Morocco – Japan 3–2

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

Match report

Morocco beat Japan 3–2 at Morocco Stadium in World Cup 2026. Boufal opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Boufal

9'

20'

⚽Mitoma

Bounou

26'

⚽Ziyechassist Aguerd

32'

43'

Morita

2H

⚽Amallahassist Boufal

70'

⇄Martin↓ Boufal

70'

⇄Romano↓ Mitoma

⇄Almeida↓ En-Nesyri

79'

⇄Pereira↓ Ueda

81'

⚽Moritaassist Mitoma

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offMar 10, 2022 · 17:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance44,568 / 48,976 (91%)

RefereeM. Oliver (Eng)

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

En-Nesyri

7.9

Lineups

MA 4-3-37.14Formation7.064-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou7.0 2Hakimi7.8 3Aguerd6.3 4Saïss7.2 5Mazraoui6.9 6Amrabat7.3 7Ounahi7.1 8Amallah6.7 9Ziyech7.3 10En-Nesyri7.9 11Boufal7.0

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.4 2Sugawara7.3 3Tomiyasu7.5 4Itakura6.5 5Nagatomo6.7 6Endo7.6 7Kamada6.4 8Morita7.9 9Kubo7.4 10Ueda6.7 11Mitoma6.3

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