International Friendly

Uzbekistan vs Iran, 2025 International Friendly

· Uzbekistan win 4-3 on penalties
Uzbekistan
  • Red Card 69': Abdukodir Khusanov
FT - Penalties
0 - 0
Uzbekistan win 4-3 on penalties
Iran

    About

    Uzbekistan are hosting Iran at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 6': Delay in match because of an injury Mehdi Hashemnejad (IR Iran).
    • 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 9': Delay in match because of an injury Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
    • 10': Substitution, IR Iran. Mohammad Ghorbani replaces Saeid Ezatolahi because of an injury.
    • 10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Eldor Shomurodov (Uzbekistan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran). Assisted by Aziz Ganiyev.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Odiljon Hamrobekov (Uzbekistan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Oston Urunov (Uzbekistan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 17': Foul by Farruh Sayfiyev (Uzbekistan).
    • 17': Milad Mohammadi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Aziz Ganiyev (Uzbekistan) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Eldor Shomurodov.
    • 20': Foul by Aziz Ganiyev (Uzbekistan).
    • 20': Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Otabek Shukurov (Uzbekistan) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Odiljon Hamrobekov with a through ball.
    • 28': Foul by Saleh Hardani (IR Iran).
    • 28': Oston Urunov (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 30': Corner, Uzbekistan. Conceded by Saleh Hardani.
    • 31': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Sherzod Nasrullayev.
    • 34': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Farruh Sayfiyev.
    • 35': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Farruh Sayfiyev.
    • 38': Foul by Abdulla Abdullaev (Uzbekistan).
    • 38': Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Abdulla Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Ali Alipour (IR Iran).
    • 41': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Otabek Shukurov.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Mehdi Hashemnejad (IR Iran) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
    • 41': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Sherzod Nasrullayev.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Milad Mohammadi (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
    • 44': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
    • 44': First Half ends, Uzbekistan 0, IR Iran 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Uzbekistan 0, IR Iran 0.
    • 45': Substitution, IR Iran. Omid Noorafkan replaces Mehdi Hashemnejad.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Saleh Hardani (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mohammad Ghorbani with a headed pass.
    • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Otabek Shukurov (Uzbekistan).
    • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 50': Foul by Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
    • 50': Oston Urunov (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Offside, Uzbekistan. Otabek Shukurov is caught offside.
    • 53': Foul by Majid Hosseini (IR Iran).
    • 53': Odiljon Hamrobekov (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 53': Foul by Farruh Sayfiyev (Uzbekistan).
    • 53': Farruh Sayfiyev (Uzbekistan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Foul by Sherzod Nasrullayev (Uzbekistan).
    • 58': Saman Ghoddos (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Omid Noorafkan (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohammad Ghorbani.
    • 59': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Aziz Ganiyev.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos with a cross.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Saman Ghoddos (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Mohammad Ghorbani with a headed pass.
    • 64': Substitution, Uzbekistan. Jamshid Iskanderov replaces Oston Urunov.
    • 64': Substitution, Uzbekistan. Hojimat Erkinov replaces Aziz Ganiyev.
    • 66': Ali Alipour (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 66': Foul by Abdulla Abdullaev (Uzbekistan).
    • 66': Foul by Otabek Shukurov (Uzbekistan).
    • 66': Omid Noorafkan (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 69': Ali Alipour (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 69': Foul by Abdukodir Khusanov (Uzbekistan).
    • 69': Abdukodir Khusanov (Uzbekistan) is shown the red card.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Ali Alipour (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Saleh Hardani with a cross.
    • 73': Abdulla Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Foul by Ali Alipour (IR Iran).
    • 75': Attempt saved. Omid Noorafkan (IR Iran) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Abduvohid Ne'matov (Uzbekistan). Assisted by Mohammad Ghorbani.
    • 78': Foul by Ali Alipour (IR Iran).
    • 78': Otabek Shukurov (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Substitution, Uzbekistan. Akmal Mozgovoy replaces Otabek Shukurov.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Jamshid Iskanderov (Uzbekistan) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 80': Foul by Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran).
    • 80': Hojimat Erkinov (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Koushki replaces Saman Ghoddos.
    • 81': Substitution, IR Iran. Mohammad Mohebi replaces Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Saleh Hardani (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Omid Noorafkan.
    • 85': Akmal Mozgovoy (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Foul by Saleh Hardani (IR Iran).
    • 88': Attempt saved. Omid Noorafkan (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Abduvohid Ne'matov (Uzbekistan). Assisted by Mehdi Taremi.
    • 88': Foul by Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
    • 88': Jamshid Iskanderov (Uzbekistan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Substitution, IR Iran. Danial Esmaeilifar replaces Saleh Hardani.
    • 89': Substitution, Uzbekistan. Rustamjon Ashurmatov replaces Farruh Sayfiyev.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Husniddin Aliqulov.
    • 90'+3': Offside, IR Iran. Alireza Koushki is caught offside.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Uzbekistan 0, IR Iran 0.
    • 90': Penalty Shootout begins Uzbekistan 0, IR Iran 0.
    • 91': Goal! Uzbekistan 0, IR Iran 0(1). Omid Noorafkan (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 92': Goal! Uzbekistan 0(1), IR Iran 0(1). Eldor Shomurodov (Uzbekistan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 93': Goal! Uzbekistan 0(1), IR Iran 0(2). Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
    • 94': Penalty saved. Jamshid Iskanderov (Uzbekistan) left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran).
    • 94': Penalty saved. Mohammad Mohebi (IR Iran) left footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Abduvohid Ne'matov (Uzbekistan).
    • 95': Goal! Uzbekistan 0(2), IR Iran 0(2). Abdulla Abdullaev (Uzbekistan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 96': Goal! Uzbekistan 0(2), IR Iran 0(3). Majid Hosseini (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 97': Goal! Uzbekistan 0(3), IR Iran 0(3). Rustamjon Ashurmatov (Uzbekistan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 98': Penalty saved. Milad Mohammadi (IR Iran) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Abduvohid Ne'matov (Uzbekistan).
    • 99': Goal! Uzbekistan 0(4), IR Iran 0(3). Akmal Mozgovoy (Uzbekistan) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 99': Penalty Shootout ends, Uzbekistan 0(4), IR Iran 0(3).
    • 0': Match ends, Uzbekistan 0(4), IR Iran 0(3).

    Statistics

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    0 Fouls 0
    0 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    0 Corner Kicks 0
    0 Saves 0
    0 Possession 0
    0 SHOTS 0
    0 ON GOAL 0
    0.0 On Target % 0.0
    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
    0 Blocked Shots 0
    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: International Friendly

    Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
    Location: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
    Attendance: 4,700

    Line-Ups

    UZB Uzbekistan (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    12 Abduvohid Nematov (GK)
    18 Abdulla Abdullaev
    2 Abdukodir Khusanov Red Card
    23 Khusniddin Alikulov
    13 Sherzod Nasrullaev
    4 Farrukh Sayfiev Yellow Card
    7 Otabek Shukurov
    9 Odiljon Xamrobekov
    11 Oston Urunov
    10 Azizjon G'aniyev
    14 Eldor Shomurodov
    Uzbekistan Substitutes:
    Dostonbek Khamdamov, Azizbek Turgunboev, Rustamjon Ashurmatov, Hojimat Erkinov, Jamshid Iskanderov, Igor Sergeev, Botirali Ergashev, Umarbek Eshmurodov, Vladimir Nazarov, Akmal Mozgovoy, Khusain Norchaev, Ruslanbek Jiyanov.

    IRN Iran (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
    4 Shoja Khalilzadeh
    19 Majid Hosseini
    5 Milad Mohammadi
    2 Saleh Hardani
    9 Mehdi Taremi
    14 Saman Ghoddos
    6 Saeid Ezatolahi
    11 Ali Alipour
    10 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh
    17 Mehdi Hashemnejad
    Iran Substitutes:
    Ali Nemati, Mohammad Ghorbani, Daniel Esmaeilifar, Payam Niazmand, Hossein Kanani, Hossein Hosseini, Hadi Habibinejad, Omid Norafkan, Aria Yousefi, Ali Kooshki, Mehdi Tikdarinejad, Mohammad Reza Akhbari, Mohammad Mohebi.

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