LiontipsNetherlands - Morocco: betting tip (cf 1.90) and bets on the World Cup match
Command Analysis
Current form
The national team has reached the World Championship finals three times in its history and has never become the best team on the planet. Such statistics allow us to consider them the biggest losers in the history of the World Cup finals.
In North America, Ronald Koeman's team did not look stronger than the Japanese in the opening game, led twice and missed the victory in the 89th minute of the meeting - 2:2 in total. In the second round with Sweden, the Dutch had to correct mistakes made in the game with the samurai. The Orange team did not spare their opponent and defeated them (5:1). It should be noted that Cody Gakpo and Brian Brobby scored doubles in the match against the Swedes. In the final round, the flying Dutchmen met with the outsider of the quartet, Tunisia, and beat the African national team in the pouring rain in Kansas with a score of 3:1. The European team did not experience any special difficulties in the group stage, but today they will definitely have to be tested by the team that is ranked higher in the FIFA ranking.
Disqualifications and injuries
Timber will miss the match due to injury.
Interesting betting trends
- The Netherlands have scored two or more goals in seven of their last ten meetings.
- In every match at the World Championship, the Orange team conceded at least one goal.
Approximate line–up: Verbruggen – Dumfries, van Hecke, van Dyck, van de Ven - Gravenberch, de Jong, Reynders – Malen, Brobbie, Gakpo.
Current form
Morocco is one of the strongest national teams not only on the African continent, but also ranks seventh in the FIFA rankings. The red-greens have participated in seven world championships, but they have not yet been able to climb the podium. The highest achievement of the Moroccans at the World Championships is the fourth place at the last World Cup in Qatar, where they lost in the match for the third place to Croatia.
In the first round, the national team proved that it can compete on equal terms with the best teams in the world. The Atlas Lions faced Brazil, ended the game with a five-time world champions in a 1-1 goalless draw and once again forced them to talk about themselves. In the second match, Mohamed Wabi's team played against Scotland. The Africans opened the scoring in the second minute, after that they continued to press, but did not score again. The Scots created almost no chances, and in the end, the Moroccans won 1-0. In the final match, the national team staged a shootout with Haiti. The team lost twice during the meeting, turned the tide of the meeting on experience and defeated the Haitians with a score of 4:2. We will mention Ismael Saibari in the composition. The PSV attacking midfielder scored in each of the three group stage matches.
Disqualifications and injuries
Ager and Ez Abdeh were injured in the national team.
Interesting betting trends
- In the last 20 matches, the Moroccan national team has scored 18 victories.
- In the last seven games, the Atlas Lions scored at least one goal.
Approximate composition: Bunu – Hakimi, Diop, Riad, Mazraoui – Amrabat, El-Aynaoui –Diaz, El-Hannous, Rahimi – Saibari.
Trends
The exact score is 1:2
In the last three face-to-face meetings of the rivals, such a score was recorded
Betting 1st half: Morocco's victory
In 3 of the last 5 matches, the Atlas Lions won in the first half.
The bet is the 2nd half: The Netherlands won't score
In 5 of the past 6 games, the Africans did not concede in the second half.
Tip and bets
Even before the start of the world Championship in North America, many experts considered the Moroccan national team to be almost the main dark horse of the tournament due to the star players Ashraf Hakimi from PSG, Diaz from Real Madrid and Mazraoui from Manchester United. The Moroccans finished fourth at the 2022 World Cup, while the Orange lost in the quarterfinals to Argentina. Nine players from the current red-green team went through a sensational campaign in Qatar, so the experience of decisive matches of the African national team is not lacking.
During the tournament, I was impressed by the quality of the football of Mohamed Wabi's wards, who acted as pragmatically as possible, played tightly in defense and are unlikely to have problems with the realization of scoring chances today – six goals scored in the tournament. However, bookmakers do not make Africans favorites and overestimate their odds. We will argue with this, since the national team has not lost, taking into account all tournaments since August last year, and won 24 victories in these confrontations. In the match against the Netherlands, the coaching staff will certainly rely on discipline, dangerous standards, and they will act boldly when organizing attacks with Hakimi on the flank. In our opinion, the Moroccan national team will at least not lose and will make it to the next stage of the world championship.
Prediction – Morocco will not lose with a coefficient of 1.72
Bet on the total
The bookmakers have put up a good odds that Europeans and Africans will be different today. The Netherlands is slightly more powerful in attack (10 goals scored) and has a longer bench, while Morocco has the ability to endure against the favorites and scored six goals. The teams often miss and both score confidently, so it looks like an open match with an exchange of balls.
The betting tip is that both will score with a coefficient of 1.90
Betting on corners
In our opinion, the fight will take place on a collision course. At the World Championship in North America, Morocco averaged 5.3 corner kicks, while the Netherlands averaged 4.3 from the start of the World Cup. We believe that more than nine corners will be served in today's meeting.
The betting tip is that the total number of corners is more than 9.5 with a coefficient of 2.07
