Morocco and France meet at Gillette Stadium in Boston tonight in one of the most anticipated quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup, kicking off at midnight UAE time, 11pm Saudi and Egyptian time, and 9pm Morocco time.
Morocco arrive in the last eight having won all three of their knockout matches under coach Mohammed Wahbi. They swept Canada 3-0 in the round of 16, then saw off the Netherlands on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the round of 32. France’s route was tighter: a 3-0 win over Sweden in the round of 32 was followed by a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Paraguay in the last 16.
Tonight is only the second World Cup encounter between the two sides. The previous one, in the semi-finals of Qatar 2022, ended 2-0 to France. The full head-to-head record across all competitions stands at six matches: France have won three and Morocco one, with two draws.
FIFA’s referees committee has appointed a fully Argentine officiating crew, led by Facundo Tello. Pablo Belatti and Gabriel Chadi serve as assistants, with Dario Herrera as fourth official and Cristian Navarro on standby.
Morocco are expected to line up with Yassine Bounou in goal, a back four of Achraf Hakimi, Issa Diop, Chadi Riad and Noussair Mazraoui, a five-man midfield including Nabil Bentaleb, Ayoub Bouaddi, Bilal El Khannouss, Ezzedine Ounahi and Ilias Akhomach, and Abderrazak Hamdallah up front. France are likely to field Maignan in goal, a defence of Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba and Digne, midfield runners Koné and Rabiot alongside Dembélé, Olise and Barcola, with Kylian Mbappé leading the attack.
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