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    2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round
    Iran
    Iran

    Iran

    6-1-0, 19 PTS
    2Winner Icon Iran
    UAE
    United Arab Emirates

    United Arab Emirates

    3-1-3, 10 PTS
    0
    • Sardar Azmoun - 45'+27'
    • Mohammad Mohebbi - 70'
    • Summary
    • Report
    • Commentary
    • Statistics
    • Line-Ups
    Iran4-2-3-1
    • 1
      Beiranvand
    • 5
      Mohammadi
    • 4
      Khalilzadeh
    • 13
      Kanani
    • 2
      Hardani
    • 14
      Ghoddos
    • 15
      Cheshmi
    • 8
      Mohebbi
    • 10
      Ghayedi
    • 7
      Jahanbakhsh
    • 20
      Azmoun
    No.Name
    1Alireza Beiranvand
    4Shoja Khalilzadeh
    13Hossein Kanani
    5Milad Mohammadi
    2Saleh Hardani
    10Mehdi Ghayedi
    16Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh
    14Saman Ghoddos
    17Seyed Mohammad Karimi
    15Roozbeh Cheshmi
    20Sardar Azmoun
    18Ali Alipour
    8Mohammad Mohebbi
    19Ali Nemati
    7Alireza Jahanbakhsh
    11Ali Gholizadeh
    Substitutes
    3Mohammad Ghorbani
    21Omid Norafkan
    23Aria Yousefi
    22Hossein Hosseini
    6Mohammad Hosseinnezhad
    12Payam Niazmand
    9Mehdi Taremi
    United Arab Emirates5-4-1
    • 17
      Al Mesmari
    • 18
      Hunt
    • 4
      Autonne Kouadio
    • 3
      Pimenta Peres Lopes
    • 12
      Al-Hammadi
    • 19
      Ebraheim
    • 20
      Al-Ghassani
    • 6
      Bekheet
    • 15
      Nader
    • 9
      Al-Maazmi
    • 14
      Caio
    No.Name
    17Khalid Eisa
    3Lucas Pimenta
    4Kouame Kouadio
    12Khalifa Al-Hammadi
    10Fábio Lima
    18Mackenzie Hunt
    23Sultan Adil Alamiri
    19Khaled Ebraheim
    6Abdalla Ramadan
    15Yahia Nader
    21Isam Feiz
    20Yahya Al Ghassani
    16Jonathan Santos
    9Harib Abdalla
    14Caio
    11Caio Canedo
    Substitutes
    7Bruno
    8Tahnoon Al Zaabi
    13Mohamad Al-Attas
    22Hamad Al Meqebaali
    1Ali Khaseif
    5Alaeddine Zouhir
    2Abdullah Idrees

    Game Information

    Azadi Stadium
    12:00 PM, March 20, 2025
    Tehran, Iran
    Line: IRN -1.5
    Over/Under: 2.5
    Attendance: 20,469
    • Referees:
    • Ko Hyung-Jin

    FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

    TeamGPWDLGDP
    Iran8620+920
    Uzbekistan8521+417
    United Arab Emirates8413+713
    Qatar8314-510
    Kyrgyz Republic8206-66
    North Korea8026-92
    Full Table

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