FIFA World Cup

Morocco vs Croatia 2022 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage

Croatia held to goalless draw by Morocco in World Cup

Croatia, runners-up at the last World Cup, were held to a 0-0 draw by Morocco at the Al Bayt Stadium on Wednesday in their opening Group F match.

Match Commentary

  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Nikola Vlasic.
  • 45': Second Half begins Morocco 0, Croatia 0.
  • 60': Substitution, Morocco. Yahya Attiat-Allah replaces Noussair Mazraoui because of an injury.
  • 65': Substitution, Morocco. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli replaces Sofiane Boufal.
  • 71': Substitution, Croatia. Marko Livaja replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  • 78': Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 79': Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.
  • 81': Substitution, Morocco. Abderrazak Hamdallah replaces Youssef En-Nesyri.
  • 82': Substitution, Morocco. Abdelhamid Sabiri replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
  • 90': Substitution, Croatia. Mislav Orsic replaces Ivan Perisic.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Morocco 0, Croatia 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Al Bayt Stadium
Location: Al Khor, Qatar
Attendance: 59,407

FIFA World Cup Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+3 Morocco 3 7 0
+3 Croatia 3 5 0
-1 Belgium 3 4 1
-5 Canada 3 0 3
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 16
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 0
5 Corner Kicks 0
2 Saves 1
64.8 Possession 35.2
5 SHOTS 8
2 ON GOAL 2
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
551 Accurate Passes 273
642 Passes 348
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 1
18 Crosses 8
0.2 Cross % 0.1
43 Long Balls 40
25 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
1 Blocked Shots 6
10 Effective Tackles 10
17 Tackles 21
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 13
10 Effective Clearances 20
10 Clearances 20

Line-Ups

MAR Morocco (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Yassine Bounou (GK)
6 Romain Saïss
5 Nayef Aguerd
3 Noussair Mazraoui
2 Achraf Hakimi
4 Sofyan Amrabat Yellow Card
15 Selim Amallah
8 Azzedine Ounahi
19 Youssef En-Nesyri
17 Sofiane Boufal
7 Hakim Ziyech

CRO Croatia (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Dominik Livakovic (GK)
20 Josko Gvardiol
6 Dejan Lovren
19 Borna Sosa
22 Josip Juranovic
11 Marcelo Brozovic
8 Mateo Kovacic
10 Luka Modric
9 Andrej Kramaric
4 Ivan Perisic
13 Nikola Vlasic

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