France vs Morocco Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• France remain unbeaten in all six meetings with Morocco (W4 D2), most recently their 2-0 victory in the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi‑final in Qatar — the nations’ only encounter at the tournament. Didier Deschamps, then as now, was France’s head coach, and six players from that semi‑final are still in this World Cup squad, including Théo Hernandez, scorer of the opening goal.
• France have prevailed in both their World Cup knockout ties against African teams, winning 2-0 against Nigeria in the 2014 round of 16 and by the same score against Morocco in the 2022 semi-finals.
• France’s record in quarter-final ties at the World Cup is W6 L2. Their only defeats came against Italy in 1938 (L 3-1) and Germany in 2014 (L 1-0).
• France have won 14 of their last 16 international matches (D1 L1).
• France have won 16 of their last 19 FIFA World Cup fixtures (D2 L1).
• France have prevailed in 18 of their last 21 knockout-phase matches at the global showpiece.
• Kylian Mbappé’s goal for France against Paraguay was their 150th in the history of the FIFA World Cup. They are just the fourth team to reach the milestone, after Brazil, Germany and Argentina.
• Kylian Mbappé has scored ten goals in his last six FIFA World Cup matches and 19 goals in 19 tournament appearances overall.
• At 27 years and 201 days old, Kylian Mbappé is set to become the youngest player in World Cup history to reach 20 appearances, beating the record of Władysław Żmuda (28y 34d) which was set in 1982. Mbappé would also become France’s joint-record appearance maker in the competition with Hugo Lloris.
• Morocco have lost only two of their last nine World Cup matches against European teams (W3 D4).
• Morocco have lost only two of their last 13 FIFA World Cup games (W6 D5).
• Morocco are the first African country to reach the quarter-finals in consecutive men's World Cups.
• This is Morocco’s second World Cup quarter-final, after their 1-0 victory against Portugal in 2022.
• Morocco have scored in their last six World Cup fixtures, extending their longest such run.
• Morocco have scored ten goals at this edition of the World Cup, becoming just the second African team to reach double figures in a single edition, alongside Senegal – who also achieved the feat in 2026.
• Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi has been a Paris Saint-Germain player since 2021, winning 13 trophies with the club including the UEFA Champions League in each of the past two seasons and five Ligue 1 titles. There are five of Hakimi’s PSG team-mates in France’s squad – Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué and Lucas Hernandez.
• Four other Morocco squad members currently play for French Ligue 1 clubs – Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille), Amine Sbaï (Angers), and Samir El Mourabet and Gessime Yassine (both Strasbourg).