Qatar World Cup 2022: France vs Morocco

Morocco are playing in the World Cup semi-finals for the first time in their history. They will play the defending champions France.

France and Morocco’s World Cup 2022 semi-final will kick off at 10pm local time on Wednesday 14 December 2022. The match will be played at the 69,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium.

France vs Morocco is being broadcast on FOX Network and Telemundo in the US. Football fans can also watch the game on Foxsports.com and the FOX App. Online platforms fuboTV and Peacock are also options.

France won the group and qualified for the knockout stages. They beat Poland 3-1 and then beat England 2-0 in the last eight. Olivier Giroud scored the only goal of the game. France are the first World Cup holders to reach the semi-finals since Brazil in 1998.

Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 in the World Cup last 16. Youssef En-Nesyri scored the only goal of the game. Morocco are the first African nation to make the last four at a World cup.

France and Morocco are playing a World Cup knockout match. The bookmakers are not backing Morocco to win. Oddschecker prices a French victory inside 90 minutes at -190 to -182. A win in normal time for Morocco is valued back at +600 to +650.

France and Morocco have not met at a World Cup. Their last meeting was a 2-2 draw at the Stade de France in November 2007. France have won three of the teams' five previous meetings.

Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot are fitness doubts for France. Walid Cheddira is banned for Morocco. Morocco also has several players who are doubtful through injury.

Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud are the joint top scorer in Qatar with five goals each. Lionel Messi's penalty against Croatia on Tuesday took him level with his PSG club-mate. Morocco's top scorer is En-Nesyri with two goals.

Morocco have been very strong in defence and none of their opponents have managed to find a solution. Morocco wouldn't have reached the semi-finals if they were just a defensive team. They are well organised, they keep their shape very well and they have some very good attackers as well.

Walid Regragui, Morocco's coach, is aware that the further they go in the tournament, the more difficult things are. Morocco are playing the world champions and a very good coach.

Mexico's César Ramos has been appointed to the last-four clash at Al Bayt. He has refereed three games at the World Cup so far, including Morocco's 2-0 victory over Belgium and Portugal's 6-1 thrashing of Switzerland.

Argentina will play France in the World Cup final on Sunday. Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 in Tuesday's first semi-final.