BEIRUT. IR Iran managed to turn the table against Lebanon to win 2-1. It was Lebanon to strike first with a goal of S. Saad at the 37′. Then it was a goal in the 90′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Nourollahi gave the win to IR Iran in the 90′ minute with a goal. IR Iran was surely superior in terms of ball possession (73%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Saïda International Stadium stadium in Beirut on Thursday and it started at 12:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim who was helped by Taleb Salem Al Marri and Saoud Ahmed Al Maqaleh. The 4th official was Saoud Al Athbah. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.1 degrees Celsius or 73.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
IR Iran was in firm control of the ball 73% while Lebanon was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
IR Iran has a more offensive attitude with 113 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why IR Iran won the contest.
Lebanon shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, IR Iran shot 21 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Lebanon didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, IR Iran received 3 yellow cards (A. Jahanbakhsh, S. Ghoddos and M. Mohammadi).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Lebanon will stay with 5 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, IR Iran will have 13 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Asia, Lebanon will host United Arab Emirates on the 16th of November with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of United Arab Emirates (2 draws).
IR Iran will play away agasint Syria on the 16th of November with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of IR Iran (3 draws).
Lebanon – Formation
Lebanon
46'
37'
Lebanon started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Ivan Hašek decided to play with the following team: Mostafa Matar , Abbas Asi , Alexander Michel , Felix Michel , Kassem El Zein , Mohamad Haidar , Mouhammed-Ali Dhaini , Nader Matar , Soony Saad , Bassel Jradi and Mohamad Kdouh .
The home team had on the bench: Ali Daher, Omar Bugiel, Hussein El Zein, Ali Al Sabaa, Hilal El-Helwe , Walid Shour, Hussein El Dor , Rabih Ataya, Hady Ghandour, Hassan Chaitou, Maher Sabra and Khalil Khamis.
Lebanon could not rely on the presence of H. El-Helwe (injured).
Substitutions
Lebanon made 4 changes: A. Assi for H. Al Zein (46′), M. Haydar for H. El-Helwe (76′), S. Saad for H. Eldor (82′) and B. Z. Jradi for W. Shour (90′).
Best player: Abbas Asi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lebanon was Abbas Asi.
His rating is with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
IR Iran – Formation
Iran
49'
IR Iran started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dragan Skočić played with: Alireza Beiranvand , Sadegh Moharrami , Hossein Kanaani , Shoja Khalilzadeh , Vahid Amiri , Saeid Ezatolahi , Ahmad Nourollahi , Ali Gholizadeh , Saman Ghoddos , Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Sardar Azmoun .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Milad Mohammadi , Yasin Salmani, Mehdi Ghayedi, Kaveh Rezaei, Milad Sarlak, Ehsan Hajisafi, Karim Ansarifard , Majid Hosseini, Payam Niazmand, Saleh Hardani, Allahyar Sayyadmanesh and Amir Abedzadeh.
Substitutions
IR Iran made 3 changes: S. Ghoddos for M. Mohammadi (60′), S. Ezatolahi for A. Sayyadmanesh (72′) and A. Jahanbakhsh for K. Ansarifard (85′).
Best player: Vahid Amiri
The player that probably impressed the most for IR Iran was Vahid Amiri even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 71 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Asia.
- Korea Republic – United Arab Emirates – 1-0
- Iraq – Syria – 1-1
- Lebanon – IR Iran – 1-2
- Australia – Saudi Arabia – 0-0
- China PR – Oman – 1-1
- Vietnam – Japan – 0-1
