Morocco – Japan 3–2

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

Match report

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

Match events

1H

Amallah

31'

⚽Boufalassist Saïss

41'

2H

52'

⚽Mitomaassist Itakura

Mazraoui

63'

⚽Ziyech

64'

⇄Moreau↓ Boufal

69'

⇄Kovač↓ Mitoma

75'

⚽Kubo

⇄Romano↓ En-Nesyri

78'

⇄Andersen↓ Ueda

80'

Suzuki

⚽Ounahiassist Ounahi

87'

Boufal

87'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 9, 2022 · 20:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance37,222 / 48,976 (76%)

RefereeC. Turpin (Fra)

FIFA ranking

#6·

#13

Where to watch

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Statistics

54Ball possession %46

2.4Expected goals (xG)1.9

13Total shots13

7Shots on target6

4Shots off target5

4Blocked shots2

8Corner kicks7

2Offsides4

9Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

1Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Itakura

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.06Formation7.274-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.8 2Hakimi7.6 3Aguerd7.8 4Saïss7.0 5Mazraoui6.7 6Amrabat7.0 7Ounahi6.8 8Amallah6.5 9Ziyech7.0 10En-Nesyri7.7 11Boufal6.8

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.1 2Sugawara7.0 3Tomiyasu7.3 4Itakura7.9 5Nagatomo6.5 6Endo7.3 7Kamada7.8 8Morita7.6 9Kubo7.2 10Ueda6.5 11Mitoma7.8

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