Iraq vs United Arab Emirates match stats & report

2–1 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · Final · Basra International Stadium, Basra · Ref Yusuke Araki, Japan

Iraq stats & fixtures · United Arab Emirates stats & fixtures

Iraq beat United Arab Emirates 2–1 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (Final) on 18 November 2025. Iraq had 50% of the ball.

Iraq vs United Arab Emirates match statistics

IraqUnited Arab Emirates

50% Ball possession 50%
10 Total shots 13
2 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 7
4 Blocked shots 2
6 Shots inside the box 9
4 Corners 3
8 Fouls 12
1 Offsides 6
1 Yellow cards 5
353 Passes 364
80% Pass accuracy 79%
3 Goalkeeper saves 0

Goals and cards

17' Yellow card Bruno United Arab Emirates
52' Goal Caio Lucas (assist Yahia Nader) United Arab Emirates
65' Yellow card Alaeddine Zouhir United Arab Emirates
66' Goal Muhanad Ali (assist Amir Al Ammari) Iraq
73' Yellow card Amir Al Ammari Iraq
90' Penalty scored Amir Al Ammari Iraq
90+1' Yellow card Kouame Autonne Kouadio United Arab Emirates
90+14' Yellow card Lucas Pimenta United Arab Emirates
90+16' Yellow card Caio Lucas United Arab Emirates

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Iraq

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Graham James Arnold

17 Khalid Eisa

2 R. Amaral 4 K. Kouadio 3 Lucas Pimenta 5 Alaeddine Zouhir

16 Marcus Meloni 21 Bruno

14 N. Giménez 20 L. Pereira 15 Yahia Nader

10 Caio Lucas

Bench Adel Al Hosani , Hamad Abdullah , Gustavo Alemão , K. Ibrahim , Abdalla Ramadan , Richard Akonnor , Harib Suhail , G. Suárez , Majid Rashid , Ali Saleh , Caio Canedo , Sultan Adil

United Arab Emirates

Confirmed 4-4-1-1 Aurelian Cosmin Olăroiu

12 Jalal Hassan Hachim

23 Merchas Doski 5 Akam Hashim 4 Zayed Tahseen 3 H. Ali

17 A. Jasim 16 Amir Al Ammari 8 A. Sher 21 M. Farji

18 Aymen Hussein

7 S. Kareem

Bench Fahad Talib , Ahmed Basil , M. Saadoon , Manaf Younnes , A. Yahya , Hasan Abdulkareem , Zidane Iqbal , K. Yakob , Osama Rashid , M. Jawad , Muhanad Ali , A. Muhsin

Form guide

Iraq at home

4–1–2 in 7 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 7
Corners: 3.0 per game
Shots on target: 1.7 per game

25% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

United Arab Emirates away

1–0–3 in 4 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 4
Corners: 2.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.0 per game

Based on 4 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Iraq vs United Arab Emirates head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
13 Nov 25	United Arab Emirates v Iraq	1–1
24 Mar 22	Iraq v United Arab Emirates	1–0
12 Oct 21	United Arab Emirates v Iraq	2–2
12 Jan 21	United Arab Emirates v Iraq	0–0
5 Sep 17	Iraq v United Arab Emirates	1–0
15 Nov 16	United Arab Emirates v Iraq	2–0

The full Iraq vs United Arab Emirates head-to-head record