Japan – Morocco 3–2

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

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. Morita opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Moritaassist Kubo

11'

22'

⚽Amallahassist Ziyech

Sugawara

25'

⚽Mitoma

34'

45'

⚽Boufal

2H

⚽Kuboassist Suzuki

57'

Ueda

57'

⇄Marsh↓ Mitoma

67'

⇄Hansen↓ Boufal

74'

Amrabat

⇄Müller↓ Ueda

76'

⇄Ferrari↓ En-Nesyri

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 15, 2022 · 18:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance67,649 / 69,030 (98%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#18·

#7

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

56Ball possession %44

2.6Expected goals (xG)2.1

16Total shots10

8Shots on target4

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots2

9Corner kicks5

3Offsides2

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards4

0Red cards0

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Itakura

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-36.92Formation7.014-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.6 2Sugawara7.6 3Tomiyasu7.1 4Itakura7.9 5Nagatomo6.7 6Endo6.3 7Kamada7.3 8Morita6.7 9Kubo6.5 10Ueda6.4 11Mitoma7.0

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

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