Friday , 16 October 2026

Morocco vs Portugal, Worldcup 2022 QUARTER FINALS

FIFA World Cup · 2022
Morocco
1 – 0
Full Time
Portugal
Sat 10 Dec 2022 · 15:00 UTC Al Bayt Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Achraf Dari 70' Y
Y 87' Vitor Ferreira
Walid Cheddira 90' Y
Walid Cheddira 90' R

Overview

Match Preview

Morocco vs Portugal — Worldcup at Al Bayt Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Gabriel Chade
  • Referee Facundo Tello
  • Referee Mauro Vigliano
  • Referee Ezequiel Brailovsky
  • Referee Ricardo de Burgos
  • Referee Ivan Barton

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
1
Morocco 2 games · Avg 1.0 goals Portugal
Last 5 meetings
2022-12-10 Morocco 1–0 Portugal 2018-06-20 Portugal 1–0 Morocco

Recent Form

Morocco
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Dec Portugal H 1–0 W
06 Dec Spain H 3–0 W
01 Dec Canada A 2–1 W
27 Nov Belgium A 2–0 W
23 Nov Croatia H 0–0 D
25 Jun Spain A 2–2 D
Portugal
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Dec Morocco A 0–1 L
06 Dec Switzerland H 6–1 W
02 Dec South Korea A 1–2 L
28 Nov Uruguay H 2–0 W
24 Nov Ghana H 3–2 W
27 Jun Belgium A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Morocco Portugal
#10 Position #42
7 Points 5
3 Played 3
2 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 2 / 0
6 Scored 6
3 Conceded 1
+3 GD +5
2.33 PPG 1.67
67% Win % 33%

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Morocco this season
40% Clean Sheets
Portugal this season

Morocco are 10th (7 pts). Portugal are 42nd (5 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Morocco
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/2
76+
5/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Portugal
0-15
2/–
16-30
1/–
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
1/–
76+
2/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Morocco
Ismael Saibari 3 G
Soufiane Rahimi 2 G 1 A
Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Morocco kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Ruben Neves is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Morocco tonight.
  • 10' Portugal is showing some good football. However, Portugal are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 15' Portugal international Pepe has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 20' Selim Amallah has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 25' Morocco have won 22 goals from 17 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 30' Portugal come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 35' Sofyan Amrabat has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 359 appearances.
  • 40' A quiet spell here at Al Bayt Stadium. Portugal seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 42' Youssef En-Nesyri does the damage! The net is bulging and Morocco surge ahead!
  • 47' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sofiane Boufal, as he is very good at scoring at Al Bayt Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 51' Portugal manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Joao Cancelo is hanging Raphael Guerreiro on the field on 51 minute.
  • 52' Another change for Portugal made on 52 minute. Ruben Neves leaves to be changed by Cristiano Ronaldo.
  • 57' Time for substitution for Morocco. Romain Saiss is replaced by Achraf Dari.
  • 58' Morocco ring the changes. Romain Saiss has done his job and it is now time for Achraf Dari to step up.
  • 63' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 65' Walid Cheddira has so much to prove this time. He replaces Selim Amallah on 65 minute.
  • 69' The supporters are chanting for Vitor Ferreira. He replaces Otavio on 69 minute.
  • 70' Achraf Dari was booked on 70.
  • 75' It looks like no one’s ball. Morocco is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 80' A change in the Portugal ranks — Diogo Dalot exits the field as Ricardo Horta enters on 80.
  • 82' Zakaria Aboukhlal has so much to prove this time. He replaces Hakim Ziyech on 82 minute.
  • 87' Vitor Ferreira catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 87.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Walid Cheddira on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Morocco will be frustrated.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Morocco Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Walid Regragui

Portugal Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Fernando Santos

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.81 Morocco xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.8 Portugal xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 78% + Morocco or Draw 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Morocco39% Draw34% Portugal27%
Actual: Morocco win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes32% 0% No68%
Avg goals/match: 1.61
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 77%
23%
± 1.5 48%
52%
± 2.5 22%
78%
± 3.5 9%
91%
± 4.5 3%
97%

Double Chance

Morocco or Draw
73%
Draw or Portugal
61%
Morocco or Portugal
66%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Morocco20% Draw61% Portugal19%
Actual: Morocco win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
22.7%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
14.4%
1 – 1
13.9%
2 – 0
6.1%
0 – 2
5.9%
2 – 1
5.2%
1 – 2
5.1%
2 – 2
2.3%
3 – 0
1.6%
0 – 3
1.6%
3 – 1
1.4%

Asian Handicap — Morocco

Handicap Morocco covers Push Portugal covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 8% 90%
-1.5 10% — 90%
-1 10% 21% 69%
-0.5 31% — 69%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 20% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Morocco keeps clean sheet
46% ✗
Portugal keeps clean sheet
45% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.