Where to watch France vs Morocco: TV channel and free live stream for World Cup quarter-final

France take on Morocco in the World Cup quarter-finals, and fans in the UK can watch it all for FREE.

As with the entirety of the 2026 edition of the World Cup, this match is being streamed on free-to-air TV.

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It should be a great contest as the 2022 semi-finalists are reunited.

On that occasion, Les Bleus proved to be too strong for Morocco as Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Munai scored in a 2-0 win for France.

That ended the African side’s remarkable run to the semi-finals, where they are aiming to be once more.

France vs Morocco: Where to watch

This World Cup quarter-final will take place on Thursday, July 9 and kick-off in Boston is scheduled for 9pm UK time.

The game will be shown on ITV1 in England and STV1 in Scotland.

Their coverage of the clash is scheduled to get going at 8pm and will end at 11:30pm.

However, that will extend if it goes to extra time and penalties.

And for anyone who wants to watch on the go, it will be on ITVX as well.

talkSPORT will also be right across the action, and we have live coverage of the game as well.

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Natalie Sawyer is your host with commentary from Joe Shennan and former Scotland assistant manager Mark McGhee.

To tune in to talkSPORT through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

France vs Morocco: Team news

France have basically a fully fit squad to choose from, bar Aurelien Tchouameni.

The midfielder missed the win over Paraguay, but the expectation is that he returns to take Manu Kone’s place.

On the left, Didier Deschamps also has to decide to choose Desire Doue and Bradley Barcola.

Both players have had bigger impacts off the bench in their respective games.

For Morocco, Souifane Rahimi scored in the 3-0 win over Canada in the last round and is likely to lead the line.

That is because new Bayern Munich star Ismael Saibari went off with a hamstring injury.

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France vs Morocco: What has been said?

After the win over an aggressive and dirty Paraguay team, Deschamps praised his players for battling through the adversity.

He said: “It wasn’t easy. They used every resource possible. It is maybe not the kind of football that brings people to the stadium, playing with that aggression, exaggerating everything.

“We stayed focused on our game. It was difficult, they had lots of men behind the ball and they defend well.

“Obviously, the temperatures made it hard to play with intensity and without that they defended well.

“I won’t criticise Paraguay. Every team can play however they want, but I could do without the insults.

“The most important thing is that there were no incidents at the end. But all that matters is that we have qualified.”