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

Match events

1H

10'

⚽Kuboassist Suzuki

⚽Ounahi

22'

Hakimi

27'

33'

⚽Kamada

44'

Kubo

⚽En-Nesyriassist Saïss

45'

2H

Mazraoui

61'

⇄Novak↓ En-Nesyri

64'

⇄Janssen↓ Ueda

⚽Ziyechassist Bounou

83'

⇄Rossi↓ Boufal

83'

⇄Keller↓ Mitoma

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 9, 2022 · 18:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance39,671 / 48,976 (81%)

RefereeD. Orsato (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#12·

#1

Where to watch

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Statistics

57Ball possession %43

2.7Expected goals (xG)1.7

15Total shots10

7Shots on target5

6Shots off target3

2Blocked shots3

8Corner kicks6

2Offsides3

11Fouls11

3Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

3Goalkeeper saves4

555Passes477

79Pass accuracy %78

14Tackles18

Player of the match

Mazraoui

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.33Formation7.084-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.3 2Sugawara7.3 3Tomiyasu6.8 4Itakura7.6 5Nagatomo6.4 6Endo7.7 7Kamada7.0 8Morita6.4 9Kubo7.9 10Ueda7.8 11Mitoma6.7

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