- Brazil form: Brazil have won their last two home matches, beating Panama 6-2 and Croatia 3-1.
- Morocco form: Morocco have won their last three matches, beating Madagascar 4-0 and Burundi 5-0 at home.
Game of the group
The marquee match in Group C will be between Brazil and Morocco in a crucial encounter that could shape the dynamic of the group and also set the seeds for potential knockout clashes. Both teams will be led by new coaches, with Brazil's head coach Carlo Ancelotti having taken over the reins in May 2025 and Morocco's Mohamed Ouahbi in March 2026.
Ancelotti has made the Brazilian team play a disciplined system, albeit with a club-style fluidity, where the wingers and midfielders are allowed to swap places in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1 formation. Brazil are a team that like to play a high-tempo game, but Ancelotti has added some structure to the flow, with the wide players given more license to overload the opponent's full-backs and create quick transition attacks.
Brazil’s form has improved
Brazil recent form
In their two recent home matches, Brazil have defeated Panama 6-2 and overcame Croatia 3-1, results that are indicative of the upward trend in form for the five-time winners.
Morocco recent form
Morocco are in red-hot form themselves, unbeaten in 10, and have won their last 3 games in emphatic fashion – beating Madagascar and Burundi at home by a combined 9-0 scoreline. Morocco have won all four of their away matches since November 2025, scoring 3.00 goals per match and conceding just 0.50 per match, and we believe they can be a dangerous opponent in Saturday's game.
Morocco can match Brazil
Morocco's 4-2-3-1 system is a disciplined structure that plays to their strengths of defensive shape and counter-attacking. The African side have played with real counterbalance during their unbeaten run, with right-wing back Hakimi providing the outlet for Morocco's attacks.
We're expecting a tight game because Morocco have an unbeaten record in their away games, but Brazil's greater home firepower makes them the favorites to win.
- Brazil have won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 10.
- They have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 1 at home in the last 7 games, but those odds of 1.66 for the favorites look a bit too short for us, especially when the Atlas Lions are priced up at 5.95.
- The draw is priced at 3.88.
The numbers
Under 2.5 goals is our main selection for this match at 1.8, while both teams to score is priced up at 1.99, which is basically an even odds.
Morocco will look to keep it close as long as possible and spring a counter, so we will play the odds in the goal markets.
Brazil have averaged 2.43 goals at home in their last seven matches, while Morocco have conceded just two goals in four away games.
