AFC Asian Cup

FT Sunday, January 14, 2024
Palestine LDLLD 1
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Iran WWDWW 4
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IRN314
Education City Stadium · 27,691 att.

Match Report

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Clinical Iran hand Palestine 4-1 defeat at Asian Cup

Iran beat Palestine 4-1 in their Asian Cup Group C opener on Sunday at the Education City Stadium where a show of solidarity by Iranian fans and players was quickly followed by a football masterclass from the three-times champions.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
11
6
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
38.1
Possession
61.9
4
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
5
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
262
Accurate Passes
490
349
Passes
574
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.4
43
Long Balls
62
18
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
12
17
Effective Clearances
12
17
Clearances
12

Head to Head

Lineups

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. 4Shoja KhalilzadehCD-L
  3. 13Hossein KananiCD-R
  4. 3Ehsan HajsafiLB
  5. 2Sadegh MoharramiRB
  6. 9Mehdi TaremiAM
  7. 14Saman GhoddosLM
  8. 6Saeid EzatolahiRM
  9. 10Karim AnsarifardF
  10. 18Mehdi GhayediAM-L
  11. 7Alireza JahanbakhshAM-R

PLE · 4-4-2

  1. 22Rami HamadehG
  2. 15Michael TermaniniCD-L
  3. 4Yaser HamedCD-R
  4. 12Camilo SaldañaLB
  5. 7Musab BattatRB
  6. 3Mohammed RashidCM-L
  7. 6Odai KharoubCM-R
  8. 10Mahmoud Abu WardaLM
  9. 9Tamer SeyamRM
  10. 13Shehab QumborCF-L
  11. 20Zeid QunbarCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! IR Iran 1, Palestine 0. Karim Ansarifard (IR Iran) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
  2. 10' Michel Termanini (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 12' Goal! IR Iran 2, Palestine 0. Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 17' Hossein Kanani (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  5. 38' Goal! IR Iran 3, Palestine 0. Mehdi Ghayedi (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
  6. 40' Camilo Saldaña (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 42' Tamer Seyam (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 44' Substitution, IR Iran. Majid Hosseini replaces Shoja Khalilzadeh because of an injury.
  9. 45'+6' Goal! IR Iran 3, Palestine 1. Tamer Seyam (Palestine) header from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  10. 45' Substitution, Palestine. Mohammed Khalil replaces Camilo Saldaña.
  11. 45' Substitution, Palestine. Mohammed Saleh replaces Yaser Hamed.
  12. 45' Substitution, IR Iran. Mohammad Mohebi replaces Mehdi Ghayedi.
  13. 45' Substitution, IR Iran. Sardar Azmoun replaces Karim Ansarifard.
  14. 51' Zeid Qunbar (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 55' Goal! IR Iran 4, Palestine 1. Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  16. 65' Substitution, Palestine. Alaa Eddin Hasan replaces Zeid Qunbar.
  17. 65' Substitution, Palestine. Oday Dabbagh replaces Shihab Qumbor.
  18. 80' Mohammed Khalil (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 81' Substitution, IR Iran. Ramin Rezaeian replaces Sadegh Moharrami.
  20. 84' Substitution, Palestine. Samer Zubaida replaces Tamer Seyam.
  21. 90' Substitution, IR Iran. Omid Ebrahimi replaces Saman Ghoddos.
  22. 90'+5' Mohammed Saleh (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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