Morocco – Japan 3–2

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

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. Kubo opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

14'

⚽Kubo

⚽Ounahiassist Hakimi

26'

31'

Kamada

2H

⚽Boufalassist En-Nesyri

64'

⇄Schmidt↓ Boufal

64'

⇄Novak↓ Mitoma

⇄Marsh↓ En-Nesyri

73'

⇄Hansen↓ Ueda

75'

⚽Mitomaassist Ueda

Boufal

80'

Endo

⚽Ziyech

87'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 26, 2022 · 19:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance47,507 / 48,976 (97%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#11·

#18

Where to watch

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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

0Red cards1

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Nagatomo

7.8

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.00Formation7.244-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.4 2Hakimi7.4 3Aguerd7.3 4Saïss7.2 5Mazraoui7.5 6Amrabat6.6 7Ounahi6.5 8Amallah7.5 9Ziyech6.6 10En-Nesyri6.5 11Boufal7.5

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.7 2Sugawara7.0 3Tomiyasu6.5 4Itakura7.3 5Nagatomo7.8 6Endo7.4 7Kamada6.7 8Morita7.8 9Kubo7.6 10Ueda7.5 11Mitoma6.3

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