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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
BELGIUM
0 0
IRAN
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▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 33' 🟨 Mehdi Taremi Booked for a foul as Belgium pressed
  • 45' 🟨 Saeid Ezatolahi Cynical challenge in first-half stoppage time
  • 46'
  • 58'
  • 58'
  • 58'
  • 66' 🟥 Nathan Ngoy Straight red for hauling down Taremi when clean through on goal; Belgium played the last half-hour with ten men
  • 66'
  • 66'
  • 73'
  • 79'
  • 85'
  • 87'
▶ MATCH STATS
BEL 70% POSSESSION 30% IRN
BEL 23 SHOTS 7 IRN
BEL 7 SHOTS ON TARGET 3 IRN
BEL 7 FOULS 9 IRN
BEL 3 SAVES 7 IRN
BEL 1 RED CARDS 0 IRN
▶ LINE-UPS
BELGIUM
STARTING XI
  1. GKThibaut Courtois
  2. RBThomas Meunier▼ 58'
  3. CBNathan Ngoy🟥
  4. CBBrandon Mechele
  5. LBMaxim De Cuyper
  6. CMNicolas Raskin▼ 58'
  7. CMYouri Tielemans
  8. RWAlexis Saelemaekers▼ 58'
  9. CAMKevin De Bruyne▼ 87'
  10. LWLeandro Trossard
  11. STRomelu Lukaku▼ 73'
SUBSTITUTES
  • Timothy Castagne▲ 58'
  • Hans Vanaken▲ 58'
  • Dodi Lukébakio▲ 58'
  • Arthur Theate▲ 73'
  • Matias Fernandez-Pardo▲ 87'
IRAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKAlireza Beiranvand
  2. RWBRamin Rezaeian
  3. CBHossein Kanaani
  4. CBShoja Khalilzadeh
  5. CBAli Nemati
  6. LWBSaleh Hardani▼ 46'
  7. CMEhsan Haji Safi▼ 66'
  8. CMSaman Ghoddos▼ 79'
  9. CMSaeid Ezatolahi▼ 85'🟨
  10. LMMohammad Mohebi▼ 66'
  11. STMehdi Taremi🟨
SUBSTITUTES
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh▲ 46'
  • Milad Mohammadi▲ 66'
  • Mehdi Torabi▲ 66'
  • Shahriar Moghanlou▲ 79'
  • Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh▲ 85'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

BELGIUM
The Red Devils
EST. 1895
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H2H
0—0
EVEN · 0–0
DRAWS
1
MEETINGS
1
IRAN
Team Melli
EST. 1920
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