Morocco – Japan 3–2

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

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. Ounahi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Ounahiassist Ounahi

8'

25'

Suzuki

2H

⚽Boufalassist Saïss

46'

57'

⚽Mitomaassist Itakura

Boufal

62'

⚽Ziyech

69'

Mazraoui

74'

⇄Schmidt↓ Boufal

74'

⇄Novak↓ Mitoma

80'

⚽Kubo

⇄Marsh↓ En-Nesyri

83'

⇄Hansen↓ Ueda

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 8, 2022 · 17:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance40,650 / 48,976 (83%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#11·

#18

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

54Ball possession %46

2.4Expected goals (xG)1.9

13Total shots13

7Shots on target6

4Shots off target5

4Blocked shots2

8Corner kicks7

2Offsides4

9Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

1Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Bounou

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.43Formation6.854-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.9 2Hakimi7.7 3Aguerd7.1 4Saïss6.9 5Mazraoui7.2 6Amrabat7.8 7Ounahi7.9 8Amallah7.0 9Ziyech6.9 10En-Nesyri7.6 11Boufal7.7

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.1 2Sugawara6.7 3Tomiyasu6.6 4Itakura6.8 5Nagatomo6.8 6Endo6.5 7Kamada6.5 8Morita7.2 9Kubo6.7 10Ueda6.6 11Mitoma7.8

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