Morocco – Japan 3–2

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

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. En-Nesyri opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽En-Nesyriassist Saïss

27'

38'

⚽Uedaassist Itakura

2H

⚽Amallah

50'

61'

⚽Morita

Boufal

61'

⇄Lindqvist↓ En-Nesyri

64'

⇄Bianchi↓ Ueda

⚽Boufalassist Ounahi

73'

⇄Lopez↓ Boufal

83'

⇄Almeida↓ Mitoma

Mazraoui

85'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 21, 2022 · 18:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance41,140 / 48,976 (84%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#16·

#5

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

1Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves3

495Passes501

80Pass accuracy %77

15Tackles18

Player of the match

Amrabat

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.38Formation7.154-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.7 2Hakimi7.0 3Aguerd6.9 4Saïss6.8 5Mazraoui7.1 6Amrabat7.9 7Ounahi7.8 8Amallah7.2 9Ziyech7.9 10En-Nesyri7.8 11Boufal7.1

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.3 2Sugawara6.6 3Tomiyasu7.8 4Itakura6.9 5Nagatomo7.4 6Endo7.0 7Kamada6.3 8Morita7.4 9Kubo7.2 10Ueda7.1 11Mitoma7.7

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