FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Spain DWDWD 1
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Iran WWLWW 0
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IRN000
Ak Bars Arena · FOX

Match Report

Diego Costa scores again, Spain beats Iran 1-0 at World Cup

Diego Costa scored on a deflection to lead Spain to a 1-0 win over Iran on Wednesday at the World Cup.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
2
68
Possession
32
17
SHOTS
5
3
ON GOAL
0
0.2
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
696
Accurate Passes
137
772
Passes
212
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
3
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
60
28
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
11
8
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
13
13
Effective Clearances
38
13
Clearances
38

Lineups

IRN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 19Majid HosseiniCD-L
  3. 8Morteza PouraliganjiCD-R
  4. 6Saeid EzatolahiDM
  5. 3Ehsan HajsafiLB
  6. 23Ramin RezaeianRB
  7. 11Vahid AmiriCM-L
  8. 9Omid EbrahimiCM-R
  9. 10Karim AnsarifardLM
  10. 17Mehdi TaremiRM
  11. 20Sardar AzmounF

ESP · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 15Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 5Sergio BusquetsDM
  5. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  6. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  7. 6Andrés IniestaCM-L
  8. 21David SilvaCM-R
  9. 22IscoLM
  10. 11Lucas VázquezRM
  11. 19Diego CostaF

Timeline

  1. 54' Goal! IR Iran 0, Spain 1. Diego Costa (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 69' Substitution, IR Iran. Milad Mohammadi replaces Ehsan Hajisafi because of an injury.
  3. 71' Substitution, Spain. Koke replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  4. 74' Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Karim Ansarifard.
  5. 79' Vahid Amiri (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 79' Substitution, Spain. Marco Asensio replaces Lucas Vázquez.
  7. 86' Substitution, IR Iran. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vahid Amiri.
  8. 89' Substitution, Spain. Rodrigo replaces Diego Costa.
  9. 90'+2' Omid Ebrahimi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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