England England ENG

Iran Iran IRN

Jude Bellingham (35')
Bukayo Saka (43', 62')
Raheem Sterling (45'+1')
Marcus Rashford (71')
Jack Grealish (90')

Mehdi Taremi (65', 90'+13' PEN)

Why were Iran given a penalty when England weren't?

1:29

Marcotti impressed by England's devastating performance vs. Iran

2:01

Dawson: England show credentials with dream start

1:29

England fans erupt after three first-half goals vs. Iran

0:56

England hit Iran for six in World Cup opener

England kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 6-2 rout of Iran as Bukayo Saka scored a brace on his team's Group B debut.

5/16/2023 Tomas Hill Lopez-Menchero

KO
- First Half begins.
20
- On: Hossein Hosseini|Off: Alireza Beiranvand
25
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh Yellow Card
35
- Jude Bellingham Goal - Header
43
- Bukayo Saka Goal - Volley
45+1
- Raheem Sterling Goal - Volley
HT
- First Half ends, England 3, IR Iran 0.
45
- On: Saeid Ezatolahi|Off: Ali Karimi
45
- On: Ali Gholizadeh|Off: Alireza Jahanbakhsh
45
- On: Hossein Kanani|Off: Roozbeh Cheshmi
48
- Morteza Pouraliganji Yellow Card
62
- Bukayo Saka Goal
63
- On: Mehdi Torabi|Off: Milad Mohammadi
65
- Mehdi Taremi Goal
70
- On: Eric Dier|Off: Harry Maguire
71
- On: Marcus Rashford|Off: Bukayo Saka
71
- On: Jack Grealish|Off: Raheem Sterling
71
- On: Phil Foden|Off: Mason Mount
71
- Marcus Rashford Goal
76
- On: Callum Wilson|Off: Harry Kane
77
- On: Sardar Azmoun|Off: Ahmad Noorollahi
90
- Jack Grealish Goal
90+13
- Mehdi Taremi Penalty - Scored
FT
- Second Half ends, England 6, IR Iran 2.

England ENG Iran IRN

Pickford
Shaw
Maguire
On: Eric Dier | Off: Harry Maguire
Stones
Trippier
Rice
Bellingham
Sterling
On: Jack Grealish | Off: Raheem Sterling
Mount
On: Phil Foden | Off: Mason Mount
Saka
On: Marcus Rashford | Off: Bukayo Saka
Kane
On: Callum Wilson | Off: Harry Kane

	No.	Name
1 Jordan Pickford Saves 1 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
6 Harry Maguire Goals 0 Shots 2 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 70' 15 Eric Dier Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
5 John Stones Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
3 Luke Shaw Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
12 Kieran Trippier Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
19 Mason Mount Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 4 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 71' 20 Phil Foden Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
4 Declan Rice Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
22 Jude Bellingham 35' Goals 1 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 1 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
9 Harry Kane Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 2 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 76' 24 Callum Wilson Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
10 Raheem Sterling 45'+1' Goals 1 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 71' 7 Jack Grealish 90' Goals 1 Shots 1 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 3 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
17 Bukayo Saka 43' 62' Goals 2 Shots 3 3 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 71' 11 Marcus Rashford 71' Goals 1 Shots 2 1 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
Substitutes
21 Ben White Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
13 Nick Pope Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
23 Aaron Ramsdale Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
8 Jordan Henderson Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
18 Trent Alexander-Arnold Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
14 Kalvin Phillips Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
16 Conor Coady Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
2 Kyle Walker Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
26 Conor Gallagher Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red

	No.	Name
1 Alireza Beiranvand Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 20' 24 Hossein Hosseini Saves 1 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
15 Roozbeh Cheshmi Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 45' 13 Hossein Kanani Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
19 Majid Hosseini Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
8 Morteza Pouraliganji 48' Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 3 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red
5 Milad Mohammadi Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 63' 16 Mehdi Torabi Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
2 Sadegh Moharrami Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
18 Ali Karimi Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 45' 6 Saeid Ezatolahi Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
21 Ahmad Noorollahi Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 2 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red 77' 20 Sardar Azmoun Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
3 Ehsan Hajsafi Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 2 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 25' Goals 0 Shots 1 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 1 Yellow 0 Red 45' 17 Ali Gholizadeh Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 1 Fouls Against Assist 1 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
9 Mehdi Taremi 65' 90'+13' Goals 2 Shots 3 2 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 1 1 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
14 Saman Ghoddos Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
11 Vahid Amiri Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
25 Abolfazl Jalali Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
10 Karim Ansarifard Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
4 Shoja Khalilzadeh Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
23 Ramin Rezaeian Goals 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Offsides 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
12 Payam Niazmand Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red
22 Amir Abedzadeh Saves 0 Shots 0 0 Shots on Target Fouls Committed 0 0 Fouls Against Assists 0 Discipline 0 Yellow 0 Red

Game Information

VENUE: Khalifa International Stadium

COVERAGE: FS1

Al Rayyan, Qatar

ATTENDANCE: 45,334

REFEREE: Raphael Claus

Match Commentary

-		Match ends, England 6, IR Iran 2.
90'+14'		Second Half ends, England 6, IR Iran 2.
90'+13'		Goal! England 6, IR Iran 2. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.