Japan – Morocco 3–2

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

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. Boufal opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

14'

⚽Boufal

25'

Bounou

⚽Kuboassist Kamada

26'

2H

⚽Moritaassist Itakura

64'

⇄Martin↓ Mitoma

64'

⇄Romano↓ Boufal

⇄Almeida↓ Ueda

73'

⇄Pereira↓ En-Nesyri

Nagatomo

74'

Mitoma

74'

75'

⚽Amallahassist Saïss

⚽Mitoma

87'

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMay 4, 2022 · 19:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance67,649 / 69,030 (98%)

RefereeF. Brych (Ger)

FIFA ranking

#5·

#12

Where to watch

BBCITV

Statistics

56Ball possession %44

2.6Expected goals (xG)2.1

16Total shots10

8Shots on target4

6Shots off target4

3Blocked shots2

9Corner kicks5

3Offsides2

11Fouls12

2Yellow cards4

1Red cards0

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Sugawara

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-36.91Formation7.454-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.3 2Sugawara7.9 3Tomiyasu6.4 4Itakura7.1 5Nagatomo7.4 6Endo6.5 7Kamada7.0 8Morita6.8 9Kubo6.3 10Ueda7.4 11Mitoma6.9

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

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

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