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. Ziyech opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

23'

Ueda

⚽Ziyechassist Hakimi

38'

Amrabat

40'

2H

49'

⚽Kuboassist Sugawara

⚽Ounahi

61'

⇄Walsh↓ Boufal

66'

⇄García↓ Mitoma

72'

⚽Kamada

Aguerd

72'

⇄Haas↓ En-Nesyri

75'

⇄Moreau↓ Ueda

⚽En-Nesyriassist Mazraoui

84'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 12, 2022 · 17:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance36,732 / 48,976 (75%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

FIFA ranking

#9·

#16

Where to watch

BBCITV

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

Tomiyasu

7.8

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.10Formation7.154-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.3 2Hakimi6.4 3Aguerd6.6 4Saïss7.5 5Mazraoui7.2 6Amrabat7.5 7Ounahi7.3 8Amallah7.0 9Ziyech7.5 10En-Nesyri6.5 11Boufal7.3

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.6 2Sugawara7.5 3Tomiyasu7.8 4Itakura6.7 5Nagatomo7.0 6Endo7.8 7Kamada6.6 8Morita6.4 9Kubo7.7 10Ueda7.0 11Mitoma6.6

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