LIVE| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 football score updates: England start on attacking foot vs Iran, live score

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• 21 Nov 2022, 06:49 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Iran forced into early change of goalkeeper

  Iranian keeper Beiranvand can't continue and has to be taken off the field on a stretcher, hopefully, it's nothing serious, and the Iranian coach Carlos Quiroz has been forced to make an early change. 

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 06:37 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: ENG attacking from get-go

  England have dominated the possession since the kick-off they have looked positive and have even gone close on a couple of occasions. That's positive football from the Three Lions, and Iran have been on the backfoot. The Iranian goalkeeper collided with his own teammate and so there's a break in play for the time being. 

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 06:30 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Kick-off

  Group B action underway, England playing in their famous all-white kit, attacking from left to right, the Iranian team in their renowned red kit playing from right to left. Let's hope for an entertaining match. 

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 06:15 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Kick-off soon, ENG favourites but IRAN could be giant-killers

  Having last won the World Cup back in 1966, England will be hoping that 'It is coming home' this time around, but Iran could be in for a giant-killing as well. England start as the favourites to get a win, should be an epic contest this! Kick-off to follow-up very soon. 

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 06:04 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Strong playing XIs from both sides, Maguire preferred over White

  The playing XIs of both England and Iran are looking strong, while Harry Maguire has started ahead of Ben White, which wouldn't please too many English fans, on the other hand, Iran have some strong players like 
  Jahanbakhsh and Karimi who will have to bring their A-game to repel the danger posed by Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling and Bukayo Saka. 

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 05:45 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Team News

  Here are the confirmed lineups for England and Iran for the spectacular Group B opening clash:

  England XI: Pickford, Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Rice, Bellingham, Mount, Saka, Sterling, Kane (c)

  Iran XI: Beyranvand, Cheshmi, Karimi, Moharrami, Hajisafi (C), Mohammadi, Jahanbakhsh, Taremi, Hosseini, Nourollahi, Pouraliganji

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 05:24 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Gareth Southgate's great dilemma

  England coach Gareth Southgate has previously preferred a 3-5-2 formation, but there are many reports that he may ditch the more defensive approach in favour of a more attacking 4-3-3. That would help accommodate another forward in the playing XI, and given England's talented front-line it remains to be seen whether Southgate goes all guns blazing against the lower-ranked opposition. 

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 04:55 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Why it's a must-win game for England

  Apart from England and Iran, USA and Wales are also present in Group B, and it seems like the easiest match on paper for England to win, because, USA have a relatively young list of personnel, but some big matchwinners like Christian Pulisic are still there, and Wales also have Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, so both those games are not going to be easy.  

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 04:33 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: Iran team news

  As far as Iran are concerned, they will most likely play their strongest playing XI, knowing that England will be a hard nut to crack. The Iranian team will be without Omid Ebrahimi who suffered a groin injury, while Sardar Azmoun is also doubtful, having sustained a calf muscle tear. 

  The two star forwards Mehdi Taremi and Alireza Jahanbakhsh will be leading the line for Iran.

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 04:09 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: England team news

  England head coach Gareth Southgate faces plenty of dilemmas ahead of the match against Iran today. While there are doubts about the form of Harry Maguire, fans will want to see him benched, with Ben White in good form for Arsenal making a case to start. Further forward, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden are two players contesting for a starting berth. Remains to be seen which player gets the nod from Southgate. 

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 03:41 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: ENG vs IRN head-to-head

  The pair of Iran and England have never played each other, so this is going to be the first-ever meeting between the two sides at a major tournament such as the FIFA World Cup. Iran have however, played against Scotland before, back in the 1978 edition of the World Cup, wherein they were able to play a 1-1 draw with the Scottish side. 

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 03:12 PM

  England vs Iran Live Streaming Updates:

  The match will be played in Khalifa Internationaqal Stadium. Prior to the World Cup, the venue hosted the final of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and the 2019 World Cup. The stadium will host six group-stage matches, one Round-of-16 game and the play-off for third place.

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 02:16 PM

  Live| England vs Iran FIFA World Cup 2022 updates: 

  England the former World Cup winners in 1966, came close to winning the World Cup in 2018, but couldn't go all the way. Furthermore, Iran are one of the Asian giants, but they are likely to have a hard time against the Three Lions, who have plenty star names. Many Irani players also play in the Premier League, so they will know what to expect from Gareth Southgate's side. 

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 01:47 PM

  England vs Iran Live Streaming Updates:

  This is the 6th time that Iran are playing in the World Cup. Their best performance so far has been a 14th place finish in their first appearance in the 1978 edition
  In Russia 2018, Iran finished 18th overall. They played 3 group stage games - winning one, losing one and drawing the other

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 01:02 PM

  FIFA World Cup Day 2 Live Streaming updates:

  The United States has one of the youngest squads in the 32-team tournament. Three of the Americans - Gio Reyna, Joe Scally and Yusuf Musah were only 11 years old the last time the national team played a World Cup match.

   

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 01:01 PM

  England vs Iran Live Streaming updates:

  This will be the first ever encounter between England-Iran at a World Cup Stage. Iran has never defeated any European Nation at FIFA World Cup.

  
• 21 Nov 2022, 01:00 PM

  England vs Iran Live Streaming updates

  : England have qualified for the World Cup for the 16th time and it's their seventh consecutive appearance in a row at FIFA World Cup stage.