France have never lost against Morocco, with all five of their previous meetings coming in friendlies (W3 D2). The most recent encounter was a 2-2 draw in Saint-Denis in November 2007.
France have alternated between victory and defeat in their six World Cup meetings with African nations, losing 1-0 against Tunisia last time out in this year's group stage. No team has ever lost against two different African sides in the same World Cup before.
Morocco are looking to become the first African nation to reach the World Cup final – indeed, this game will be the first ever World Cup semifinal contested by an African side.
France are playing in their seventh World Cup semifinal – having been eliminated from each of their first three (1958, 1982, 1986), they've won each of their last three matches at this stage (1998, 2006, 2018).
No opposition player has scored against Morocco so far at the 2022 World Cup, with their only goal conceded coming via an own goal against Canada. They've kept four clean sheets so far at this tournament, with the last two sides to record five in a single edition going on to lift the trophy (Spain 2010, Italy 2006).
Morocco are unbeaten in their last six World Cup matches (W3 D3), the longest unbeaten run by an African nation in World Cup history.
Though they've conceded in each of their last six games at the World Cup, France are looking to become the first reigning champions to reach the final of the World Cup since Brazil in 1998. The last European nation to do so were Italy in 1938.
Morocco have made more clearances (137) and more tackles (104) than any other side in the 2022 World Cup. Just nine of the 45 shots they've faced at this tournament have been on target (20 per cent), with only Ecuador having a lower such per centage (19 per cent - 4/21).
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France manager Didier Deschamps has won 13 of his 17 World Cup games in charge (D2 L2). Victory here would put him level with Luiz Felipe Scolari on 14, and behind only Helmut Schön for most manager wins in World Cup history.
France's Antoine Griezmann has been involved in eight goals in his last eight World Cup starts (3 goals, 5 assists), setting up both of Les Bleus' goals in their 2-1 win against England in the quarterfinal. Seven of these eight involvements have been in the knockout stages of the competition.
Olivier Giroud has scored four goals so far at the 2022 World Cup, and would be the oldest player to score five in a single edition of the tournament if he nets here. With Kylian Mbappé already on five goals so far, France could be the first team to have two players score 5+ in a single World Cup since Brazil in 2002 (Ronaldo and Rivaldo).
Youssef En-Nesyri became Morocco's all-time leading goalscorer at the World Cup with his winner against Portugal in the quarterfinals (3). Two of his three goals have come at this tournament, and he could become just the fourth African to score 3+ goals in a single edition of the World Cup after Roger Milla in 1990 (4), Papa Bouba Diop in 2002 (3) and Asamoah Gyan in 2010 (3).