Morocco – Japan 3–2

	1H	2H	T
MA	2	1	3
JP	2	0	2

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. Ounahi opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Ounahiassist Boufal

10'

21'

⚽Kamadaassist Mitoma

Bounou

26'

⚽En-Nesyri

33'

43'

Morita

44'

⚽Ueda

2H

⚽Amallahassist Aguerd

56'

⇄Lindqvist↓ Boufal

66'

⇄Bianchi↓ Mitoma

⇄Rossi↓ En-Nesyri

75'

⇄Keller↓ Ueda

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 22, 2022 · 17:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance35,263 / 48,976 (72%)

RefereeS. Marciniak (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#17·

#6

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

Aguerd

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.02Formation6.834-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.0 2Hakimi6.3 3Aguerd7.9 4Saïss7.9 5Mazraoui6.5 6Amrabat7.2 7Ounahi7.1 8Amallah6.5 9Ziyech7.2 10En-Nesyri7.2 11Boufal6.4

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.7 2Sugawara7.7 3Tomiyasu7.2 4Itakura6.3 5Nagatomo6.7 6Endo6.4 7Kamada7.4 8Morita6.8 9Kubo6.5 10Ueda6.4 11Mitoma7.0

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