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. Mitoma opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Mitomaassist Itakura

26'

Nagatomo

30'

37'

⚽Boufalassist Saïss

2H

47'

Bounou

⚽Kubo

49'

60'

⚽Ziyech

⇄Johnson↓ Ueda

63'

⇄Marsh↓ En-Nesyri

Morita

64'

⚽Kamadaassist Kamada

72'

Mitoma

72'

⇄Janssen↓ Mitoma

82'

⇄Schmidt↓ Boufal

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 8, 2022 · 17:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance57,985 / 69,030 (84%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

Where to watch

BBCITV

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

1Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Mitoma

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.28Formation7.034-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.6 2Sugawara6.9 3Tomiyasu6.4 4Itakura7.2 5Nagatomo7.7 6Endo7.3 7Kamada6.6 8Morita7.7 9Kubo7.5 10Ueda7.3 11Mitoma7.9

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.9 2Hakimi7.3 3Aguerd7.2 4Saïss7.1 5Mazraoui7.4 6Amrabat6.4 7Ounahi6.3 8Amallah7.4 9Ziyech6.5 10En-Nesyri6.4 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