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. En-Nesyri opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽En-Nesyriassist Mazraoui

11'

22'

⚽Uedaassist Nagatomo

26'

Sugawara

⚽Amallah

34'

Ziyech

43'

45'

⚽Morita

2H

⚽Boufalassist Amallah

57'

⇄Almeida↓ Boufal

67'

⇄Pereira↓ Mitoma

Amrabat

75'

⇄Bianchi↓ En-Nesyri

76'

⇄Nielsen↓ Ueda

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 5, 2022 · 18:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance45,548 / 48,976 (93%)

RefereeD. Orsato (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#12·

#1

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

Nagatomo

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.07Formation7.334-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

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 10Ueda7.5 11Mitoma6.4

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