Japan – Morocco 3–2

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

Match report

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

Match events

1H

15'

⚽En-Nesyri

⚽Moritaassist Mitoma

27'

Kubo

45'

2H

62'

Mazraoui

⚽Kamadaassist Morita

65'

⇄Dubois↓ Mitoma

65'

⇄Petrov↓ Boufal

⇄Vidić↓ Ueda

74'

⇄Walsh↓ En-Nesyri

76'

⚽Ounahiassist Amallah

Suzuki

79'

⚽Ueda

88'

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 23, 2022 · 20:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance66,269 / 69,030 (96%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

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

Morita

7.8

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.21Formation6.934-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

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

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

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