Japan – Morocco 3–2

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

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. Ueda opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Uedaassist Mitoma

14'

25'

⚽En-Nesyriassist Boufal

⚽Morita

37'

2H

48'

⚽Amallah

Suzuki

48'

⚽Mitomaassist Tomiyasu

60'

65'

Amallah

⇄Ferrari↓ Mitoma

70'

⇄Weber↓ Boufal

⇄Silva↓ Ueda

79'

⇄Dubois↓ En-Nesyri

Itakura

82'

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 12, 2022 · 17:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance49,702 / 69,030 (72%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#15·

#4

Where to watch

BBCITV

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

Nagatomo

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.35Formation7.134-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

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

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

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