Netherlands vs Morocco FIFA World Cup 2026 Football Match Live Score: Monday night’s match between the Netherlands and Morocco will be the highest-ranked match in the Round of 32. The Netherlands – ranked 7th – top Group F after a draw against Japan and big wins over Sweden and Tunisia. Sixth-ranked Morocco drew 1-1 against Brazil in their opener and finished second in Group C before defeating Scotland and Haiti. The Netherlands maintain their best ever record at the tournament, having lost all three finals. The Dutch’s most recent final loss was to Spain in extra time in 2010, which was the last time the Netherlands lost a World Cup match after 120 minutes.
The Dutch are unbeaten in six World Cup matches against African nations. In 2022, Morocco beat Spain and Portugal to become the first African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup before losing to France. The Atlas Lions were announced as the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025.
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“The team is definitely very well prepared,” Morocco goalkeeper Yassin Bounou said. We have great football players and the experience to deal with these things.” The Netherlands beat Morocco 2-1 in 1994, the only World Cup meeting between the two. The winner will face Canada in the round of 16 on Saturday in Houston.
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The Netherlands has reached R16 every WC since 1974. Morocco intends to end it
The Netherlands have reached the round of 16 in every World Cup they have entered since 1974. (AP Photo)
Kansas City was bathed in fluorescent orange. For Tunisia, already out after conceding nine goals in two games, it was a chance to get something done. They were given 180 seconds before their hopes were dashed.
The Netherlands only needed to overtake Japan on goal difference against Sweden to top Group F. They didn’t need to win. Still they won.
Denzel Dumfries fired a low ball across the face of goal in the third minute. Tunisian captain Elis Skerry got there first and converted it into his own net, his 12th own goal of the tournament, equaling the all-time record at the World Cup. It was two before the seventh minute. Virgil van Dijk headed a Rejenders free kick across the box and Brian Brobbie reacted swiftly, half-volleying his third goal of the tournament past a helpless Aymen Dahmen. Two-nil in seven minutes. What happened to Tunisia in this tournament was not surprising.