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. Ounahi opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

10'

⚽Ounahiassist Mazraoui

⚽Ueda

22'

26'

Hakimi

33'

⚽En-Nesyri

Kubo

43'

⚽Moritaassist Morita

45'

2H

⇄Vidić↓ Ueda

64'

⇄Walsh↓ En-Nesyri

Endo

75'

Bounou

⚽Kamadaassist Nagatomo

83'

⇄Dubois↓ Mitoma

83'

⇄Petrov↓ Boufal

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 19, 2022 · 18:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance55,914 / 69,030 (81%)

RefereeA. Taylor (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#18·

#7

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

55Ball possession %45

2.5Expected goals (xG)2

15Total shots12

8Shots on target5

5Shots off target5

4Blocked shots1

9Corner kicks6

3Offsides3

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards4

0Red cards1

3Goalkeeper saves5

525Passes519

79Pass accuracy %77

16Tackles16

Player of the match

Sugawara

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.03Formation6.934-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.9 2Sugawara7.9 3Tomiyasu7.4 4Itakura6.5 5Nagatomo6.9 6Endo6.6 7Kamada7.6 8Morita7.0 9Kubo6.7 10Ueda6.6 11Mitoma7.2

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.2 2Hakimi6.5 3Aguerd6.4 4Saïss6.4 5Mazraoui6.7 6Amrabat7.4 7Ounahi7.3 8Amallah6.7 9Ziyech7.5 10En-Nesyri7.4 11Boufal6.7

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