Iran 2-0 UAE (Mar 20, 2025) Lineups

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Yukinari Sugawara hopes high of World Cup qualification can help Southampton beat the drop

Asian qualifying: Can Japan win the World Cup? Irvine the new Cahill?

Irvine leads Socceroos to qualifying win over China

Iran

United Arab Emirates

Yukinari Sugawara hopes high of World Cup qualification can help Southampton beat the drop

Asian qualifying: Can Japan win the World Cup? Irvine the new Cahill?

Irvine leads Socceroos to qualifying win over China

Game Information

FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC Standings

WCQ - AFC News

3-1-3, 10 PTS

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

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

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

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

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