We are on to the quarterfinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
France will face Morocco in a 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals showdown on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at Boston Stadium on FOX.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two nations meet for the first time since the 2022 World Cup semifinals, when France defeated Morocco 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The round of 16 was France\u2019s closest match of the tournament, a 1-0 win over Paraguay on Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u2019s 70th-minute penalty. Les Bleus is the only team in this tournament to win all five matches in regulation, winning the previous four by multiple goals, and has a tournament-best goal difference of +12.<\/p>\n
With his penalty against Paraguay, Mbapp\u00e9 extended his World Cup record to 11 knockout-stage goals. He has half of France\u2019s 14 goals at this tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, four years after becoming the first African nation to make the World Cup semifinals, Morocco is now the first African nation to reach two World Cup quarterfinals.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite taking only five shots, Morocco beat Canada 3-0 in the round of 16 to match its largest margin of victory at the World Cup. The Atlas Lions have scored 10 goals in the tournament, equaling the record for an African team at a single World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After leaving 22 minutes into the Canada match, Ismael Saibari\u2019s (hamstring) status is uncertain for this match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s check out the odds for the massive France vs. Morocco matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is -125 to score against Morocco (Photo by Buda Mendes\/Getty Images).<\/span> <\/p>\n From FOX Sports Research:<\/p>\n Let’s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY We are on to the quarterfinals.\u00a0 France will face Morocco in a 2026 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals showdown on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at Boston Stadium on FOX.\u00a0 The two nations meet for the first time since the 2022 World Cup semifinals, when France defeated Morocco 2-0.\u00a0 The round of 16 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}