Japan – Morocco 3–2

	1H	2H	T
JP	2	1	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 7th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

7'

⚽En-Nesyriassist Aguerd

⚽Morita

19'

30'

⚽Amallah

35'

Boufal

⚽Mitomaassist Endo

42'

2H

Kamada

52'

⚽Uedaassist Tomiyasu

80'

⇄Ferrari↓ Mitoma

80'

⇄Weber↓ Boufal

Itakura

84'

⇄Silva↓ Ueda

89'

⇄Dubois↓ En-Nesyri

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 16, 2022 · 19:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance56,605 / 69,030 (82%)

RefereeJ. Gil (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#9·

#16

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

Sugawara

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.06Formation6.994-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.9 2Sugawara7.9 3Tomiyasu7.4 4Itakura6.5 5Nagatomo7.0 6Endo6.6 7Kamada7.6 8Morita7.0 9Kubo6.8 10Ueda6.7 11Mitoma7.3

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.3 2Hakimi6.6 3Aguerd6.5 4Saïss6.4 5Mazraoui6.8 6Amrabat7.5 7Ounahi7.4 8Amallah6.8 9Ziyech7.5 10En-Nesyri7.4 11Boufal6.7

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