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Iran 2-1 UAE - January 23, 2024 / Asian Cup 2024

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Asian Cup 2024 - Round 3 - Group C

Education City Stadium - Al Rayyan - Qatar

January 23, 2024 - 16:00

34 259

Iran

2 - 1

UAE

United Arab Emirates

Assist by Serdar Azmoun (right foot) Mehdi Taremi

26'

Assist by Serdar Azmoun (right foot) Mehdi Taremi

65'

90+3'

Yahya Al GhassaniAssist by Abdallah Ramadan

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26' - Goal Mehdi Taremi26

41' - Yellow card Sadegh Moharrami41

45' - Substitution Sadegh Moharramiis substituted by Ramin Rezaeian45

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54' - Yellow card Tahnoon Al Zaabi

57' - Substitution Tahnoon Al Zaabiis substituted by Caio

62' - Yellow card Hossein Kanaani62

64' - Missed penalty Yahya Al Ghassani

65' - Goal Mehdi Taremi65

67' - Substitution Mehdi Ghayediis substituted by Mohammad Mohebi photo Omid Ebrahimi

67' - Substitution Saman Ghoddosis substituted by Omid Ebrahimi photo Alireza Jahanbakhsh

67' - Substitution Ali Gholizadehis substituted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh67

72' - Yellow card K. I. Al Dhanhani

74' - Substitution K. I. Al Dhanhaniis substituted by Abdulla Idrees Al Hammadi

85' - Substitution Majid Rashid Al Mehrziis substituted by A. S. Al Menhali photo Fabio Lima

85' - Substitution Ali Salehis substituted by Fabio Lima

87' - Substitution Serdar Azmounis substituted by Reza Asadi87

93' - Goal Yahya Al Ghassani

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Team line-ups

Iran

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Taremi2665

Mehdi Taremi

Iran

B.date18/07/1992

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

20Azmoun87

Serdar Azmoun

Iran

B.date01/01/1995

Age29 years

H1m86

positionStriker

14Ghoddos67

Saman Ghoddos

Iran

B.date06/09/1993

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

18Ghayedi67

Mehdi Ghayedi

Iran

B.date05/12/1998

Age25 years

H1m66

positionLeft Midfielder

17Gholizadeh67

Ali Gholizadeh

Iran

B.date10/03/1996

Age27 years

H1m76

positionRight Winger

6Ezatolahi

Saeid Ezatolahi

Iran

B.date01/10/1996

Age27 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Hajsafi

Ehsan Hajsafi

Iran

B.date25/02/1990

Age33 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

4Khalilzadeh

Shoja Khalilzadeh

Iran

B.date14/05/1989

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

13Kanaani62

Hossein Kanaani

Iran

B.date23/03/1994

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2Moharrami4541

Sadegh Moharrami

Iran

B.date01/03/1996

Age27 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

1Beiranvand

Alireza Beiranvand

Iran

B.date21/09/1992

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Alireza Beiranvand		31	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Shoja Khalilzadeh		34	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Hossein Kanaani	62	29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Sadegh Moharrami	4541	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ehsan Hajsafi		33	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Saeid Ezatolahi		27	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Mehdi Ghayedi	67	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Saman Ghoddos	67	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ali Gholizadeh	67	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Serdar Azmoun	87	29	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mehdi Taremi	2665	31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

UAE

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Al Ghassani93

Yahya Al Ghassani

United Arab Emirates

B.date18/04/1998

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

9Saleh85

Ali Saleh

United Arab Emirates

B.date22/01/2000

Age24 years

H1m76

positionForward

8Al Zaabi5754

Tahnoon Al Zaabi

United Arab Emirates

B.date10/04/1999

Age24 years

H1m69

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Al Mehrzi85

Majid Rashid Al Mehrzi

United Arab Emirates

B.date16/05/2000

Age23 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Ramadan

Abdallah Ramadan

United Arab Emirates

B.date07/03/1998

Age25 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

21Suhail

Harib Abdalla Suhail

United Arab Emirates

B.date26/11/2002

Age21 years

H1m72

positionRight Winger

3Al Zaabi

Zayed Sultan Al Zaabi

United Arab Emirates

B.date11/04/2001

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

19Al Dhanhani7472

Khaled Ibrahim Al Dhanhani

United Arab Emirates

B.date17/01/1997

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

26Abaelaziz

Bader Nasser Abaelaziz

United Arab Emirates

B.date16/09/2001

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefender

4Al Hashemi

Khalid Al Hashemi

United Arab Emirates

B.date18/03/1997

Age26 years

H1m81

positionDefender

17Eissa

Khalid Eissa

United Arab Emirates

B.date15/09/1989

Age34 years

H1m79

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
17	G	Khalid Eissa		34	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Bader Nasser Abaelaziz		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Khalid Al Hashemi		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	K. I. Al Dhanhani	7472	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Majid Rashid Al Mehrzi	85	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Zayed Sultan Al Zaabi		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Abdallah Ramadan		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Tahnoon Al Zaabi	5754	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Ali Saleh	85	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Yahya Al Ghassani	93	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Harib Abdalla Suhail		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Payam Niazmand		28
22	G	Seyed Hossein Hosseini		31
23	D	Ramin Rezaeian	45	33	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Milad Mohammadi		30
8	M	Omid Ebrahimi	67	36	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Roozbeh Cheshmi		30
11	M	Reza Asadi	87	28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Mohammad Mohebi	67	25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	67	30	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Mehdi Torabi		29
26	F	Shahriar Moghanlou		29
10	F	Karim Ansarifard		33

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ali Khasif		36
22	G	Hassan Hamza Ali		29
2	D	Abdulla Idrees Al Hammadi	74	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Mohamed Omar Al Attas		26
24	D	Ahmed Jamil		25
25	D	Abdelrahman Saleh Khamis		24
14	M	A. S. Al Menhali	85	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Fabio Lima	85	30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Yahya Nader El Sharif		25
5	M	Ali Salmeen Al Bloushi		28
16	M	Hazem Mohammad Abbas		18
11	F	Caio	57	33	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sadegh Moharrami

Ramin Rezaeian

OUT

Shoja Khalilzadeh

Seyed Majid Hosseini

OUT

Ehsan Hajsafi

Milad Mohammadi

OUT

Ali Gholizadeh

Alireza Jahanbakhsh

OUT

Saeid Ezatolahi

Roozbeh Cheshmi

OUT

Serdar Azmoun

Shahriar Moghanlou

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tahnoon Al Zaabi

Fabio Lima

OUT

Yahya Al Ghassani

Sultan Adill Al Amiri

OUT

Khalid Al Hashemi

Khalifa Al Hammadi

OUT

Zayed Sultan Al Zaabi

Abdulla Idrees Al Hammadi

OUT

Harib Abdalla Suhail

Caio

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Amir Ghalenoei

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Ghalenoei vs UAE

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 23, 2024

Ghalenoei vs Paulo Bento

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 23, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Paulo Bento

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Paulo Bento vs Iran

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 23, 2024

Paulo Bento vs Ghalenoei

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 23, 2024

Referee

Ilgiz Tantashev

2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Iran3 matches	General total	UAE6 matches	4 victories	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iran1 match	Season total	UAE1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 23, 2024					Latest figure on March 26, 2024

4th official

Adham Makhadmeh

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iran1 match	General total	UAE1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iran1 match	Season total	UAE1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 23, 2024					Latest figure on January 23, 2024

4th official

Ahmed Al Ali

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iran1 match	General total	UAE2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Iran1 match	Season total	UAE2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 23, 2024					Latest figure on January 23, 2024

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Key figures

It's the first time Mohammad Mohebi scores 1 goal in Asian Cup

End of streak for Iran after 5 matches without conceding any goal vs UAE in Asian Cup (since 01/12/1984). It's a record streak. The first of history

Iran keeps its 12 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs UAE running (since 25/10/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	Iran	9 pts	3 rd
2	United Arab Emirates	4 pts	3 rd
3	Palestine	4 pts	3 rd
4	Hong Kong	0 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Iran	9 pts	3 rd
2	United Arab Emirates	4 pts	3 rd
3	Palestine	4 pts	3 rd
4	Hong Kong	0 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LEngland 6-2 Iran21/11/2022

VWales 0-2 Iran25/11/2022

LIran 0-1 United States29/11/2022

VQatar 0-4 Iran17/10/2023

VIran 4-1 Palestine14/01/2024

VHong Kong 0-1 Iran19/01/2024

Overall

VQatar 0-4 Iran17/10/2023

VIran 4-0 Hong Kong16/11/2023

DUzbekistan 2-2 Iran21/11/2023

VIndonesia 0-5 Iran09/01/2024

VIran 4-1 Palestine14/01/2024

VHong Kong 0-1 Iran19/01/2024

Current form

Neutral ground

LBahrain 2-1 United Arab Emirates07/01/2023

LUnited Arab Emirates 0-1 Kuwait10/01/2023

DQatar 1-1 United Arab Emirates13/01/2023

VCosta Rica 1-4 United Arab Emirates12/09/2023

VUnited Arab Emirates 3-1 Hong Kong14/01/2024

DPalestine 1-1 United Arab Emirates18/01/2024

Overall

VUnited Arab Emirates 4-0 Nepal16/11/2023

VBahrain 0-2 United Arab Emirates21/11/2023

VUnited Arab Emirates 1-0 Kyrgyzstan30/12/2023

LUnited Arab Emirates 0-1 Oman06/01/2024

VUnited Arab Emirates 3-1 Hong Kong14/01/2024

DPalestine 1-1 United Arab Emirates18/01/2024

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	3	3
Unbeaten streak	3	11
Drawless streak	7	3
Scoring streak	3	11
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	11	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1

Key players

Mehdi Ghayedi	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Sultan Adill Al Amiri
Mehdi Ghayedi	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Sultan Adill Al Amiri
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Yahya Al Ghassani
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Yahya Al Ghassani
Saman Ghoddos	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ali Saleh
Saman Ghoddos	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ali Saleh
Mehdi Ghayedi	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Sultan Adill Al Amiri

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

8 matches

6 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

0 ga

Total

18 matches

14 v

3 d

1 l

26 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

1 v

1 d

6 l

4 gf

14 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

0 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

0 gf

8 ga

Total

18 matches

1 v

3 d

14 l

4 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 19, 2011
Neutral ground	3 - 0	January 19, 2011

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 01, 1997
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 01, 2022 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022

Iran

1 - 0

UAE

October 07, 2021 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2022

UAE

0 - 1

Iran

January 19, 2015 - Coupe d'Asie 2015

Iran

1 - 0

UAE

January 19, 2011 - Coupe d'Asie 2011

UAE

0 - 3

Iran

June 10, 2009 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 2010

Iran

1 - 0

UAE

Best historical scorers against UAE

Karim Bagheri	3 goals	2001 - 2008
Mehdi Taremi	2 goals	2021 - 2022
Mohammad Nouri	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Reza Ghoochannejhad	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Mehrdad Minavand	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Hamid Reza Estili	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Iran

A. J. Al Junaibi

1 goal

2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/09/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs UAE

Javad Nekounam	7 matches	2001 - 2015
Masoud Shojaei	6 matches	2006 - 2011
Seyed Jalal Hosseini	5 matches	2008 - 2015
Hossein Kaebi	4 matches	2008 - 2009
Gholamreza Rezaei	4 matches	2008 - 2011
Hadi Aghili	4 matches	2007 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Iran

A. J. Al Junaibi	7 matches	2001 - 2008
Majed Naser	7 matches	2007 - 2015
Ismail Matar	6 matches	2006 - 2011
Subait Khater	5 matches	2001 - 2011
Basheer Saaed Al Hammadi	5 matches	2001 - 2008
Ahmed Khalil	5 matches	2008 - 2015