Japan – Morocco 3–2

	1H	2H	T
JP	1	2	3
MA	2	0	2

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. En-Nesyri opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

13'

⚽En-Nesyriassist Ziyech

Ueda

24'

⚽Morita

25'

36'

⚽Amallah

41'

Amrabat

2H

⚽Mitomaassist Suzuki

48'

Sugawara

58'

⇄Silva↓ Ueda

67'

⇄Dubois↓ En-Nesyri

⚽Uedaassist Kubo

86'

⇄Ferrari↓ Mitoma

86'

⇄Weber↓ Boufal

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 26, 2022 · 17:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance64,888 / 69,030 (94%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

53Ball possession %47

2.8Expected goals (xG)1.8

13Total shots12

6Shots on target6

5Shots off target4

3Blocked shots3

7Corner kicks7

1Offsides4

10Fouls12

3Yellow cards2

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves3

495Passes501

80Pass accuracy %77

15Tackles18

Player of the match

Suzuki

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.30Formation7.154-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.9 2Sugawara7.4 3Tomiyasu7.4 4Itakura7.5 5Nagatomo7.6 6Endo7.2 7Kamada7.3 8Morita6.3 9Kubo7.4 10Ueda7.4 11Mitoma6.9

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.0 2Hakimi6.8 3Aguerd7.9 4Saïss7.7 5Mazraoui6.3 6Amrabat6.9 7Ounahi7.0 8Amallah7.8 9Ziyech7.7 10En-Nesyri6.7 11Boufal6.8

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