Iraq vs Iran match stats & report

0–3 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 2 · Khalifa International Stadium, Doha · Ref Ma Ning

Iraq stats & fixtures · Iran stats & fixtures

Iraq lost to Iran 0–3 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 2) on 7 September 2021. Iraq had 52% of the ball.

Iraq vs Iran match statistics

IraqIran

52% Ball possession 48%
2 Total shots 12
1 Shots on target 6
1 Shots off target 4
0 Blocked shots 2
0 Shots inside the box 8
15 Fouls 16
2 Offsides 2
3 Yellow cards 2
408 Passes 390
79% Pass accuracy 79%
3 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

2' Goal A. Jahanbakhsh (assist M. Taremi) Iran
11' Yellow card Amjed Attwan Iraq
37' Yellow card S. Ezatolahi Iran
39' Yellow card Ahmed Ibrahim Iraq
50' Yellow card Aymen Hussein Iraq
63' Yellow card A. Jahanbakhsh Iran
69' Goal M. Taremi (assist S. Azmoun) Iran
90' Goal A. Gholizadeh (assist Karim Ansarifard) Iran

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Iraq

Confirmed 4-1-4-1 D. Advocaat

1 Fahad Talib

11 Humam Tariq 15 Dhurgham Ismail 5 Ali Faez Atiyah 2 Ahmed Ibrahim

13 Bashar Rasan Bonyan

21 S. Kareem 6 Safa Abdullah 14 Amjed Attwan 16 Amir Al Ammari

9 Aymen Hussein

Bench Justin Meram , Frans Dhia Putros , Muhanad Ali , Mohammed Qasim , Ala'a Abdul Zahra , Ahmed Basil , Alaa Ali Mhawi , Sajad Jassem , Ibrahim Bayesh , Saad Natiq , Mohammad Saleh , Maytham Jabbar

Iran

Confirmed 4-4-2 D. Skočić

1 A. Beiranvand

8 Ahmad Nourollahi 2 S. Moharrami 13 H. Kanani 4 S. Khalilzadeh

20 S. Azmoun 9 M. Taremi 21 Omid Noorafkan 6 S. Ezatolahi

11 Vahid Amiri 7 A. Jahanbakhsh

Bench S. Ghoddos , A. Gholizadeh , Karim Ansarifard , M. Ghaedi , Saleh Hardani , Payam Niazmand , M. Niknafs , A. Aghasi , S. Yazdani Moghadam , M. Mohammadi , Mehdi Torabi , Amir Abedzadeh

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.

Iran away

1–2–3 in 6 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 6
Corners: 3.8 per game
Shots on target: 2.8 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 6 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Iraq vs Iran head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
15 Jun 21	Iran v Iraq	1–0
14 Nov 19	Iraq v Iran	2–1
16 Jan 19	Iran v Iraq	0–0
18 Mar 17	Iran v Iraq	0–1

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Iraq vs Iran head-to-head record