Iran vs Australia, 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Group Stage

· AFC Women's Asian Cup
Iran
    FT
    0 - 4
    Australia
    • 8': Amy Sayer
    • 27': Mary Fowler
    • 35': Alanna Kennedy
    • 58': Alanna Kennedy

    Mary Fowler on song as Matildas put four past Iran

    Mary Fowler marked her first Australia start in nearly a year with a goal in a 4-0 rout of Iran in the Women's Asian Cup.

    Match Timeline

    • 8': Amy Sayer (Australia) Goal at 8'
    • 27': Mary Fowler (Australia) Goal at 27'
    • 35': Alanna Kennedy (Australia) Goal at 35'
    • 42': Fatemeh Pasandideh (IR Iran) Substitution at 42'
    • 45': Raha Yazdani (IR Iran) Substitution at 45'
    • 45': Golnoosh Khosravi (IR Iran) Substitution at 45'
    • 52': Charlize Rule (Australia) Yellow Card at 52'
    • 54': Sara Didar (IR Iran) Substitution at 54'
    • 58': Alanna Kennedy (Australia) Goal at 58'
    • 59': Hayley Raso (Australia) Substitution at 59'
    • 59': Remy Siemsen (Australia) Substitution at 59'
    • 59': Holly Mcnamara (Australia) Substitution at 59'
    • 72': Kaitlyn Torpey (Australia) Substitution at 72'
    • 72': Steph Catley (Australia) Substitution at 72'
    • 90': Kosar Anbari (IR Iran) Substitution at 90'
    • 90'+11': Michelle Heyman (Australia) Substitution at 101'

    Statistics

    https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/aus.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=originAUS IRNhttps://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/countries/500/irn.png&h=25&scale=crop&w=25&location=origin
    2 Fouls 1
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    11 Corner Kicks 0
    1 Saves 6
    79.2 Possession 20.8
    30 SHOTS 2
    10 ON GOAL 1
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    8 Blocked Shots 0
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: AFC Women's Asian Cup

    Venue: Cbus Super Stadium
    Location: Gold Coast, Australia
    Attendance: 22,398

    AFC Women's Asian Cup Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 South Korea 3 +6 7
    2 Australia 3 +5 7
    3 Philippines 3 -2 3
    4 Iran 3 -9 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    IRN Iran (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    12 Maryam Yektaei (GK)
    13 Fatemeh Amineh
    3 Atefeh Ramezanizadeh
    2 Atefeh Imani
    16 Fatemeh Shaban
    4 Melika Motevalli
    6 Zahra Sarbali
    8 Shabnam Behesht
    23 Mona Hamoudi
    15 Mohadeseh Zolfi
    9 Zahra Ghanbari
    Iran Substitutes:
    Fatemeh Makhdoumi, Shahnaz Jafari, Kosar Anbari, Raha Yazdani, Sara Didar, Roujin Tamrian, Sana Sadeghi, Golnoosh Khosravi, Fatemeh Pasandideh, Zahra Khajavi, Maryam Dini, Behnaz Taherkhani, Zahra Ahmadizadeh.

    AUS Australia (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    12 Chloe Lincoln (GK)
    4 Clare Hunt
    24 Charlize Rule Yellow Card
    2 Courtney Nevin
    21 Ellie Carpenter
    14 Alanna Kennedy
    10 Emily van Egmond
    17 Amy Sayer
    20 Sam Kerr
    9 Caitlin Foord
    11 Mary Fowler
    Australia Substitutes:
    Alex Chidiac, Kyra Cooney-Cross, Michelle Heyman, Mackenzie Arnold, Jamilla Rankin, Hayley Raso, Kahli Johnson, Holly Mcnamara, Morgan Aquino, Clare Wheeler, Katrina Gorry, Steph Catley, Winonah Heatley, Remy Siemsen, Kaitlyn Torpey.

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