in a single tournament, after Netherlands (1974), Italy (1990), Brazil (1994), France (1998), Germany (2002), Italy (2006) and Spain (2010).
Modric has played in all six of Croatia's games at this World Cup. Only goalkeepers Peter Shilton (1990) and Dino Zoff (1982) have played more games at a World Cup while aged 37 or older (both seven).
Ivan Perisic has scored six World Cup goals for Croatia - one more would make him their top scorer in the competition, surpassing Davor Suker.
Croatia vs Morocco H2H Results (All Time)
Croatia: 1 Win
Morocco: 0 Wins
Draws: 1
Current Form (Last Five Games)
Croatia: WDWWL
Morocco: WWWWL
Croatia probable Starting 11 (4-3-3):
Livakovic; Juranovic, Lovren, Sutalo, Sosa; Majer, Modric, Kovacic; Pasalic, Kramaric, Perisic.
Bench: Grbic, Ivusic, Erlic, Vida, Gvardiol, Barisic, Jakic, Sucic, Brozovic, Osric, Livaja, Petkovic, Budimir, Vlasic.
Morocco probable Starting 11 (4-3-3):
Bounou; Hakimi, Dari, El Yamiq, Attiyat Allah; Ounahi, Amrabat, Amallah; Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Boufal.
Bench: Munir, Tagnaouti, Benoun, Jabrane, Chair, El Khannouss, Sabiri, Abde, Zaroury, Aboukhlal, Hamdallah.
Will it be Morocco or Croatia?
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