World Cup ~ England vs Iran | Match Info, Preview & Lineup

England vs Iran | |
Match Info | |
Date | 21 Nov 2022 |
Time | 06:30 PM IST 🇮🇳 05:00 PM GST 🇦🇪 04:00 PM AST 🇶🇦 |
Stadium | Khalifa Int. Stadium |
League | FIFA World Cup |
Team Lineup |
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🏴 England XI: Pickford; Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Bellingham; Sterling, Mount, Saka; Kane 🇮🇷 Iran XI: Beiranvand; Moharrami, Pouraliganji, Hosseini, Mohammedi; Nourollahi, Cheshmi, Hajsafi; Jahanbakhsh, Taremi, Karimi |
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Match Result | |
🔴 FT : England | 6 - 2 | Iran 35' | 1 - 0 | Jude Bellingham 44' | 2 - 0 | Bukayo Saka 45+1' | 3 - 0 | Raheem Sterling 62' | 4 - 0 | Bukayo Saka 65' | 4 - 1 | Mehdi Taremi 71' | 5 - 1 | Marcus Rashford 90' | 6 - 1 | Jack Grealish 90+13' | 6 - 2 | Mehdi Taremi (pen.) | |
Match Preview |
England | LDDLLD ⚠
England head into this fixture following a 3-3 Nations League drawn result against Germany.
In that match, England had 41% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 8 on target. For England, the goals were scored by Luke Shaw (71'), Mason Mount (75') and Harry Kane (83'). Germany got 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. İlkay Gündoğan (52') and Kai Havertz (67', 87') scored for Germany.
England haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 against opposing sides over the course of their previous six matches. In those games, England have also seen the number of goals scored against them total 10. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether that pattern shall be maintained here in this game or not.
Iran | LWLWDW
Iran will go into this clash following a 1-0 International Friendlies win vs Nicaragua in their previous fixture.
The only scorer from Iran was Mehdi Torabi (15').
Over the course of 5 of the previous six games featuring Iran, a notably low volume of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average number of goals per game within that spell works out to a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Team Melli being 1. #KR | #EPICSPORTS