Belgium vs Iran, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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- Referee Dario Herrera
- Assistant 1 Cristian Navarro
- Assistant 2 Gabriel Chade
16 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 6.8 goals/game 🟥 8 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 2 6 18 Ivory Coast 2 3 19 Ecuador 2 1 20 Curacao 2 1 21 Netherlands 2 4 22 Japan 2 4 23 Sweden 2 3 24 Tunisia 2 0 25 New Zealand 2 4 26 Iran 2 2 27 Belgium 2 2 28 Egypt 2 1 29 Spain 2 4 30 Uruguay 2 2 31 Cape Verde Islands 2 2 32 Saudi Arabia 2 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
Belgium Iran #27 Position #26 2 Points 2 2 Played 2 0 / 2 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 2 / 0 1 Scored 2 1 Conceded 2 +0 GD +0 1.00 PPG 1.00 0% Win % 0% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Belgium this season50% Clean Sheets
Iran this seasonBelgium are 27th (2 pts). Iran are 26th (2 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Iran0-15–/116-30–/–31-451/–46-60–/161-751/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Belgium and Iran is underway.
- 3' It’s a booking for Belgium player. Romelu Lukaku gets a card.
- 8' Belgium seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 13' Mohammad Mohebi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 9 Yellow cards this season.
- 18' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 23' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Belgium needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 25' Goal! Mehdi Taremi scores his 114 goal in 9 matches.
- 30' Ali Nemati has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 2 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 33' The referee calls foul for Saeid Ezatolahi. He receives a card.
- 38' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Saleh Hardani suffering a number of foals already.
- 43' It looks like no one’s ball. Belgium is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' It is a substitution in Iran team. Saleh Hardani is replaced by Alireza Jahanbakhsh on 46 minute.
- 51' It’s high time Rudi Garcia made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 56' Belgium is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 58' Timothy Castagne has so much to prove this time. He replaces Thomas Meunier on 58 minute.
- 63' Iran started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 63.
- 66' Another substitution for Iran to replace Mohammad Mohebi by Mehdi Torabi on 66 minute.
- 66' It’s a booking for Belgium player. Nathan Ngoy gets a card.
- 67' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nathan Ngoy on 67.
- 72' The travelling Iran supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 73' The Belgium manager makes a substitution. Romelu Lukaku departs to be replaced by Arthur Theate.
- 78' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Saman Ghoddos made 344 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 79' The Iran manager makes a substitution. Saman Ghoddos departs to be replaced by Shahriar Moghanlou.
- 84' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Belgium that had 119 games and scored 39 goals.
- 85' The Iran manager makes a substitution. Saeid Ezatolahi departs to be replaced by Amir Hosseinzadeh.
- 87' Time for substitution for Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne is replaced by Matias Fernandez-Pardo.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Belgium Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Romelu Lukaku ↓ Arthur Theate 73'
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Nicolas Raskin ↓ Hans Vanaken 58'
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Bench
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Hans Vanaken ↑ 58'
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Dodi Lukebakio ↑ 58'
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Timothy Castagne ↑ 58'
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Arthur Theate ↑ 73'
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Matias Fernandez-Pardo ↑ 87'
Coach Rudi GarciaIran Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Ehsan Hajsafi ↓ Milad Mohammadi 66'
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Mohammad Mohebi ↓ Mehdi Torabi 66'
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Bench
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Milad Mohammadi ↑ 66'
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Mehdi Torabi ↑ 66'
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Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↑ 46'
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Amir Hosseinzadeh ↑ 85'
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Shahriar Moghanlou ↑ 79'
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Coach Amir Ghalenoei -
H2H
Head to Head
Belgium Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.54 Belgium xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.41 Iran xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 92% + Under — clean sheet likely 83%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 0.95Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 59% 41% ± 1.5 26% 74% ± 2.5 8% 92% ± 3.5 2% 98% ± 4.5 1% 99% Double Chance
Belgium or Draw 78%Draw or Iran 67%Belgium or Iran 56%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 0 19%0 – 1 13.7%1 – 1 10%2 – 0 5%0 – 2 2.7%2 – 1 2.7%1 – 2 2%3 – 0 0.9%2 – 2 0.7%3 – 1 0.5%0 – 3 0.4%Asian Handicap — Belgium
Handicap Belgium covers Push Iran covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 6% 93% -1.5 7% — 93% -1 7% 22% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 16% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 3% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Belgium keeps clean sheet 66% ✓Iran keeps clean sheet 58% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.