19 fun facts about Morocco vs Portugal :: zerozero.pt
Portugal faces the surprise of the World Cup
Portugal and Morocco face each other this Saturday at 3 pm, in a game counting for the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup, in a match that will be refereed by Argentine Facundo Tello. Discover the main curiosities of the challenge.
- Morocco and Portugal have met twice, both in the World Cup, with each team winning one
- The last game between the two teams was in the last World Cup: in the group stage, Portugal won by 1-0, with a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo
- The other game between the two teams was in 1986, also in the group stage: 3-1 to Morocco
- Morocco has yet to lose in this 2022 World Cup: in four games, it has two wins and two draws
- Morocco has not lost in nine games
- In the last 12 games, Morocco only lost one
- Morocco have not conceded a goal in three of their four games at the 2022 World Cup
- Morocco has the best defense at this World Cup: just one goal conceded – and an own goal by Aguerd
- In the last eight games, Morocco only conceded one goal
- At the World Cup, Morocco has not lost for five games
- 15 of the 20 matches played by Morocco in World Cups have been against European teams: they have won three, drawn seven and lost five
- Morocco participates in the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in history
- The three African teams that have already played in the quarterfinals of the World Cup have always been eliminated, but they have always been at least one extension
- Portugal has won four of the last five games
- Portugal scores in the World Cup 10 games ago
- Portugal has, along with England, the best attack in this edition of the World Cup (12 goals)
- Portugal are in the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the third time – they have qualified on the previous two occasions
- Portugal has already faced Africans in the World Championships six times: it has four wins, one draw and one defeat – the only defeat was, precisely, against Morocco
- Morocco’s last defeat in the World Cup was, precisely, against Portugal, in 2018
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