Japan – Morocco 3–2

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

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. Mitoma opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Mitoma

16'

27'

⚽Boufal

Sugawara

27'

⚽Kuboassist Itakura

39'

44'

Ziyech

2H

60'

Amallah

Nagatomo

61'

⚽Moritaassist Suzuki

77'

⇄Marsh↓ Mitoma

77'

⇄Hansen↓ Boufal

⇄Müller↓ Ueda

86'

⇄Ferrari↓ En-Nesyri

88'

⚽Amallahassist Bounou

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 19, 2022 · 20:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance55,914 / 69,030 (81%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#12·

#1

Where to watch

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Statistics

56Ball possession %44

2.6Expected goals (xG)2.1

16Total shots10

8Shots on target4

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots2

9Corner kicks5

3Offsides2

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards4

0Red cards1

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Tomiyasu

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.25Formation7.184-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.4 2Sugawara6.7 3Tomiyasu7.9 4Itakura7.0 5Nagatomo7.5 6Endo7.1 7Kamada6.4 8Morita7.5 9Kubo7.3 10Ueda7.2 11Mitoma7.8

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-Nesyri7.9 11Boufal7.2

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