Belgium 0:0 Iran: World Cup Match Result

World Cup

Belgium DDWWWL

0:0

Finished

Kick-off was 21 Jun, 20:00 BST

Iran WWWDDD

Venue: King Baudouin Stadium City: Brussels

In the World Cup game on 21 June 2026, Belgium beat Iran 0:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:3, corners 4:2.

Key numbers

Possession, % 70 – 30

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 10 – 3

Expected goals 1.79 – 0.62

🟨 3' R. Lukaku — Yellow card 25' M. Taremi — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside 🟨 33' S. Ezatolahi — Yellow card ⇄ 46' S. Hardani — Substitution ⇄ 58' T. Meunier — Substitution ⇄ 58' N. Raskin — Substitution ⇄ 58' A. Saelemaekers — Substitution ⇄ 66' E. Hajsafi — Substitution ⇄ 66' M. Mohebi — Substitution 🟥 66' N. Ngoy — Red card ⇄ 73' R. Lukaku — Substitution ⇄ 79' S. Ghoddos — Substitution ⇄ 85' S. Ezatolahi — Substitution ⇄ 87' K. De Bruyne — Substitution

Match events

3' 0:0 Belgium Yellow card R. Lukaku
25' 0:0 Iran var_goal_cancelled_-_offside M. Taremi
33' 0:0 Iran Yellow card S. Ezatolahi
46' 0:0 Iran Substitution S. Hardani off: A. Jahanbakhsh
58' 0:0 Belgium Substitution T. Meunier off: T. Castagne
58' 0:0 Belgium Substitution N. Raskin off: H. Vanaken
58' 0:0 Belgium Substitution A. Saelemaekers off: D. Lukebakio
66' 0:0 Iran Substitution E. Hajsafi off: M. Mohammadi
66' 0:0 Iran Substitution M. Mohebi off: M. Torabi
66' 0:0 Belgium Red card N. Ngoy
73' 0:0 Belgium Substitution R. Lukaku off: A. Theate
79' 0:0 Iran Substitution S. Ghoddos off: S. Moghanlou
85' 0:0 Iran Substitution S. Ezatolahi off: A. Hosseinzadeh
87' 0:0 Belgium Substitution K. De Bruyne off: M. Fernandez-Pardo

Statistics

70 Possession, % 30

7 Shots on target 3

10 Shots off target 3

1.79 Expected goals 0.62

1 Big chances 1

143 Attacks 51

4 Corners 2

7 Fouls 9

8 Free kicks 5

3 Offsides 4

1 Yellow cards 1

1 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 12

26 Throw-ins 8

All statistics

18/3551% Aerial duels 17/3549%

73 Backward passes 28

6 Blocked shots 1

11 Clearances 51

6/3219% Crosses 2/825%

14/2167% Dribbles 2/540%

1.48 Expected assists 0.30

88 Failed passes 72

3 Goalkeeper saves 7

3 Interceptions 12

16 Key passes 6

12/3534% Long passes 18/5036%

205 Passes into the final third 30

457 Passes in the opposition half 132

196 Passes in own half 146

0.30 Shot accuracy 0.43

3 Shots from outside the box 1

20 Shots inside the box 6

7/1258% Tackles 11/1958%

621 Total passes 270

Line-ups

Belgium

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois	1
4	Brandon Mechele	4
5	Maxim De Cuyper	5
15	Thomas André A. Meunier	15
25	Nathan Ngoy	25
7	Kevin De Bruyne	7
8	Youri Marion A. Tielemans	8
10	Leandro Trossard	10
22	Alexis Saelemaekers	22
23	Nicolas Thierry Raskin	23
9	Romelu Lukaku	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Senne Lammens	12
13	Mike Penders	13
3	Arthur Nicolas Theate	3
16	Koni De Winter	16
18	J. Saez	18
21	Timothy Castagne	21
6	Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel	6
20	Hans Vanaken	20
24	Amadou Ba Zeund Georges Mvom Onana	24
14	Dodi Lukebakio	14
17	Charles Marc De Ketelaere	17
19	Diego Manuel Jadon da Silva Moreira	19
26	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	26

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Iran

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Alireza Safar Beiranvand	1
2	S. Hardani	2
3	Ehsan Hajisafi	3
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh	4
13	H. Kanaani	13
19	Ali Nemati	19
6	Saeed Ezatolahi Afagh	6
8	Mohammad Mohebi	8
14	S. Ghoddos	14
23	R. Rezaeian	23
9	Mehdi Taremi	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Payam Niazmand	12
22	Seyed Hossein Hosseini	22
5	Milad Mohammadi Keshmarzi	5
17	Aria Yousefi	17
25	Danial Eiri	25
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi	15
16	Mehdi Torabi	16
21	Mohammad Ghorbani	21
26	A. Razzaghinia	26
7	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	7
10	Mehdi Ghaedi	10
11	A. Alipour	11
18	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	18
20	S. Moghanlou	20
24	Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa	24