The match between Morocco and Iran will be the 4th match in upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018. They are part of group B and the rest two group mates are Portugal and Spain. The both opponents are very powerful but Morocco has a good record against Portugal. Now, if they can manage a victory against Iran, they could get a chance to move to the knockout round. On the other side, Iran is considered as the underdog team but they can be very dangerous for all.
Morocco 0 – 1 Iran Highlights video
Considering the both teams recent performance and players squad, team Morocco is much balanced than Iran now. They have won last five matches consecutively where two of them International Friendlies and three were African Nations Championship. On the other side, Iran won three matches out of their last five matches but lost one. All of them were friendlies. Now, let’s see the upcoming match details between Morocco and Iran below.
# Upcoming Match Info:
- Date – 15th June, 2018
- Start at – 16:00 (BST)
- Day – Friday
- Tournament – FIFA World Cup 2018
- Match No. – 4th
- Episode – 21st
# Short Profile of Hosting Ground:
- Venue Name – Krestovsky Stadium
- Seats Capacity – 67,000
- Address – Krestovsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Field Surface – Grass
- Opened – 2017
# Morocco Best XI (Possible ): Munir Mohamedi (GK), Medhi Benatia (Captain & DF), Manuel da Costa (DF), Achraf Hakimi (DF), Oualid El Hajjam (DF), Zakaria Labyad (MF), Faycal Fajr (MF), Amine Harit (MF), Ayoub El Kaabi (FW), Sofyan Amrabat (MF), Yacine Bammou (FW)
# Team Staff:
- Manager – Herve Renard (France)
- Asst. Manager – Mustapha Hadji (Morocco), Patrice Beaumelle (France)
- Fitness Coach – Gregory Dupont (France)
- Goalkeeping Coach – Philippe Sence (France)
# Last Five Matches:
- Vs Namibia (2 – 0)
- Vs Libya (3 – 1)
- Vs Nigeria (4 – 0)
- Vs Serbia (2 – 1)
- Vs Uzbekistan (2 – 0)
# Iran Best XI (Possible): Alireza Beiranvand (GK), Rouzbeh Cheshmi (DF), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (DF), Majid Hosseini (DF), Milad Mohammadi (DF), Ehsan Hajsafi (MF), Mehdi Torabi (MF), Masoud Shojaei (MF), Ali Gholizadeh (FW), Reza Ghoochannejhad (FW), Mehdi Taremi (FW).
# Team Staff:
- Manager – Carlos Queiroz (Portugal)
- Asst. Manager – Oceano da Cruz (Portugal), Rodolfo Miguens (Portugal), Markar Aghajanyan (Iran)
- Goalkeeping Coach – Alexandre Lopes (Portugal)
# Last Five Matches:
- Vs Uzbekistan (1 – 0)
- Vs Algeria (2 – 1)
- Vs Tunisia (0 – 1)
- Vs Sierra Leone (4 – 0)
- Vs Libya (Cancel)
# Head To Head: Once in 6th January, 2017 the inaugural match between Morocco and Iran was about to stage but due to some problem, the match was cancelled. That was an international friendly match. Now, in upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 group stage, this two teams will fae against each other for the first time.
# Prediction: If we come to consider the strength between Morocco and Iran, we must keep ahead Morocco considering their current performance. In the match between them, Morocco is the favourite but still Iran can change the game considering opposite calculation. The general prediction is Morocco 2 – 1 Iran.
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