Scotland v Morocco: Key stats

[PA Media] Scotland and Morocco's only previous encounter was in the group stages of the 1998 World Cup – Morocco won 3-0, their largest World Cup victory to date. Nine of Morocco's past 12 World Cup matches have come against European teams. In fact, no side has played as many matches in the tournament against European opposition since the 2018 tournament as Morocco. Morocco have lost only one of their past six World Cup group matches against European opposition (W2 D3) – a 1-0 defeat against Portugal in 2018. Following their 1-0 win over Haiti, Scotland are looking to win consecutive games in a single major tournament for the first time. The Scots have never won more than one game in a single tournament. Morocco are unbeaten in five group-stage matches at the World Cup (W2 D3), the joint best run by an African nation; Cameroon were unbeaten in five between 1982 and 1990 and Senegal had five unbeaten group games between 2002 and 2018. Scotland have won eight of their past 11 competitive matches (D1 L2), including five of their latest six (L1). The only side to beat them in this run is Greece, who won 3-0 in the Nations League in March 2025 and 3-2 in a World Cup qualifier in November 2025. Morocco completed 123 passes in the final third against Brazil on matchday one, the most of any side in Group C in the opening round of games and Morocco's most ever in a World Cup match.