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England vs Iran: Live World Cup 2022 scores, results and text updates

November 21, 2022 11:54 am

England
Iran

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6

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2

Bellingham '34
Saka '43, '62
Sterling '45
Rashford '71
Grealish '89

Taremi '65, '90+13 (P)

Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Venue: Khalifa Stadium

  • England run out 6-2 winners in their opening World Cup game against Iran.
  • Jude Bellingham has scored his first international goal.
  • Two quickfire goals from Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling at the end of the first half capped off a dominant opening 45 minutes. 
  • A further three goals after the break from Saka, Rashford and Grealish have seen England make the perfect start to the World Cup.

Full time – England 6-2 Iran

The full-time whistle goes on a game of football that lasted two hours. England will be disappointed that they conceded two goals in such a dominant display but will be thrilled with their offensive play. Bellingham was world-class in midfield and the forwards were clinical.

Iran probably didn’t expect to get anything from this game but they’ll need to improve considerably if they are to progress in this tournament.

90+13′ 6-2 England

Taremi sends Pickford the wrong way and reduces the deficit to four goals.

90+13′ Goal for Iran – Taremi 

90+11′ Penalty to Iran

Iran are given a penalty in the final moments after a VAR review. John Stones is deemed to have pulled Taremi’s shirt too forcefully.

90+8′ Iran hit the bar.

Jordon Pickford makes a superb save to deny Sardar Azmoun from close range. The Iran striker’s shot is tipped on to the crossbar by the Everton ‘Keeper and Iran are denied a second consolation goal.

A touching celebration from Jack Grealish

90′ Ten minutes added on.

An incredible ten minutes of stoppage time are added on by the referee. Have England got a seventh goal in them?

90′ 6-1 England

Jack Grealish gets England’s sixth goal of the afternoon after some unselfish play from Callum Wilson. Bellingham played a defence-splitting pass which Wilson ran on to before the Newcastle striker elected to square it to Grealish for a tap-in instead of going it alone.

90′ Goal for England – Grealish

Some turnaround

75′ Substitution for England

Callum Wilson comes on for Harry Kane.

71′ 5-1 England

Wow, what a goal. Harry Kane takes a sublime touch on the half-turn and sets Rashford free down the right wing. The Manchester United forward chops inside, making his full-back look foolish before slotting the ball past the goalkeeper with his left foot. Rashford’s first three touches since coming on for Saka were sublime.

71′ Goal for England – Rashford

70′ Substitutions for England

  • Eric Dier comes on for Harry Maguire.
  • Marcus Rashford comes on for Bukayo Saka.
  • Phil Foden comes on for Raheem sterling.
  • Jack Grealish comes on for Mason Mount.

65′ 4-1 England

Out of nowhere, Iran bag themselves a consolation goal through Mehdi Taremi. A ball is played behind Harry Maguire and Taremi latches on to it and rifles a shot into the roof of the net.

65′ Goal for Iran – Taremi

62′ 4-0 England

Bukayo Saka is well and truly putting the disappointment of his missed penalty in the Euro 2021 final behind him with his display today. The young winger shows fantastic footwork and composure in the penalty area before slotting the ball past the helpless goalkeeper. Is this England’s greatest ever opening game performance at a World Cup?

62′ Goal for England – Saka

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48′ England holds its breath

Harry Kane goes down clutching his ankle after a nasty challenge from Morteza Pouraliganji. Afer a couple of minutes of treatment, he is back up and ready to continue.

46′ The second half is underway

Will England go for the jugular or sit on their three-goal lead?

Half time

That half couldn’t have gone much better for England. Barring a complete collapse in the second half, they should be starting their World Cup campaign with all three points.

45+4′ 14 minutes added time

In the midst of two quick England goals, the fourth official indicated that there will be 14 additional minutes at the end of the first half.

45+1′ 3-0 England

A rampant Jude Bellingham drives through the Iran midfield and ends his run by playing the ball into Harry Kane down the right-hand channel. The England captain fires a ball across the six yard bax to find Sterling who has the simple job of tapping the ball in. England are flying!

45+1′ Goal for England – Sterling

43′ 2-0 England

Luke Shaw whips in a corner and Maguire climbs above the Iran defence to nod the ball down to Bukayo Saka who rifles in a half volley into the roof of the net.

43′ Goal for England – Saka

Could this be Jude Bellingham’s World Cup?

35′ 1-0 England

Luke Shaw finds himself with the ball high up the pitch on the left-hand side and delivers a peach of a ball into the box. Jude Bellingham ghosts in from midfield and places a superb header into the far corner.

35′ Goal for England – Bellingham

32′ England hit the bar!

Trippier’s corner is met by Harry Maguire who thumps a header onto the crossbar. England are getting closer.

30′ Mason Mount goes close

A nice move by England ends with Saka pulling the ball back to the near post. The ball is met by Mason Mount who doesn’t connect properly and the ball bobbles into the side netting.

25′ First booking of the game

Alireza Jahanbakhsh receives the game’s first yellow card for a late tackle on Luke Shaw.

Hard to argue with this

18′ Substitution 

Common sense prevails and Iran are forced into an early substitution after goalkeeper, Alireza Beyranvand, is forced off with a head injury. Hossein Hosseini comes on to take his place.

15′ Concussion controversy

Goalkeeper, Beyranvand, inexplicably stays on the pitch despite being down for eight minutes with a head injury. The Iranian goalkeeper is in no fit state to carry on.

7′ Close!

Trippier takes a quick free kick down the line to Harry Kane who whips the ball across the six-yard box. Iran keeper, Beyranvand, tips it away from Sterling but the ball falls to Maguire who hits it into the side netting.

3′ Penalty shout for England

Harry Maguire gets dragged down in the penalty box from a Trippier corner but the referee waves play on. VAR also says no.

1′ We’re off

Iran get things underway. Can England wipe away the cobwebs of a miserable Nations League campaign? Let’s find out.

The teams are in the tunnel

Both sides are in the tunnel and are shortly set to head out on to the pitch for the national anthems. This is the moment many of these players have dreamed about their whole lives. Spine-tingling stuff.

Iran line-up confirmed

Iran, on the other hand, are starting with a back five. England will have a job on their hands to break down this well-drilled Iran side.

England line-up confirmed

Gareth Southgate elects to go with a back four and Bukayo Saka instead of Phil Foden in the front three.

Welcome to our live coverage of England vs Iran, as the World Cup 2022 in Qatar moves into Day 2. Follow for live text updates throughout England vs Iran.

Official lineups expected shortly

The major news for England relates to James Maddison’s availability. He picked up a knock in Leicester City’s final Premier League game before departing for Qatar. He hasn’t yet trained since arriving at World Cup 2022 and won’t play today. Three Lions fans hope the playmaker will have a chance to shine in the remaining Group B games and beyond. Kyle Walker is also out as he recovers from groin surgery.

Here are our predicted lineups for England vs Iran:

England

  • Jordan Pickford
  • John Stones
  • Eric Dier
  • Harry Maguire
  • Kieran Trippier
  • Luke Shaw
  • Jude Bellingham
  • Declan Rice
  • Bukayo Saka
  • Raheem Sterling
  • Harry Kane

Iran

  • Beiranvand
  • Kanaanizadegi
  • Sarlak
  • Pouraliganji
  • Jalali
  • Cheshmi
  • Rezaeian
  • Amiri
  • Noorafkan
  • Torabi
  • Barzegar

Pre-match betting odds have England as strong favourites

The bookies have England at odds of 3/10 – 2/5 to secure three points in their opening game. That’s equivalent to a 70 – 75% chance of them winning. Meanwhile, if you think the Three Lions will slip up, you can get odds of at least 7/2 on a draw, and as high as 10/1 on an Iran win. We advise you compare odds with multiple bookmakers before placing your bet!

The latest odds from Ladbrokes are as follows:

  • England win: 9/25
  • Draw: 13/4
  • Iran win: 9/1
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