Morocco – Japan 3–2

	1H	2H	T
MA	1	2	3
JP	1	1	2

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. Ziyech opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Ziyechassist Amallah

28'

39'

⚽Kuboassist Morita

2H

⚽Ounahi

51'

Ziyech

56'

Itakura

62'

⚽Kamada

⇄Moreau↓ En-Nesyri

65'

⇄Kovač↓ Ueda

73'

Nagatomo

⚽En-Nesyriassist Boufal

74'

⇄García↓ Boufal

84'

⇄Vidić↓ Mitoma

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 14, 2022 · 19:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance42,119 / 48,976 (86%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#17·

#6

Where to watch

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Statistics

57Ball possession %43

2.7Expected goals (xG)1.7

15Total shots10

7Shots on target5

6Shots off target3

2Blocked shots3

8Corner kicks6

2Offsides3

11Fouls11

3Yellow cards3

0Red cards1

3Goalkeeper saves4

555Passes477

79Pass accuracy %78

14Tackles18

Player of the match

Aguerd

7.8

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.15Formation7.334-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.8 2Hakimi6.6 3Aguerd7.8 4Saïss7.6 5Mazraoui7.8 6Amrabat6.8 7Ounahi6.8 8Amallah7.6 9Ziyech7.6 10En-Nesyri6.5 11Boufal6.7

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.8 2Sugawara7.3 3Tomiyasu7.3 4Itakura7.4 5Nagatomo7.4 6Endo7.1 7Kamada7.2 8Morita7.8 9Kubo7.3 10Ueda7.2 11Mitoma6.8

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	+/-	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	0	8:2	+6	9
2	Argentina	3	2	1	0	8:2	+6	7
3	England	3	2	1	0	7:3	+4	7
4	Brazil	3	2	0	1	7:2	+5	6
5	Spain	3	2	0	1	6:3	+3	6
6	Germany	3	1	1	1	6:3	+3	4
7	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5:4	+1	4
8	Portugal	3	1	0	2	5:4	+1	3
9	Italy	3	1	0	2	4:4	0	3
10	Croatia	3	0	1	2	4:5	-1	1
11	Poland	3	0	1	2	3:5	-2	1
12	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2:6	-4	1
13	USA	3	0	1	2	1:7	-6	1
14	Belgium	3	0	0	3	3:5	-2	0
15	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	2:6	-4	0
16	Japan	3	0	0	3	1:6	-5	0