United Arab Emirates vs Iraq match stats & report

2–2 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Asia · 3rd Round - 4 · Zabeel Stadium, Dubai · Ref R. Sato

United Arab Emirates stats & fixtures · Iraq stats & fixtures

United Arab Emirates drew with Iraq 2–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Asia (3rd Round - 4) on 12 October 2021. United Arab Emirates had 65% of the ball.

United Arab Emirates vs Iraq match statistics

United Arab EmiratesIraq

65% Ball possession 35%
8 Total shots 18
4 Shots on target 3
2 Shots off target 10
2 Blocked shots 5
8 Shots inside the box 9
2 Corners 4
9 Fouls 13
1 Offsides 4
2 Yellow cards 2
609 Passes 317
86% Pass accuracy 76%
2 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

22' Yellow card Shareef Abdulkadhim Iraq
33' Goal Caio Canedo (assist Abdulla Hamad) United Arab Emirates
36' Yellow card Abdulla Hamad United Arab Emirates
59' Yellow card Shahin Abdulrahman United Arab Emirates
74' Own goal Mohammed Al Attas Iraq
89' Goal Aymen Hussein (assist Alaa Ali Mhawi) Iraq
90' Yellow card Aymen Hussein Iraq
90+3' Goal Ali Ahmed Mabkhout (assist Walid Abbas) United Arab Emirates

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

United Arab Emirates

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 B. van Marwijk

1 Ali Khaseif

8 Majed Hassan 13 Mohammed Al Attas 4 Shahin Abdulrahman 21 Mahmoud Khamis

15 Fábio Lima 9 Bandar Al Ahbabi

11 Caio Canedo 5 Abdulla Hamad 18 Abdalla Ramadan

7 Ali Ahmed Mabkhout

Bench Khalfan Mubarak , Walid Abbas , Sebastián Tagliabúe , Khalil Ibrahim , Mohammad Juma , Al Hassan Saleh , Khalifa Al Hammadi , Adel Al Hosani , Majid Rashid , Tahnoon Alzaabi , Abdelaziz Husain , M. Al Shamsi

Iraq

Confirmed 4-4-2 D. Advocaat

1 Fahad Talib

17 Alaa Ali Mhawi 6 A. Adnan 5 Ali Faez Atiyah 2 Ahmed Ibrahim

15 Mohammed Ali 8 Ibrahim Bayesh 22 Ahmad Fadel 13 Bashar Rasan Bonyan

10 Ala'a Abdul Zahra 18 Shareef Abd Al Kathem

Bench Aymen Hussein , Humam Tariq , Amir Al Ammari , Safa Abdullah , S. Kareem , Sajad Jassem , Karrar Al-Abba Si , Mohammed Qasim , Maytham Jabbar , Ahmed Basil , Ali Yaseen

Form guide

United Arab Emirates at home

3–2–0 in 5 matches

Scored: 1.8 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 5
Corners: 7.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.0 per game

Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Iraq away

1–3–3 in 7 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 2.0 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 7
Corners: 3.2 per game
Shots on target: 1.8 per game

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

United Arab Emirates vs Iraq head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
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

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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