FIFA World Cup 2022 · Third-place play-off

Croatia 2–1 Morocco

Saturday 17 Dec 2022 · Al Rayyan, Qatar (neutral)

Croatia2–1Morocco

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Gvardiol Dari Orsic

7′1–0Josko Gvardiol Croatia
9′1–1Achraf Dari Morocco
42′2–1Mislav Orsic Croatia

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Croatia

Came on

13Nikola VlasicMF↑61′
15Mario PasalicMF↑66′
16Bruno PetkovicFW↑66′
26Kristijan JakicMF↑90′

Morocco

Came on

13Ilias ChairMF↑46′
8Azzedine OunahiMF↑56′
10Anass ZarouryMF↑64′
24Badr BenounDF↑64′
15Selim AmallahMF↑66′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Croatia: 1981 → 2010
Morocco: 1971 → 1942

Expected score for Croatia: 51.4% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 3 of 3, 1996–2022.

Croatia wins: 1
Draws: 2
Morocco wins: 0

Form either side

Croatia

Before

4–1 v Canada 27 Nov 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
0–0 v Belgium 1 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
1–1 v Japan 5 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
1–1 v Brazil 9 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
0–3 v Argentina 13 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022

After

1–1 v Wales 25 Mar 2023 · UEFA Euro qualification 2023
2–0 v Turkey 28 Mar 2023 · UEFA Euro qualification 2023
4–2 v Netherlands 14 Jun 2023 · UEFA Nations League 2023
0–0 v Spain 18 Jun 2023 · UEFA Nations League 2023
5–0 v Latvia 8 Sep 2023 · UEFA Euro qualification 2023

Morocco

Before

2–0 v Belgium 27 Nov 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
2–1 v Canada 1 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
0–0 v Spain 6 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
1–0 v Portugal 10 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022
0–2 v France 14 Dec 2022 · FIFA World Cup 2022

After

2–1 v Brazil 25 Mar 2023 · Friendly
0–0 v Peru 28 Mar 2023 · Friendly
0–0 v Cape Verde 12 Jun 2023 · Friendly
1–2 v South Africa 17 Jun 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
1–0 v Burkina Faso 12 Sep 2023 · Friendly

Road through the tournament

Croatia

0–0 v Morocco Group stage
4–1 v Canada Group stage
0–0 v Belgium Group stage
1–1 v Japan Round of 16
1–1 v Brazil Quarter-final
0–3 v Argentina Semi-final
2–1 v Morocco Third-place play-off

Morocco

0–0 v Croatia Group stage
2–0 v Belgium Group stage
2–1 v Canada Group stage
0–0 v Spain Round of 16
1–0 v Portugal Quarter-final
0–2 v France Semi-final
1–2 v Croatia Third-place play-off

Every Croatia v Morocco match3

From Croatia's side.


17 Dec 2022	Morocco	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2022	Third-place play-off
23 Nov 2022	Morocco	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2022	Group stage
11 Dec 1996	Morocco	2–2 (won on pens)	Away	King Hassan II Tournament 1996	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: Fjelstul · Cards: Fjelstul