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

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Iran

45'+27': Sardar Azmoun
70': Mohammad Mohebbi

FT
2 - 0

United Arab Emirates

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Match Timeline

45'+27': Sardar Azmoun (Iran) Goal at 72'
60': Harib Abdalla (United Arab Emirates) Yellow Card at 60'
64': Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran) Yellow Card at 64'
67': Jonathan Santos (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 67'
68': Fábio Lima (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 68'
70': Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran) Goal at 70'
76': Seyed Mohammad Karimi (Iran) Substitution at 76'
77': Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (Iran) Substitution at 77'
77': Sultan Adil Alamiri (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 77'
85': Caio Canedo (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 85'
85': Isam Feiz (United Arab Emirates) Substitution at 85'
90': Ali Gholizadeh (Iran) Substitution at 90'
90': Ali Alipour (Iran) Substitution at 90'
90'+7': Ali Nemati (Iran) Substitution at 97'

Statistics

UAE		IRN
8	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	4
6	Saves	1
44.5	Possession	55.5
6	SHOTS	15
1	ON GOAL	8
0.2	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Azadi Stadium
Location: Tehran, Iran
Attendance: 20,469

WCQ - AFC Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Iran	10	+11	23
2	Uzbekistan	10	+7	21
3	United Arab Emirates	10	+7	15
4	Qatar	10	-7	13

Full Table

Line-Ups

Iran (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh
13	Hossein Kanani
5	Milad Mohammadi
2	Saleh Hardani
10	Mehdi Ghayedi
14	Saman Ghoddos
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi
20	Sardar Azmoun
8	Mohammad Mohebbi
7	Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Iran Substitutes:

Mohammad Ghorbani, Omid Norafkan, Aria Yousefi, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Ali Nemati, Hossein Hosseini, Mohammad Hosseinnezhad, Ali Alipour, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Payam Niazmand, Mehdi Taremi, Ali Gholizadeh.

United Arab Emirates (5-4-1)

No.	Name
17	Khalid Eisa (GK)
3	Lucas Pimenta Peres Lopes
4	Kouame Kouadio
12	Khalifa Al-Hammadi
18	Mackenzie Hunt
19	Khaled Ebraheim
6	Abdalla Ramadan Bekheet
15	Yahia Nader
20	Yahya Al-Ghassani
9	Harib Abdalla Al-Maazmi
14	Caio

United Arab Emirates Substitutes:

Jonathan Santos, Isam Feiz, Caio Canedo, Sultan Adil, Fábio Lima, Bruno Conçeicão De Oliveira, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Mohamad Al-Attas, Hamad Abdulla Mohamed Salem Al Meqebaali, Ali Khaseif Housani, Alaeddine Zouhir, Abdullah Idrees.

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