United Arab Emirates vs Iran, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

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United Arab Emirates

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Iran

45'+3': Mehdi Ghayedi

About

United Arab Emirates are hosting Iran at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Location: Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 17,826

WCQ - AFC Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Qatar	2	+1	4
2	United Arab Emirates	2	0	3
3	Oman	2	-1	1

Full Standings

Line-Ups

United Arab Emirates (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
17	Khalid Eisa (GK)
6	Kouame Autonne
12	Khalifa Al-Hammadi
15	Yahia Nader
2	Abdullah Idrees
19	Khaled Ebraheim
8	Tahnoon Al Zaabi
14	Abdulla Hamad Al-Menhali
20	Yahya Al Ghassani
9	Harib Abdalla
11	Caio Canedo

United Arab Emirates Substitutes:

Fábio Lima, Isam Feiz, Ali Salmin, Khaled Tawhid, Mackenzie Hunt, Fahad Badr, Zayed Sultan, Khalid Hashemi, Abdelrahman Saleh, Ali Saleh Amro, Mohamad Al-Attas, Ali Khaseif.

Iran (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh
13	Hossein Kanani
5	Milad Mohammadi
2	Saleh Hardani
14	Saman Ghoddos
6	Saeid Ezatolahi
21	Omid Norafkan
9	Mehdi Taremi
10	Mehdi Ghayedi
7	Alireza Jahanbakhsh

Iran Substitutes:

Shahriyar Moghanloo, Allahyar Sayyad, Sardar Azmoun, Hossein Hosseini, Arya Yousefi, Amin Hazbavi, Mohammad Ghorbani, Payam Niazmand, Ali Gholizadeh, Abolfazl Jalali, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Mehdi Torabi.

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