FIFA World Cup

FT Monday, November 21, 2022
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England DDLLD 6
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Khalifa International Stadium · 45,334 att. · FS1

Match Report

Saka, Rashford help England rout Iran 6-2 at World Cup

— When Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford last walked off the field at a major international soccer tournament, they were bombarded with racist abuse.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
1
21.9
Possession
78.1
8
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
142
Accurate Passes
716
215
Passes
797
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
21
0.0
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
71
12
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
7
23
Effective Clearances
4
23
Clearances
4

Highlights

02:01 Marcotti impressed by England's devastating performance vs. Iran Watch on ESPN 01:29 Why were Iran given a penalty when England weren't? Watch on ESPN

Lineups

ENG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 6Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5John StonesCD-R
  4. 3Luke ShawLB
  5. 12Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 19Mason MountAM
  7. 4Declan RiceLM
  8. 22Jude BellinghamRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 10Raheem SterlingAM-L
  11. 17Bukayo SakaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Ben WhiteSUB
  2. 13Nick PopeSUB
  3. 7Jack GrealishSUB
  4. 23Aaron RamsdaleSUB
  5. 8Jordan HendersonSUB
  6. 18Trent Alexander-ArnoldSUB
  7. 14Kalvin PhillipsSUB
  8. 16Conor CoadySUB
  9. 11Marcus RashfordSUB
  10. 2Kyle WalkerSUB
  11. 26Conor GallagherSUB
  12. 24Callum WilsonSUB
  13. 15Eric DierSUB
  14. 20Phil FodenSUB

IRN · 5-4-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 15Roozbeh CheshmiCD
  3. 19Majid HosseiniCD-L
  4. 8Morteza PouraliganjiCD-R
  5. 5Milad MohammadiLB
  6. 2Sadegh MoharramiRB
  7. 18Ali KarimiCM-L
  8. 21Ahmad NoorollahiCM-R
  9. 3Ehsan HajsafiLM
  10. 7Alireza JahanbakhshRM
  11. 9Mehdi TaremiF

Substitutes

  1. 14Saman GhoddosSUB
  2. 16Mehdi TorabiSUB
  3. 11Vahid AmiriSUB
  4. 25Abolfazl JalaliSUB
  5. 10Karim AnsarifardSUB
  6. 4Shoja KhalilzadehSUB
  7. 23Ramin RezaeianSUB
  8. 17Ali GholizadehSUB
  9. 12Payam NiazmandSUB
  10. 24Hossein HosseiniSUB
  11. 13Hossein KananiSUB
  12. 6Saeid EzatolahiSUB
  13. 22Amir AbedzadehSUB
  14. 20Sardar AzmounSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Substitution, IR Iran. Hossein Hosseini replaces Alireza Beyranvand because of an injury.
  2. 25' Alireza Jahanbakhsh (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Goal! England 1, IR Iran 0. Jude Bellingham (England) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luke Shaw with a cross.
  4. 43' Goal! England 2, IR Iran 0. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Maguire with a headed pass following a corner.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! England 3, IR Iran 0. Raheem Sterling (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harry Kane with a cross.
  6. 45' Substitution, IR Iran. Saeid Ezatolahi replaces Ali Karimi.
  7. 45' Substitution, IR Iran. Ali Gholizadeh replaces Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
  8. 45' Substitution, IR Iran. Hossein Kanani replaces Roozbeh Cheshmi.
  9. 48' Morteza Pouraliganji (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 62' Goal! England 4, IR Iran 0. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  11. 63' Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Torabi replaces Milad Mohammadi.
  12. 65' Goal! England 4, IR Iran 1. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ali Gholizadeh with a through ball.
  13. 70' Substitution, England. Eric Dier replaces Harry Maguire because of an injury.
  14. 71' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Bukayo Saka.
  15. 71' Substitution, England. Jack Grealish replaces Raheem Sterling.
  16. 71' Substitution, England. Phil Foden replaces Mason Mount.
  17. 71' Goal! England 5, IR Iran 1. Marcus Rashford (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
  18. 76' Substitution, England. Callum Wilson replaces Harry Kane.
  19. 77' Substitution, IR Iran. Sardar Azmoun replaces Ahmad Noorollahi.
  20. 90' Goal! England 6, IR Iran 1. Jack Grealish (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Wilson.
  21. 90'+13' Goal! England 6, IR Iran 2. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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