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 41st minute. Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5, while Japan have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Ziyechassist Aguerd

41'

2H

Saïss

51'

52'

⚽Kuboassist Tomiyasu

⚽Ounahi

64'

68'

Mitoma

⇄Rossi↓ Boufal

69'

⇄Keller↓ Mitoma

75'

⚽Kamada

⇄Novak↓ En-Nesyri

78'

⇄Janssen↓ Ueda

Ounahi

85'

⚽En-Nesyriassist Amrabat

87'

Momentum

MA

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

JP

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offApr 11, 2022 · 20:00

VenueMorocco Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance43,589 / 48,976 (89%)

RefereeS. Guida (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#6·

#13

Where to watch

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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

Itakura

7.8

Lineups

MA 4-3-36.89Formation7.134-3-3 JP

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.6 2Hakimi7.4 3Aguerd7.6 4Saïss6.8 5Mazraoui6.5 6Amrabat6.9 7Ounahi6.7 8Amallah6.3 9Ziyech6.9 10En-Nesyri7.5 11Boufal6.6

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.0 2Sugawara6.9 3Tomiyasu7.1 4Itakura7.8 5Nagatomo6.3 6Endo7.2 7Kamada7.7 8Morita7.5 9Kubo7.0 10Ueda6.3 11Mitoma7.6

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