England vs Iran - World Cup:Team news,Talking points,Recent form, H2H & Predicted lineups. |Footbolic

FOOTBOLIC November 21, 2022

 



England will face Iran at Khalifa International Stadium at 13:00 UTC in the first match of Group B in the world cup.

 England, who have not been able to perform well in the last few matches in Nations league need to start winning in world cup.All 4 teams in group B are strong and Southgate will not be satisfied with anything less than a win.

on the other hand, Iran is under less pressure. they will focus on defensive game play against england.


TEAM NEWS

England



 James Maddison is a huge doubt after missing England's final training ahead of the Iran encounter. He is set to join Kyle Walker on the sidelines, with Kieran Trippier in line to replace Walker in the XI.

Southgate might be tempted to start with Jude Bellingham over Kalvin Phillips alongside Declan Rice in midfield, and Bukayo Saka over phil phoden in the right wing forward.


Iran



 Midfielder Omid Ebrahimi will not play due to a groin injury, but Bayer Leverkusen forward Sardar Azmoun could feature after shaking off a calf injury.

Carlos Queiroz will also be looking at Porto's Mehdi Taremi to deliver the goods in attack alongside Alireza Jahanbakhsh.

Ehsan Hajsafi will be handed the captain's armband for his 122nd Iran appearance, with Brentford's Saman Ghoddos likely to start on the bench.



TALKING POINTS

- This will be the first ever encounter between England and Iran. The Iran have never beaten European opposition at the FIFA World Cup (D2 L6).

- England have qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the 16th time. It’s their seventh appearance in a row, their longest streak in the competition

- England set the best goal difference in the group stage of European qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, scoring 39 goals and conceding only three (+36).

- England are the only European team to have reached the semi-finals in each of the last two major tournaments (FIFA World Cup + EURO).

- 12 of England’s last 18 goals at the FIFA World Cup have been scored from set-pieces. In fact, 75% of their goals in 2018 came from dead ball situations (9 out of 12).


H2H

Never played each other in football


RECENT FORM

England: DDLLD
Iran: WLWDW


PREDICTED LINEUPS

Engand: Pickford; Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Bellingham, Rice; Saka, Mount, Sterling; Kane.(4-3-3)

Iran: Beiranvand; Moharrami, Kanani, Khalilzadeh, Hajsafi; Ezatolahi; Jahanbakhsh, Nourollahi, Amiri, Taremi; Ansarifard.(4-1-4-1)


Predicted score: England 3 - 1 Iran






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