FIFA International Friendlies

Russia

FIFA #35
YES!
Russia beat Iran
Iran 1 – 2 Russia
FT · Fri, Oct 10

Match Details

Volgograd Arena (Volgograd) · 42,387 fans

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 1.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 1.
  • 90'+3'Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3'Foul by Ivan Sergeev (Russia).
  • 90'+2'Attempt missed. Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+2'Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90'+2'Foul by Aleksey Batrakov (Russia).
  • 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Attempt blocked. Nail Umyarov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90'Foul by Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
  • 90'Anton Miranchuk (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89'Substitution, Russia. Matvey Lukin replaces Ilya Vakhania.

Line Score

12T
IRN 01 1
RUS 11 2

Match Leaders

Iran
Russia

Key Events

89'Substitution, Russia. Matvey Lukin replaces Ilya Vakhania.
88'Substitution, Russia. Mingiyan Beveev replaces Viktor Melekhin because of an injury.
84'Alireza Jahanbakhsh (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78'Substitution, IR Iran. Mohammad Ghorbani replaces Saeid Ezatolahi.
78'Substitution, IR Iran. Kasra Taheri replaces Saman Ghoddos.
74'Anton Miranchuk (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
70'Goal! Russia 2, IR Iran 1. Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
70'Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ramin Rezaeian.
70'Substitution, IR Iran. Danial Esmaeilifar replaces Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
68'Substitution, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev replaces Zelimkhan Bakaev.
68'Substitution, Russia. Ivan Sergeev replaces Dmitri Vorobyev.
68'Substitution, Russia. Nail Umyarov replaces Danil Glebov.
68'Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Maksim Glushenkov.
53'Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
48'Goal! Russia 1, IR Iran 1. Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (IR Iran) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
39'Zelimkhan Bakaev (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22'Goal! Russia 1, IR Iran 0. Dmitri Vorobyev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anton Miranchuk with a through ball.

Recent Form

Russia W D W D W
Iran W W D L W

Starting Lineups

Iran4-3-3
1 Beiranvand
23 Rezaeian 4 Khalilzadeh 3 Abarghouei 5 Nemati
14 Ghoddos 6 Ezatolahi 21 Norafkan
10 Hosseinzadeh 48' 9 Taremi 8 Mohebi
17 Bakaev 20 Vorobyev 22' 67 Glushenkov
11 Miranchuk 15 Glebov 7 Batrakov 70'
24 Silyanov 5 Osipenko 14 Melekhin 30 Vakhanla
39 Safonov
Russia4-3-3
Full lineups and substitutes

Russia

  1. MS #39 Matvei SafonovG
  2. MO #5 Maksim OsipenkoCD-L
  3. VM #14 Viktor MelekhinCD-R
  4. AS #24 Aleksandr SilyanovLB
  5. IV #30 Ilya VakhanlaRB
  6. DG #15 Danil GlebovCM
  7. AM #11 Anton MiranchukLM
  8. AB #7 Alexey BatrakovRM70'
  9. DV #20 Dmitry VorobyevF22'
  10. ZB #17 Zelimkhan BakaevLF
  11. MG #67 Maksim GlushenkovRF
Substitutes · 6 used

Iran

  1. AB #1 Alireza BeiranvandG
  2. HA #3 Hossein AbarghoueiCD-L
  3. SK #4 Shoja KhalilzadehCD-R
  4. AN #5 Ali NematiLB
  5. RR #23 Ramin RezaeianRB
  6. SE #6 Saeid EzatolahiCM
  7. ON #21 Omid NorafkanLM
  8. SG #14 Saman GhoddosRM
  9. MT #9 Mehdi TaremiF
  10. MM #8 Mohammad MohebiLF
  11. AH #10 Amirhossein HosseinzadehRF48'
Substitutes · 4 used

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