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. Amallah 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

⚽Amallahassist En-Nesyri

10'

21'

⚽Moritaassist Ueda

31'

Kamada

⚽Boufal

33'

44'

⚽Mitoma

2H

⚽Ziyechassist Hakimi

56'

⇄Martin↓ Boufal

66'

⇄Romano↓ Mitoma

⇄Almeida↓ En-Nesyri

75'

⇄Pereira↓ Ueda

Boufal

80'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 26, 2022 · 17:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance46,037 / 48,976 (94%)

RefereeS. Marciniak (Pol)

FIFA ranking

#5·

#12

Where to watch

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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

0Red cards0

2Goalkeeper saves5

540Passes468

78Pass accuracy %78

15Tackles17

Player of the match

Mazraoui

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-36.90Formation7.104-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.3 2Hakimi7.1 3Aguerd7.3 4Saïss6.5 5Mazraoui7.9 6Amrabat6.6 7Ounahi6.4 8Amallah7.7 9Ziyech6.6 10En-Nesyri7.2 11Boufal6.3

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki6.7 2Sugawara6.5 3Tomiyasu6.8 4Itakura7.4 5Nagatomo7.7 6Endo6.9 7Kamada7.3 8Morita7.1 9Kubo6.7 10Ueda7.7 11Mitoma7.3

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