World Cup 2022
Third place
Croatia
MATCH FINISHED
17 December
2
:
1
Morocco

Croatia vs Morocco: prediction & betting odds 17 December 2022

The third-place match at the FIFA World Cup between Croatia and Morocco will take place on December 17 at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha. Kick-off is at 18:00 (Moscow time). Croatia vs. Morocco: prediction, betting odds, and World Cup 2022 match statistics.


Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)


Matches – 14 (International matches, 2022);

Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 51;

Average yellow cards per match – 3.6;

Red cards shown – 0;

Average fouls per match – 21;

Penalties – 29%.

Croatia vs. Morocco: Lineups

Croatia: Dominik Livakovic, Josko Gvardiol, Josip Stanisic, Josip Sutalo, Luka Modric, Ivan Perisic, Mateo Kovacic, Lovro Majer, Andrej Kramaric, Mislav Orsic, Marko Livaja.


Morocco: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Jawad El Yamiq, Yahya Attiat-Allah, Achraf Dari, Hakim Ziyech, Sofyan Amrabat, Sofiane Boufal, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Bilal El Khannous, Youssef En-Nesyri.

Croatia

Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic played a crucial role in Croatia's success at the World Cup in Qatar, saving four penalties in shootouts. It's also worth noting that Croatia pressed well and coordinated defensively, ranking among the top five teams in the tournament for average tackles per game – 11.5.


  • Croatia will play in the World Cup third-place match for the second time in their history. The first, and successful, attempt to win bronze was in 1998 when Croatia defeated the Netherlands 2-1.
  • In six matches at the 2022 World Cup, Croatia has won only once in regular time (4 draws, 1 loss).
  • Moreover, Croatia has not lost in the first 90 minutes in 10 of their last 11 official matches (5 wins, 5 draws).

Morocco

At the World Cup in Qatar, goalkeeper Yassine Bounou played a key role for Morocco, becoming the first African goalkeeper to keep three clean sheets in a World Cup. It's also notable that Morocco, like their bronze-medal rivals, pressed actively throughout the tournament and ranked third in the World Cup 2022 for average tackles per game – 11.8.


  • Morocco is the first African team to compete for a World Cup medal.
  • Before losing to France, Morocco had not been beaten in regular time in 48 previous official matches (34 wins and 14 draws).
  • In 6 of Morocco's last 7 official matches, the bet "Both teams to score – No" was successful.

Croatia vs. Morocco: Match Prediction

The upcoming opponents have already met in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, ending their game 0-0. In that match, both teams played closed football. Overall, the teams progressed through the tournament primarily through pragmatism. Therefore, I expect them to play for the result in the upcoming match. I predict that we will see a draw in regular time. The teams are unlikely to take risks and may well take the game to extra time and then to a penalty shootout.


My prediction: Draw

Croatia vs Morocco Odds

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:
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:
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:
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Team lineups

Croatia

Zlatko Dalić
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Dominik Livaković
gk. 39 -45
Joško Gvardiol
df. 17 1
Josip Stanišić
df. 7 0
Josip Šutalo
df. 3 0
Luka Modrić
mf. 160 23
Ivan Perišić
mf. 121 32
Mateo Kovačić
mf. 89 3
Lovro Majer
mf. 16 4
Andrej Kramarić
fw. 79 22
Mislav Oršić
fw. 25 1
Marko Livaja
fw. 18 4
Substitutes
Ivica Ivusic
gk. 5 -4
Ivo Grbić
gk. 2 -1
Domagoj Vida
df. 100 4
Dejan Lovren
df. 77 5
Josip Juranović
df. 26 0
Borna Sosa
df. 13 1
Martin Erlic
df. 4 0
Marcelo Brozović
mf. 82 7
Mario Pašalić
mf. 48 7
Nikola Vlašić
mf. 46 7
Kristijan Jakić
mf. 4 0
Luka Sučić
mf. 4 0
Bruno Petković
fw. 27 7
Ante Budimir
fw. 16 1
Morocco

Walid Regragui
coach
Player Matches Goals
Line-up
Yassine Bounou
gk. 51 -25
Achraf Hakimi
df. 60 8
Jawad El Yamiq
df. 24 2
Yahia Attiat-Allah
df. 9 0
Achraf Dari
df. 6 0
Hakim Ziyech
mf. 49 19
Sofyan Amrabat
mf. 45 0
Sofiane Boufal
mf. 38 6
Abdelhamid Sabiri
mf. 6 1
Bilal El Khannouss
mf. 0 0
Youssef En-Nesyri
fw. 56 17
Substitutes
Munir El Kajoui
gk. 44 -27
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
gk. 3 -1
Romain Saïss
df. 72 2
Nayef Aguerd
df. 30 1
Badr Benoun
df. 13 3
Selim Amallah
mf. 30 4
Yahya Jabrane
mf. 18 2
Zakaria Aboukhlal
mf. 17 3
Azzedine Ounahi
mf. 16 2
Anass Zaroury
mf. 1 0
Abderazak Hamdallah
fw. 22 6
Ilias Chair
fw. 11 1
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli
fw. 5 0
Walid Cheddira
fw. 4 0
Will not play
Noussair Mazraoui
df. 20 2
Amine Harit
mf. 16 0
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