FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

United Arab Emirates vs Iran, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

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United Arab Emirates
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    0 - 1
    Iran
    • 45'+3': Mehdi Ghayedi

    About

    United Arab Emirates are hosting Iran at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

    Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
    Location: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    Attendance: 17,826

    WCQ - AFC Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Qatar 2 +1 4
    2 United Arab Emirates 2 0 3
    3 Oman 2 -1 1
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    Line-Ups

    UAE United Arab Emirates (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    17 Khalid Eisa (GK)
    6 Kouame Autonne
    12 Khalifa Al-Hammadi
    15 Yahia Nader
    2 Abdullah Idrees
    19 Khaled Ebraheim
    8 Tahnoon Al Zaabi
    14 Abdulla Hamad Al-Menhali
    20 Yahya Al Ghassani
    9 Harib Abdalla
    11 Caio Canedo
    United Arab Emirates Substitutes:
    Fábio Lima, Isam Feiz, Ali Salmin, Khaled Tawhid, Mackenzie Hunt, Fahad Badr, Zayed Sultan, Khalid Hashemi, Abdelrahman Saleh, Ali Saleh Amro, Mohamad Al-Attas, Ali Khaseif.

    IRN Iran (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
    4 Shoja Khalilzadeh
    13 Hossein Kanani Yellow Card
    5 Milad Mohammadi Yellow Card
    2 Saleh Hardani
    14 Saman Ghoddos Yellow Card
    6 Saeid Ezatolahi
    21 Omid Norafkan
    9 Mehdi Taremi
    10 Mehdi Ghayedi
    7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh Yellow Card
    Iran Substitutes:
    Shahriyar Moghanloo, Allahyar Sayyad, Sardar Azmoun, Hossein Hosseini, Arya Yousefi, Amin Hazbavi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Payam Niazmand, Ali Gholizadeh, Abolfazl Jalali, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Mehdi Torabi.

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