FIFA World Cup Qualification 2026 AFC 1-2, matchday 1 · Thursday 16 November 2023, 14:30
Iran
4 - 0
Hong Kong
Goals and cards
- 12' Goal: Sardar Azmoun (assist Mohammad Mohebi)
- 15' Goal: Sardar Azmoun (assist Mehdi Taremi)
- 17' Yellow card: Tze-Nam Yue
- 38' Yellow card: Hin-Ting Lam
- 82' Yellow card: Shoja Khalilzadeh
- 87' Goal: Mehdi Taremi (assist Sardar Azmoun)
- 90+2' Goal: Ramin Rezaeian
Iran on the left, Hong Kong on the right. An own goal is listed under the scorer's own side.
Line-ups
Iran
- Alireza Beiranvand
- Ehsan Hajsafi
- Ramin Rezaeian
- Shoja Khalilzadeh
- Hossein Kanaani
- Saman Ghoddos (off 70')
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh (off 74')
- Saeed Ezatolahi
- Sardar Azmoun (off 90')
- Mehdi Taremi (off 90')
- Mohammad Mohebi (off 70')
Substitutes used
- Mehdi Torabi (on 70')
- Omid Ebrahimi (on 70')
- Reza Asadi (on 74')
- Karim Ansarifard (on 90')
- Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (on 90')
Unused: Sadegh Moharrami, Majid Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Ali Karimi, Payam Niazmand, Seyed Hossein Hosseini
Hong Kong
- Ka-Wing Tse
- Vas Nuñez
- Tze-Nam Yue
- Ngai-Hoi Li
- Nok-Hang Leung
- Chun-Lok Tan (off 90')
- Chun-Ming Wu (off 64')
- Hin-Ting Lam
- Awal Mahama (off 64')
- Matt Orr
- Pui-Hin Poon (off 64')
Substitutes used
- Shinichi Chan (on 64')
- Siu-Kwan Philip Chan (on 64')
- Tsz-Chun Law (on 64')
- Oliver Gerbig (on 90')
Unused: Michael Udebuluzor, Hung-Fai Yapp, Wai Wong, Yingzhi Ju, Jesse Joy-Yin Yu, Hei-Yin Chang, Hing-Kit Leung, Wai-Lim Yu
Match stats
| Iran | Stat | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 7 | Corners | 1 |
| 5 | Fouls | 7 |
| 5 | Offsides | 0 |
| 72% | Possession | 28% |
| 9 | Shots off target | 2 |
| 9 | Shots on target | 0 |
| 18 | Total shots | 4 |
From the match data on My Football Facts.