Morocco v Croatia, 23 November 2022

Kick-off: 1.00pm local (10.00am GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Morocco 22, Croatia 12 . The only previous meeting was in the Hassan II Trophy in December 1996 in Casablanca. The game ended in a 2-2 draw before Croatia won 7-6 on penalties. . There was one goalless draw in the entire World Cup finals in Russia four years earlier. After nine games, this was the third nil-nil draw of this tournament. . Croatia failed to score for the first time in their last 12 games at World Cup finals. . Croatia had lost their opening game in three of their five previous World Cup finals appearances. . Morocco’s last win against European opposition in the World Cup remained as against Scotland at Saint-Etienne in 1998. . Morocco had now won one of their last 11 games at World Cup finals (lost seven). . 37-year-old Luka Modrić became the first-ever player to play at the finals tournaments in both the World Cup and UEFA European Championship in three different decades. . Aged 20 years and 304 days, Joško Gvardiol became the youngest player to start a game at the World Cup finals for Croatia since Mateo Kovačić in the opening game of the 2014 tournament against Brazil in São Paulo (20 years and 37 days).