FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, November 25, 2022
Iran LWDWL 2
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Wales DLLLD 0
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Ahmad bin Ali Stadium · 40,875 att. · FS1

Match Report

Cheshmi's late goal sends Iran to 2-0 win over Wales

— Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time to break a scoreless stalemate and Iran went on to defeat Wales 2-0 at the World Cup on Friday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
4
38.1
Possession
61.9
21
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
390
298
Passes
501
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
24
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
73
22
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
9
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
6
21
Effective Clearances
32
21
Clearances
32

Lineups

WAL · 3-5-2

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 6Joe RodonCD
  3. 4Ben DaviesCD-L
  4. 5Chris MephamCD-R
  5. 8Harry WilsonCM-L
  6. 10Aaron RamseyCM-R
  7. 15Ethan AmpaduAM
  8. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  9. 14Connor RobertsRM
  10. 13Kieffer MooreCF-L
  11. 11Gareth BaleCF-R

IRN · 4-3-3

  1. 24Hossein HosseiniG
  2. 8Morteza PouraliganjiCD-L
  3. 19Majid HosseiniCD-R
  4. 5Milad MohammadiLB
  5. 23Ramin RezaeianRB
  6. 6Saeid EzatolahiCM
  7. 3Ehsan HajsafiLM
  8. 21Ahmad NoorollahiRM
  9. 20Sardar AzmounF
  10. 9Mehdi TaremiLF
  11. 17Ali GholizadehRF

Timeline

  1. 45'+3' Joe Rodon (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 57' Substitution, Wales. Brennan Johnson replaces Connor Roberts.
  3. 58' Substitution, Wales. Dan James replaces Harry Wilson.
  4. 68' Substitution, IR Iran. Karim Ansarifard replaces Sardar Azmoun.
  5. 77' Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ali Gholizadeh.
  6. 77' Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Torabi replaces Ehsan Hajisafi.
  7. 77' Substitution, Wales. Joe Allen replaces Ethan Ampadu.
  8. 78' Substitution, IR Iran. Roozbeh Cheshmi replaces Ahmad Noorollahi because of an injury.
  9. 83' Substitution, IR Iran. Ali Karimi replaces Saeid Ezatolahi because of an injury.
  10. 86' Wayne Hennessey (Wales) is shown the red card.
  11. 87' Substitution, Wales. Danny Ward replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  12. 90'+4' Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+5' Alireza Jahanbakhsh (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+8' Goal! Wales 0, IR Iran 1. Roozbeh Cheshmi (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  15. 90'+11' Goal! Wales 0, IR Iran 2. Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mehdi Taremi following a fast break.

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