Morocco vs IR Iran – Lineups, Predictions & Stats Preview 15 June 2018
The speculation about this summers World Cup tournament in Russia is certainly hotting up. Everyone is looking for the best Morocco vs IR Iran tip and many of the online sportsbooks have already started speculating about how the game will play out. With Morocco and Iran both having strong results in their last six games - is the one loss on their part an indication Iran could just slightly push ahead? On the 15th June at Krestovsky Stadium the two smaller known teams will take each other on as part of the group B stages. With Spain and Portugal sharing a group with them - it looks unlikely either team will have a chance at winning any other matches. Iran look set to win the match but Morocco have been quite clear in the press they intend to play to the best of their ability.
Morocco Probable Lineups And Stats
Morocco have only made four previous appearances in the World Cup tournament. They have featured in the 1970,1986, 1994 and 1998 World Cups – being pushed out in the groups stages or qualifying stages for each year. The most recent tournament they have played in that gives us the most accurate reading of their team stats is the 2017-2018 African Nations tournament where they were the hosts.
Vital stats were:
- Matches played – 4
- Wins – 2
- Draws – 0
- Losses – 2
- Goals for – 4
- Goals against – 3
- Points – 6
- Clean sheets – 1
- Biggest victory – 3:1
- Biggest defeat – 0:1
The Moroccan probable lineup for the World Cup is as follows:
- Anas Zniti
- Abdeljalil Jbira
- Mohammed Nahiri
- Badr Banoun
- Jawad El Yamiq
- Walid El Karti
- Badr Boulahroud
- Ismail El Haddad
- El Mehdi Barrahma
- Achraf Bencharki
- Ayoub El Kaabi
IR Iran Probable Lineups And Stats
Although Iran is the highest ranked team in Asia, they haven’t actually had the opportunity recently to play in many matches or tournaments. They have qualified for the World Cup five times in 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, and 2018. They got knocked out by Iraq in the quarter-finals.
The most accurate and recent stats to look at for Iraq are their stats from the World Cup qualifying rounds:
- Matches played – 18
- Wins – 12
- Draws – 6
- Losses – 0
- Goals for – 36
- Goals against – 5
- Points – 42
- Clean sheets – 14
- Biggest victory – 6:0
The Iranian probable lineup for the World Cup is as follows:
- Hamed Lak
- Jalal Hosseini
- Morteza Pouraliganji
- Vahid Amiri
- Roozbeh Cheshmi
- Ehsan Hajysafi
- Ashkan Dejagah
- Ramin Rezaeian
- Varya Ghafoori
- Reza Ghoochannejhad
- Saeid Ezzatollahi
Morocco v IR Iran – Head To Head
Despite the fact they have only met each other competitively twice, Morocco have really come to the tournament to win against Iran. With the team telling the press they will “play the game as if it were the final”, it will be a struggle for them as Iran are hotly tipped to win. Being one of the only teams to keep a clean sheet in the qualifying rounds gives Iran the advantage. Iran have not only not lost a game during the qualifiers, but they have also beaten Morocco twice in the past. Although the teams have never met competitively in the World Cup tournament, Iran have beaten Morocco in the past.
In the 1978 Presidents Cup Iran beat Morocco 2-0. More recently, they drew 1-1 in the LG cup. The teams have not met each other recently but this will be sure to be something that is playing on Morocco’s mind before the match.
Expert Tip
A lot of sports betting websites are predicting a 0-0 draw between the two nations with odds varying between bookmakers. The smart money is on the number of goals. Betting websites like Unibet are currently giving odds of 6/4 on under 1.5 goals being scored. Providing there are no surprises to the lineups before the match itself – it looks to be very straightforward. The expert tip would be to be on variables other than match outcome for maximum profits.
Interesting Facts and Information
- Morocco haven’t lost in their last 16 games.
- Morocco wins 1st half in 56% of their matches, Iran in 27% of their games.
- Morocco wins 56% of halftimes, Iran wins 27%.
- Morocco’s recent performance is better than Iran’s.
- Morocco scores 2.91 goals when playing at home and Iran scores 0.6 goals when playing away (in average).
- When Morocco leads 1-0 at home, they win in 100% of their games.
- When Iran leads 0-1 away, they win in 50% of their games.
- When Iran is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their games.
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