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. Boufal 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

⚽Boufalassist Ziyech

14'

Ounahi

32'

2H

49'

Tomiyasu

⚽En-Nesyriassist Amrabat

52'

63'

⚽Uedaassist Endo

⚽Amallah

75'

⇄Weber↓ Boufal

80'

⇄Müller↓ Mitoma

86'

⚽Morita

⇄Dubois↓ En-Nesyri

89'

⇄Petrov↓ Ueda

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 4, 2022 · 19:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance39,181 / 48,976 (80%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#11·

#18

Where to watch

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Statistics

53Ball possession %47

2.8Expected goals (xG)1.8

13Total shots12

6Shots on target6

5Shots off target4

3Blocked shots3

7Corner kicks7

1Offsides4

10Fouls12

3Yellow cards2

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves3

495Passes501

80Pass accuracy %77

15Tackles18

Player of the match

Mazraoui

7.8

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.23Formation7.034-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.3 2Sugawara7.2 3Tomiyasu6.7 4Itakura7.6 5Nagatomo6.3 6Endo7.7 7Kamada7.0 8Morita6.4 9Kubo7.8 10Ueda7.7 11Mitoma6.6

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