UAE vs Iran: Iran look to consolidate their top sot in Group A as they face UAE in their World Cup Qualification campaign next on Thursday.
Match Details:
Teams: UAE vs Iran
Venue: Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: Thursday 7th October, 2021
Time: 10:15 PM IST
Live Link: https://www.the-afc.com/en/home.html
Preview
UAE aim to win their first match of this World Cup Qualification campaign when they face table toppers, Iran in their next match on Thursday,
The home side head into this after successive draws against Lebanon and Syria in their first two matches and need to get a win ahead of a difficult run of matches.
Goals from Mabkhout and Albaher in either half ensured a 1-1 draw against Syria on MD2.
On the other hand, Iran continued their wonderful form when they overcame Iraq 3-0 away in their previous match.
Jahanbakhsh, Taremi and Gholizadeh’s strikes were enough to pick up another three points.
This moves Iran to the top of the table with 2 wins from the same number of matches.
FT: 🇮🇶 @IRAQFA 0-3 IR Iran 🇮🇷
Goals from Jahanbakhsh, Taremi & Gholizadeh secured the 3️⃣ points away from home for Team Melli! ☄️#AsianQualifiers | #IRQvIRN pic.twitter.com/vzU3gv8edo
— #AsianCup2023 (@afcasiancup) September 7, 2021
Iran is in a very good space having stretched their winning streak to 7 matches and will be gunning ahead of this.
Meanwhile, UAE is in 3rd place with 2 points from as many matches and will look to put their opponents under pressure.
Both sides last met in 2015 during the Asian Cup group stage match where Iran won 1-0 through a last-minute goal from Ghoochannejhad.
Form Guide:
UAE: WWWDD
Iran: WWWWW
Last Matches of both teams:
Syria 1-1 UAE
Iraq 0-3 Iran
FT: 🇸🇾 Syria 1-1 @UAEFNT 🇦🇪
A goal in each half as the two nations share the spoils in Amman! 🤝#AsianQualifiers | #SYRvUAE pic.twitter.com/W56IQawuEQ
— #AsianCup2023 (@afcasiancup) September 7, 2021
Where to watch the live stream and broadcast of UAE vs Iran in India?
The match is live streamed on the official social media handle of the respective teams, AFC website.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXTRFt1vLvZpahQtiKJjLaQ
Team News
There are no injury concerns for either side as all players are fully fit.
UAE possible 11:
Khasif, Al-Ahbabi, Abbas, Abdulrahman, Khamis, Ramadan, Hassan, Alblooshi, Lima, Caoi and Mabkhout
Iran possible 11:
Beiranvand, Noorafkan, Khalilzadeh, Kanaanizadegan, Moharrami, Jahanbakhsh, Amiri, Afagh, Nourollahi, Taremi and Azmoun
