Iran vs United Arab Emirates, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Iran

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

FT
2 - 0

United Arab Emirates

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Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Azadi Stadium
Location: Tehran, Iran
Attendance: 20,469

WCQ - AFC Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Qatar	0	0	0
2	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0
3	Oman	0	0	0

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Iran (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh
13	Hossein Kanani
5	Milad Mohammadi
2	Saleh Hardani
10	Mehdi Ghayedi
14	Saman Ghoddos
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi
20	Sardar Azmoun
8	Mohammad Mohebbi
7	Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Iran Substitutes:

Mohammad Ghorbani, Omid Norafkan, Aria Yousefi, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Ali Nemati, Hossein Hosseini, Mohammad Hosseinnezhad, Ali Alipour, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Payam Niazmand, Mehdi Taremi, Ali Gholizadeh.

United Arab Emirates (5-4-1)

No.	Name
17	Khalid Eisa (GK)
3	Lucas Pimenta
4	Kouame Autonne
12	Khalifa Al-Hammadi
18	Mackenzie Hunt
19	Khaled Ebraheim
6	Abdalla Ramadan
15	Yahia Nader
20	Yahya Al Ghassani
9	Harib Abdalla
14	Caio

United Arab Emirates Substitutes:

Jonathan Santos, Isam Feiz, Caio Canedo, Sultan Adil Alamiri, Fábio Lima, Bruno, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Mohamad Al-Attas, Hamad Al Meqebaali, Ali Khaseif, Alaeddine Zouhir, Abdullah Idrees.

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