Morocco – Japan 3–2

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

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. En-Nesyri opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽En-Nesyri

15'

26'

⚽Ueda

⚽Amallahassist Amrabat

38'

2H

Saïss

62'

⚽Ounahiassist Aguerd

76'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Boufal

76'

⇄Bianchi↓ Mitoma

79'

Mitoma

⇄Rossi↓ En-Nesyri

85'

⇄Keller↓ Ueda

87'

⚽Kamadaassist Tomiyasu

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 26, 2022 · 19:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance42,609 / 48,976 (87%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#11·

#18

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

2.5Expected goals (xG)2

15Total shots12

8Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

9Corner kicks6

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Ounahi

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.04Formation7.164-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.8 2Hakimi7.1 3Aguerd7.0 4Saïss6.9 5Mazraoui7.3 6Amrabat6.3 7Ounahi7.9 8Amallah7.3 9Ziyech6.3 10En-Nesyri6.3 11Boufal7.2

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.5 2Sugawara6.8 3Tomiyasu6.3 4Itakura7.1 5Nagatomo7.5 6Endo7.2 7Kamada6.5 8Morita7.6 9Kubo7.3 10Ueda7.2 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