Russia 2–1 Iran
Picked for matchday: Standout: Alireza Jahanbakhsh scored 100.0
Expected and what happened
No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.
- Expected xG
- –
- Actual xG
- –
- Goals
- 2 – 1
No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.
Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ali Nemati, 92.4 in 90′.
Going in
Each side's last five results before this match.
Russia
| 7 Sep 2025 | W 4–1 | at Qatar |
| 4 Sep 2025 | D 0–0 | v Jordan |
Iran
No earlier result in Footybot's data.
Head to head
No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.
Russia
| Player | Min | Score | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maksim Glushenkov | 68 | 63.0 | – |
| Dmitry Vorobyev | 68 | 52.2 | – |
| Anton Miranchuk | 90 | 51.1 | – |
| Ilya Vakhaniya | 89 | 49.6 | – |
| Mingiyan Beveev | 2 | 48.4 | – |
| Viktor Melekhin | 88 | 47.5 | – |
| Nail Umyarov | 22 | 47.0 | – |
| Matvey Safonov | 90 | 44.1 | – |
| Aleksey Batrakov | 90 | 44.0 | – |
| Aleksey Miranchuk | 22 | 43.7 | – |
| Lechi Sadulaev | 22 | 36.6 | – |
| Aleksandr Silyanov | 90 | 36.3 | – |
Iran
| Player | Min | Score | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 20 | 100.0 | – |
| Ali Nemati | 90 | 92.4 | – |
| Omid Noorafkan | 90 | 81.6 | – |
| Shoja Khalilzadeh | 90 | 77.4 | – |
| Saman Ghoddos | 78 | 65.4 | – |
| Mehdi Taremi | 90 | 58.7 | – |
| Ramin Rezaeian | 70 | 55.7 | – |
| Mohammad Ghorbani | 12 | 44.3 | – |
| Alireza Beiranvand | 90 | 39.9 | – |
| Danial Esmaeilifar | 20 | 28.4 | – |