Japan – Morocco 3–2

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

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. Ueda opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

32'

Amallah

⚽Uedaassist Mitoma

41'

2H

Itakura

49'

52'

⚽En-Nesyriassist Boufal

⚽Morita

64'

⇄Almeida↓ Mitoma

69'

⇄Pereira↓ Boufal

75'

⚽Amallah

⇄Bianchi↓ Ueda

78'

⇄Nielsen↓ En-Nesyri

Suzuki

81'

⚽Mitomaassist Tomiyasu

87'

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 27, 2022 · 20:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance64,888 / 69,030 (94%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

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

Endo

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.07Formation7.124-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.5 2Sugawara7.4 3Tomiyasu6.9 4Itakura7.8 5Nagatomo6.5 6Endo7.9 7Kamada7.2 8Morita6.6 9Kubo6.3 10Ueda7.9 11Mitoma6.8

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.8 2Hakimi7.8 3Aguerd7.7 4Saïss7.6 5Mazraoui6.3 6Amrabat7.0 7Ounahi6.9 8Amallah6.3 9Ziyech7.0 10En-Nesyri7.0 11Boufal7.9

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