Spain vs Morocco, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
-
Overview
Match Preview
Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Referee Mark Borsch
- Referee Danny Makkelie
- Referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
- Referee Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi
- Referee Ravshan Irmatov
- Referee Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
- Referee Jakhongir Saidov
17 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameHead-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Spain and Morocco.
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Spain that had 118 games and scored 36 goals.
- 10' It looks surprising Morocco does not make any changes. Achraf Hakimi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 14' Goal! Khalid Boutaib scores his 30 goal in 11 matches.
- 19' What an equalizer from Isco!
- 22' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Karim El Ahmadi.
- 27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
- 29' Morocco player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 31' Morocco receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 31.
- 36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 41' Morocco started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
- 46' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Noureddine Amrabat made 11 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 51' Morocco seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 56' It’s high time Fernando Hierro made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 61' Supporters expect more eagerness from Romain Saiss, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 63' Time for substitution for Morocco. Younes Belhanda is replaced by Faycal Fajr.
- 68' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 72' It is a substitution in Morocco team. Khalid Boutaib is replaced by Youssef En-Nesyri on 72 minute.
- 74' Marco Asensio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Thiago Alcantara on 74 minute.
- 79' Jordi Alba has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 44 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 81' Morocco is taking the lead after the goal scored by Youssef En-Nesyri on 81.
- 84' The supporters are chanting for Rodrigo. He replaces David Silva on 84 minute.
- 85' Another substitution for Morocco to replace Hakim Ziyech by Aziz Bouhaddouz on 85 minute.
- 88' Morocco player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 90' Goal! Iago Aspas scores his 93 goal in 118 matches.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Achraf Hakimi. He receives a Yellow card.
- The final score is 2-2.
-
Lineups
Spain Lineups
Starting XI
-
21
David Silva ↓ Rodrigo 84'
- 1
- 10
-
19
Diego Costa ↓ Iago Aspas 74'
- 3
- 18
- 5
- 22
- 15
- 2
- 6
Bench
- 16
- 13
- 14
-
9
Rodrigo ↑ 84'
-
17
Iago Aspas ↑ 74'
- 8
- 7
- 12
- 11
- 4
-
20
Marco Asensio ↑ 74'
- 23
Coach Fernando HierroMorocco Lineups
Starting XI
- 17
- 6
-
7
Hakim Ziyech ↓ Aziz Bouhaddouz 85'
- 2
- 12
-
10
Younes Belhanda ↓ Faycal Fajr 64'
- 4
- 8
- 14
- 16
- 13
Bench
- 21
-
11
Faycal Fajr ↑ 64'
- 3
- 18
-
19
Youssef En-Nesyri ↑ 72'
- 1
- 5
- 9
- 23
-
20
Aziz Bouhaddouz ↑ 85'
Coach Herve Renard -
21
-
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Khalid Boutaib 1 Iago Aspas 1 Isco 1 Youssef En-Nesyri 1 Khalid Boutaib 1 Iago Aspas 1 Isco 1 Youssef En-Nesyri 1 Head to Head
Spain Form
-
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.53 Spain xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.34 Morocco xGI would bet for: Spain or Morocco 74% + Both teams to score 58%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.87Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 54% 46% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
Spain or Draw 71%Draw or Morocco 56%Spain or Morocco 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.6%2 – 1 8.6%1 – 0 7.8%0 – 0 7.5%1 – 2 7.5%0 – 1 6.7%2 – 0 6.6%2 – 2 Actual0 – 2 5%3 – 1 4.4%1 – 3 3.3%3 – 0 3.3%Asian Handicap — Spain
Handicap Spain covers Push Morocco covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 12% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 20% 59% -0.5 41% — 59% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 17% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Spain keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Morocco keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.