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 35th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Ounahiassist Hakimi

35'

Aguerd

39'

2H

46'

⚽Kamadaassist Sugawara

56'

Ueda

⚽En-Nesyri

58'

⇄Dubois↓ Boufal

63'

⇄Petrov↓ Mitoma

69'

⚽Ueda

⇄Vidić↓ En-Nesyri

72'

⇄Walsh↓ Ueda

Amrabat

73'

⚽Amallahassist Mazraoui

81'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 27, 2022 · 18:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance46,527 / 48,976 (95%)

RefereeD. Orsato (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#12·

#1

Where to watch

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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

Amrabat

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.37Formation7.154-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.7 2Hakimi7.0 3Aguerd6.9 4Saïss6.8 5Mazraoui7.1 6Amrabat7.9 7Ounahi7.8 8Amallah7.1 9Ziyech7.9 10En-Nesyri7.8 11Boufal7.1

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.3 2Sugawara6.6 3Tomiyasu7.8 4Itakura6.9 5Nagatomo7.4 6Endo7.0 7Kamada6.3 8Morita7.4 9Kubo7.2 10Ueda7.1 11Mitoma7.6

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