𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘🔴►Morocco vs Zambia Live2 Today Full Match 2024 (2-0)

 

Morocco are set to play hosts to Zambia in a Group C match of the CAF World Cup Qualifiers at Stade Adrar on Friday. The Atlas Lions have a game in hand following Eritrea's withdrawal, as Walid Regragui's men come into the tie on the back of a 2-0 win over Tanzania. On the other hand, Avram Grant's side bounced back with a 2-1 victory against Niger after losing their opening group game to Congo 4-2.

Walid Regragui's men only played one fixture in November 2023 following Eritrea's withdrawal, and they seek to make it two wins from two when they welcome the Copper Bullets to Agadir in a rematch of the pair's group-stage encounter at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Morocco return to competitive action months after their shock exit to Africa Cup of Nations semi-finalists South Africa, keen to create separation in the race to make the World Cup.

The Atlas Lions were tipped to win the continental showpiece in Cote d'Ivoire, only to exit in the first knockout round but Regragui and his team hope to move on from that January loss.

Africa's highest-ranked side already played out a pair of non-competitive fixtures in March, defeating Angola (1-0) and playing out a goalless game with Amir Abdou's Mauritania, with little riding on both fixtures.

Friday's competitive match could see Morocco move three points clear of their opponents, and possibly three clear of Niger, who are away against Congo heading into June 11's trip to Kinshasa.

Having made African and Arab history at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Regragui's men aim to avoid the ignominy of missing out in 2026, adding to the pressure before rounds three and four of qualifiers.

For their part, Zambia are unfancied to secure a positive result in Morocco or make it to the 2026 finals, having never participated at any World Cup.

Avram Grant aims to be the first manager to make Chipolopolo history, but the Central African nation must bounce back from the 2-1 defeat suffered in Niger in the second round in qualifying last November.

That loss followed a 4-2 home triumph over Congo Republic in the opening round, laying a foundation to work with for the rest of their ambitious World Cup chase.

The last meeting between these nations was held in Cote d'Ivoire and was decided by Hakim Ziyech's first-half strike, thus eliminating the Copper Bullets after three games.

That outcome seems likely for a nation with three consecutive away defeats in World Cup qualifying — four defeats in five (one win) — possibly seeing Grant's men fall behind in qualifying.