Japan – Morocco 3–2

	1H	2H	T
JP	1	2	3
MA	0	2	2

Match report

Japan beat Morocco 3–2 at Japan Stadium in World Cup 2026. Mitoma opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Japan have 3 wins in their last 5, while Morocco have 3 wins in their last 5.

Match events

1H

⚽Mitomaassist Sugawara

35'

Tomiyasu

39'

2H

46'

⚽Boufalassist Hakimi

56'

En-Nesyri

⚽Kubo

58'

⇄Moreau↓ Mitoma

63'

⇄Kovač↓ Boufal

69'

⚽Ziyech

⇄Romano↓ Ueda

72'

⇄Andersen↓ En-Nesyri

Endo

73'

⚽Kamadaassist Nagatomo

81'

Momentum

JP

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

MA

Match info

TournamentWorld Cup 2026 · International · Group stage

Kick-offJun 21, 2022 · 18:00

VenueJapan Stadium · Neutral venue

Attendance64,888 / 69,030 (94%)

RefereeD. Orsato (Ita)

FIFA ranking

#12·

#1

Where to watch

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Statistics

54Ball possession %46

2.4Expected goals (xG)1.9

13Total shots13

7Shots on target6

4Shots off target5

4Blocked shots2

8Corner kicks7

2Offsides4

9Fouls13

2Yellow cards3

0Red cards0

4Goalkeeper saves4

510Passes510

80Pass accuracy %76

16Tackles17

Player of the match

Saïss

7.9

Lineups

JP 4-3-37.20Formation7.104-3-3 MA

Japan

Coach: H. Moriyasu · 4-3-3

1Suzuki7.5 2Sugawara7.6 3Tomiyasu7.2 4Itakura7.8 5Nagatomo7.5 6Endo7.3 7Kamada7.5 8Morita7.2 9Kubo6.7 10Ueda6.6 11Mitoma6.3

Morocco

Coach: W. Regragui · 4-3-3

1Bounou6.8 2Hakimi7.5 3Aguerd7.3 4Saïss7.9 5Mazraoui7.7 6Amrabat7.1 7Ounahi6.5 8Amallah7.1 9Ziyech6.6 10En-Nesyri6.3 11Boufal7.3

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