Iran vs Spain, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Mauro Vigliano
- Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
- Referee Massimiliano Irrati
- Referee Andres Cunha
- Referee Nicolas Taran
- Referee Mauricio Espinosa
- Referee Julio Bascunan
- Referee Christian Schiemann
- Referee Alexander Guzman
Standings
# 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 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Spain 2 4 30 Uruguay 1 1 31 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 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
Iran Spain #26 Position #29 1 Points 4 1 Played 2 0 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 1 / 0 2 Scored 4 2 Conceded 0 +0 GD +4 1.00 PPG 2.00 0% Win % 50% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Iran this season100% Clean Sheets
Spain this seasonIran are 26th (1 pts). Spain are 29th (4 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Iran0-15–/116-30–/–31-451/–46-60–/161-751/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' It looks surprising Spain does not make any changes. Morteza Pouraliganji has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 10' Iran is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' It’s high time Carlos Queiroz made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Pique, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' Isco needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. Spain is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Spain needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' 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.
- 50' Spain started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
- 54' Goal! Diego Costa scores his 27 goal in 523 matches.
- 59' Dani Carvajal has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 58 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 69' Another change for Iran made on 69 minute. Ehsan Hajsafi leaves to be changed by Milad Mohammadi.
- 71' The whistle greets Iniesta as he departs to be replaced by Koke.
- 74' Another substitution for Iran to replace Karim Ansarifard by Alireza Jahanbakhsh on 74 minute.
- 79' Iran receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 79.
- 79' Spain manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Marco Asensio is hanging Lucas Vazquez on the field on 79 minute.
- 84' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 86' It is a substitution in Iran team. Vahid Amiri is replaced by Saman Ghoddos on 86 minute.
- 89' Another substitution for Spain to replace Diego Costa by Rodrigo on 89 minute.
- 90' It’s a booking for Iran player. Omid Ebrahimi gets a Yellow card.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Iran and Spain (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
Iran Lineups
Starting XI
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Vahid Amiri ↓ Saman Ghoddoos 86'
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- 8
- 23
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Bench
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18
Alireza Jahanbakhsh ↑ 74'
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Saman Ghoddoos ↑ 86'
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- 15
- 7
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Milad Mohammadi ↑ 69'
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- 16
- 13
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Coach Carlos QueirozSpain Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
- 1
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19
Diego Costa ↓ Rodrigo 89'
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- 18
- 5
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11
Lucas Vazquez ↓ Marco Asensio 79'
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- 15
- 2
- 6
Bench
- 16
- 13
- 14
- 10
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Rodrigo ↑ 89'
- 17
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Koke ↑ 71'
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- 12
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Marco Asensio ↑ 79'
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H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.3 Iran xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.14 Spain xGI would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 77% + Spain to win 68%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Spain winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.44Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 69% 31% ± 2.5 43% 57% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Iran or Draw 32%Draw or Spain 88%Iran or Spain 80%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 19.5%0 – 1 Actual0 – 3 13.6%0 – 0 10.3%0 – 4 7.3%1 – 2 5.8%1 – 1 5.8%1 – 3 4.3%0 – 5 3.2%1 – 4 2.5%1 – 0 2%0 – 6 1.2%Asian Handicap — Iran
Handicap Iran covers Push Spain covers -2.5 0% — 100% -2 0% — 100% -1.5 0% — 100% -1 0% 3% 97% -0.5 3% — 97% +0.5 20% — 80% +1 20% 25% 55% +1.5 45% — 55% +2 45% 24% 30% +2.5 70% — 30% Clean Sheet
Iran keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Spain keeps clean sheet 74% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.