2022 FIFA World Cup Group B

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Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup took place from 21 to 29 November 2022. The group consisted of national association football teams from England, Iran, the United States and Wales. Both England and the United States progressed to the round of 16 undefeated. England won the group, winning two games and drawing the other, while the United States won one and drew their other two. Iran finished the group third, having won a single game, with Wales finishing fourth with a single point.

Initially noted for unusually containing four teams all ranked in the top 20 at the time of the tournament, as well as two teams within the same sovereign state and other geopolitical conflicts, various incidents relating to Qatar's ban on LGBTQ+ symbols affected the games on the first match day.

Teams

The teams were decided by the World Cup draw that took place on 1 April 2022.[1] The group was set to receive one team from each pot, which sorted all World Cup teams by position on the FIFA World Rankings.[1] The first team drawn was England, which secured qualification as a pot one team by winning Group I of UEFA qualification.[2] The second pot team, the United States, qualified by finishing third in CONCACAF qualification.[3] The third team was Iran, which won Group A of the AFC Third Round.[4] The final team was not known at the time of the draw, as it was the UEFA Second Round Path A winner. Wales defeated Ukraine 1–0 to qualify for this position.[5]

Group B was widely described as the "group of death" before the tournament.[6] It had the highest average FIFA ranking of any group,[7] and controversy given by the political hostility existing between Iran and the United Kingdom, and between Iran and the United States.[8][9][10]

FIFA World Cup Group B draw[11]
Draw position Team[12] Pot Confederation Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA Rankings[13]
March 2022[nb 1] October 2022
B1  England 1 UEFA UEFA Group I winners 15 November 2021 16th 2018 Winners (1966) 5 5
B2  Iran 3 AFC AFC Third Round Group A winners 27 January 2022 6th 2018 Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018) 21 20
B3  United States 2 CONCACAF CONCACAF Third Round third place 30 March 2022 11th 2014 Third place (1930) 15 16
B4  Wales 4[nb 2] UEFA UEFA Second Round Path A winners 5 June 2022 2nd 1958 Quarter-finals (1958) 18[nb 2] 19

Notes

  1. ↑ The rankings of March 2022 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 As the identity of the UEFA Second Round Path A winners was not known at the time of the final draw, positions in the FIFA Rankings were not taken into account, and the placeholder in the draw was automatically seeded into pot 4.[14]

LGBT symbol incidents

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See also: 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies § LGBT issues

Captains armbands

File:دیدار تیم‌های فوتبال ایران و انگلیس- جام جهانی ۲۰۲۲ (19).jpg
Harry Kane in England's first match, wearing a FIFA "No discrimination" armband

England captain Harry Kane, Wales captain Gareth Bale, and several other European captains intended to wear OneLove rainbow armbands promoting acceptance and diversity during the World Cup; shortly before England's opening match (the first match to feature one of these nations), however, FIFA announced that players wearing these armbands would face "unlimited" sanctions, with a yellow card given at minimum.[15][16] The affected football associations said they would not put their players in this position, criticising FIFA for the ruling.[17][18][19] A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister, also criticised FIFA for introducing player punishment for the armbands.[20] After the first United States match, and though the US had not been intending to wear the armband, Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, the nation's highest diplomat in Qatar, described the ban as "concerning".[21]

At the England–Iran match, BBC pundit and former England women's team captain Alex Scott chose to wear a OneLove armband while being interviewed pitchside ahead of the match, a move that was widely praised.[17][18] At the United States–Wales match, though she did not appear on screen, German ZDF broadcaster Claudia Neumann wore a rainbow armband and Pride shirt, later telling the Sport-Informations-Dienst that she wanted to set an example, lamenting that the captains would not be able to wear the armbands.[22] During England's second match, the Wembley Stadium arch, iconic of the team's home stadium, was lit up in rainbow colours.[16]

Other Pride items

Many Wales fans in attendance at their first match as part of the nation's official LGBTQ+ supporters group wore the group's rainbow Wales bucket hats. Women who had these hats, including former women's team captain Laura McAllister, were prohibited from entering the stadium with them; McAllister reported that the security officials told her it was "a banned symbol".[23] At the same match, American journalist Grant Wahl was reportedly detained for 25 minutes when attempting to enter the stadium wearing a Pride shirt, being told it was "political" and being asked if he was British; he said that FIFA later apologised to him and security allowed him to enter with the shirt.[24]

After the match, the Football Association of Wales confronted FIFA about the confiscation of the bucket hats, and FIFA entered talks with the Qatari Supreme Committee to discuss the Qatar commitment to make all fans welcome at the World Cup, also citing an incident of an American fan with a rainbow flag being harassed.[25]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
First match(es) will be played on 21 November 2022. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group B, England, advanced to play the runners-up of Group A, Senegal.
  • The runners-up of Group B, the United States, advanced to play the winners of Group A, the Netherlands.

Matches

Matches took place between 21 to 29 November 2022.[26] All times listed are local, AST (UTC+3).[26]

England vs Iran

The opening match of Group B was contested between England and Iran.[27] The two sides had never played each other in a competitive match.[28] Many England supporters missed the start of the match due to problems with FIFA's ticketing app.[29] In defiance of their government, the Iranian team refused to sing their national anthem ahead of the match, a sign of support for the Mahsa Amini protests in their own country.[30] Many Iranian women were in attendance at the match, considered an act of protest as women are prohibited from football matches in Iran. Some of these fans also brought conventional protest signs to hold in the stands.[31] After the game, Iranian media blamed the "humiliating" loss on the protests in their country affecting their players' mindset, additionally claiming that the United States and its allies, including the United Kingdom, had manufactured the protests to disrupt Iran; though these nations comprise all of Iran's group stage competition, the line of blame is common due to longstanding political tensions.[32]

The match was delayed for seven minutes in the first half after head to head collision between the Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand and defender Majid Hosseini.[33] Beiranvand initially seemed to be convinced to continue playing by Iran captain Ehsan Hajsafi, but collapsed on the field a few minutes later and was subsituted by Hossein Hosseini.[34] England scored three first-half goals: Jude Bellingham opened with his first ever senior England goal in the 35th minute, with Bukayo Saka (in the 43rd minute) and Raheem Sterling (in the first minute of stoppage time) being the other contributors to the scoreline up to this point.[35]

In the second half, England's Saka scored his second of the game in the 62 minute, before Iran's Mehdi Taremi scored with their first shot on target.[35] England defender Harry Maguire was then removed from play after also suffering a head injury.[36] Substitute Marcus Rashford, who had been introduced a minute before, scored England's fifth goal with his third touch of the game.[35] Shortly into stoppage time, Jack Grealish scored England's sixth goal.[37] The final goal, a contentious penalty kick for Iran, was scored two-and-a-half minutes after the final whistle, awarded only after a review of a late-occuring foul was suggested by the VAR. Taremi converted from the penalty kick, but the 6–2 defeat was Iran's worst in any FIFA World Cup match, surpassing its 4–1 defeat by Peru in 1978.[38]

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21)
16:00
England  6–2  Iran
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235458
England
Iran
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 12 Kieran Trippier
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire Substituted off 70'
LB 3 Luke Shaw
CM 22 Jude Bellingham
CM 4 Declan Rice
RW 17 Bukayo Saka Substituted off 70'
AM 19 Mason Mount Substituted off 70'
LW 10 Raheem Sterling Substituted off 70'
CF 9 Harry Kane (c) Substituted off 75'
Substitutions:[note 1]
DF 15 Eric Dier Substituted in 70'
FW 11 Marcus Rashford Substituted in 70'
MF 20 Phil Foden Substituted in 70'
FW 7 Jack Grealish Substituted in 70'
FW 24 Callum Wilson Substituted in 75'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate
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GK 1 Alireza Beiranvand Substituted off 20'
CB 8 Morteza Pouraliganji Booked 48'
CB 15 Rouzbeh Cheshmi Substituted off 46'
CB 19 Majid Hosseini
RWB 2 Sadegh Moharrami
LWB 5 Milad Mohammadi Substituted off 63'
RM 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh Booked 25' Substituted off 46'
CM 21 Ahmad Nourollahi Substituted off 77'
CM 18 Ali Karimi Substituted off 46'
LM 3 Ehsan Hajsafi (c)
CF 9 Mehdi Taremi
Substitutions:[note 1]
GK 24 Hossein Hosseini Substituted in 20'
MF 6 Saeid Ezatolahi Substituted in 46'
DF 13 Hossein Kanaanizadegan Substituted in 46'
MF 17 Ali Gholizadeh Substituted in 46'
MF 16 Mehdi Torabi Substituted in 63'
FW 20 Sardar Azmoun Substituted in 77'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Bukayo Saka (England)[39]

Assistant referees:
Rodrigo Figueiredo (Brazil)
Danilo Simon Manis (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Reserve assistant referee:
Michael Orué (Peru)
Video assistant referee:
Leodán González (Uruguay)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Martín Soppi (Uruguay)
Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina)

United States vs Wales

The second match was between the United States and Wales. The teams met twice previously in friendly matches: the United States won 2–0 in 2003 and the two teams drew 0–0 in 2020.[40] The game was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom, with the network announcing during the broadcast that its technical director, Roger Pearce, had died in Qatar.[41]

The United States scored the opening goal in the 32nd minute when Tim Weah scored after a pass over the top by Christian Pulisic.[42] The United States team outplayed Wales in the first half, but in the second half Wales outshone them, being tactically better, particularly after introducing substitute Kieffer Moore.[43] Late into the second half, Bale was fouled in the box by Walker Zimmerman and scored the resulting penalty kick. After over nine minutes of stoppage time,[44] the match finished 1–1 with the United States picking up four yellow cards, the most they had received since the 2002 FIFA World Cup match against Germany.[43]

21 November 2022 (2022-11-21)
22:00
United States  1–1  Wales
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235455
United States
Wales
GK 1 Matt Turner
RB 2 Sergiño Dest Booked 11' Substituted off 74'
CB 3 Walker Zimmerman
CB 13 Tim Ream Booked 51'
LB 5 Antonee Robinson
DM 4 Tyler Adams (c)
CM 8 Weston McKennie Booked 13' Substituted off 66'
CM 6 Yunus Musah Substituted off 74'
RF 21 Timothy Weah Substituted off 88'
CF 24 Josh Sargent Substituted off 74'
LF 10 Christian Pulisic
Substitutions:
FW 11 Brenden Aaronson Substituted in 66'
FW 19 Haji Wright Substituted in 74'
DF 22 DeAndre Yedlin Substituted in 74'
MF 23 Kellyn Acosta Booked 90+10' Substituted in 74'
FW 16 Jordan Morris Substituted in 88'
Manager:
Gregg Berhalter
300px
GK 1 Wayne Hennessey
CB 5 Chris Mepham Booked 45+2'
CB 6 Joe Rodon
CB 4 Ben Davies
DM 15 Ethan Ampadu Substituted off 90+5'
CM 10 Aaron Ramsey
CM 8 Harry Wilson Substituted off 90+3'
RW 14 Connor Roberts
LW 3 Neco Williams Substituted off 79'
CF 11 Gareth Bale (c) Booked 40'
CF 20 Daniel James Substituted off 46'
Substitutions:
FW 13 Kieffer Moore Substituted in 46'
FW 9 Brennan Johnson Substituted in 79'
MF 22 Sorba Thomas Substituted in 90+3'
MF 16 Joe Morrell Substituted in 90+5'
Manager:
Rob Page

Man of the Match:
Gareth Bale (Wales)[45]

Assistant referees:
Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)
Saud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Reserve assistant referee:
Cao Yi (China)
Video assistant referee:
Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Elvis Noupue (Cameroon)

Wales vs Iran

Wales had faced Iran previously only once, in a friendly game in 1978 that ended in a 1–0 win for Wales.[46]

The Iranian team opted to sing their national anthem at this match. The game was driven by Iran in attack and quick counter-attack, with Wales mostly holding in defence; though Wales made attempts in attack, their midfield was described by BBC Sport's Dafydd Pritchard as "worryingly porous". In the first half, Iran had a goal from Ali Gholizadeh disallowed by VAR for offside. Early in the second half, Iran had two attempts hit each post in quick succession.[47] In the 86th minute Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was originally given a yellow card for a foul he committed outside his penalty area. However, on review by VAR this was upgraded to a red card. Iran substitute Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored the first goal eight minutes into stoppage time, followed by Ramin Rezaeian scoring three minutes later to give Iran's first-ever win against a European team in the FIFA World Cup. Cheshmi's goal was the latest-minute match-winning goal scored in any World Cup game (excluding extra-time) since the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, when exact goal times were first made available.[48] Officially, nine minutes of stoppage time were added; with further delays in the added time, over twelve minutes were actually played.[47]

25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)
13:00
Wales  0–2  Iran
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235453
Wales
Iran
GK 1 Wayne Hennessey Red card 86'
CB 5 Chris Mepham
CB 6 Joe Rodon Booked 45+3'
CB 4 Ben Davies
DM 15 Ethan Ampadu Substituted off 77'
CM 10 Aaron Ramsey Substituted off 87'
CM 8 Harry Wilson Substituted off 57'
RW 14 Connor Roberts Substituted off 57'
LW 3 Neco Williams
CF 11 Gareth Bale (c)
CF 13 Kieffer Moore
Substitutions:
FW 9 Brennan Johnson Substituted in 57'
FW 20 Daniel James Substituted in 57'
MF 7 Joe Allen Substituted in 77'
GK 12 Danny Ward Substituted in 87'
Manager:
Rob Page
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GK 24 Hossein Hosseini
RB 23 Ramin Rezaeian Booked 90+5'
CB 19 Majid Hosseini
CB 8 Morteza Pouraliganji
LB 5 Milad Mohammadi
RM 17 Ali Gholizadeh Substituted off 77'
CM 6 Saeid Ezatolahi Substituted off 83'
CM 21 Ahmad Nourollahi Substituted off 77'
LM 3 Ehsan Hajsafi (c) Substituted off 77'
SS 9 Mehdi Taremi
CF 20 Sardar Azmoun Substituted off 68'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Karim Ansarifard Substituted in 68'
MF 16 Mehdi Torabi Substituted in 77'
MF 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh Booked 90+5' Substituted in 77'
DF 15 Rouzbeh Cheshmi Substituted in 77'
MF 18 Ali Karimi Substituted in 83'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Iran)[49]

Assistant referees:
Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago)
Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica)
Fourth official:
Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
Reserve assistant referee:
Djibril Camara (Senegal)
Video assistant referee:
Drew Fischer (Canada)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Bruno Pires (Brazil)

England vs United States

The teams had previously met twice in the World Cup. The United States won 1–0 in the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the teams drew 1–1 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[50] United States captain Tyler Adams described their opponents as "an athletic team" and said that his own team was "really dominant at times" in their previous match against Wales,[51] while England's Bellingham noted that the teams had been "talking some smack" on social media.[52]

England's lineup remained unchanged, while the United States chose Haji Wright over Josh Sargent in attack. Harry Kane had a shot blocked in the box in the 9th minute before United States player Weston McKennie missed a shot in the six-yard box and Pulisic hit the crossbar in the 32nd minute.[53] The match featured only a small number of chances, with only four shots on target between the two teams.[54][55] Despite not losing the game, many England fans booed the team after the match ended.[56]

25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)
22:00
England  0–0  United States
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235457
Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
Attendance: 68,463
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
England
United States
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 12 Kieran Trippier
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
LB 3 Luke Shaw
CM 22 Jude Bellingham Substituted off 68'
CM 4 Declan Rice
RW 17 Bukayo Saka Substituted off 77'
AM 19 Mason Mount
LW 10 Raheem Sterling Substituted off 68'
CF 9 Harry Kane (c)
Substitutions:
FW 7 Jack Grealish Substituted in 68'
MF 8 Jordan Henderson Substituted in 68'
FW 11 Marcus Rashford Substituted in 77'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate
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GK 1 Matt Turner
RB 2 Sergiño Dest Substituted off 77'
CB 3 Walker Zimmerman
CB 13 Tim Ream
LB 5 Antonee Robinson
RM 8 Weston McKennie Substituted off 77'
CM 4 Tyler Adams (c)
CM 6 Yunus Musah
LM 10 Christian Pulisic
CF 21 Timothy Weah Substituted off 83'
CF 19 Haji Wright Substituted off 83'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Brenden Aaronson Substituted in 77'
DF 18 Shaq Moore Substituted in 77'
FW 7 Giovanni Reyna Substituted in 83'
FW 24 Josh Sargent Substituted in 83'
Manager:
Gregg Berhalter

Man of the Match:
Christian Pulisic (United States)[57]

Assistant referees:
Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)
Fourth official:
Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
Reserve assistant referee:
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Diego Bonfá (Argentina)
Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina)

Wales vs England

The teams had met 103 times, most recently in a friendly game in 2020 won 3–0 by England. This was their second meeting in a major tournament, the first being the group stage of UEFA Euro 2016 in France, which ended in a 2–1 win for England. The teams have met in multiple FIFA World Cup qualifiers, including two British Home Championship matches that served as World Cup qualifiers (in the 1949–50 British Home Championship and 1953–54 British Home Championship) as well as in the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 tournaments.[58]

Marcus Rashford had the best chance of the first half, but his chipped shot was saved by Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward. The first half ended goalless, however Rashford scored a direct free kick in the 51st minute to give England the lead. Shortly after the restart, Rashford won the ball in the Welsh defence and passed to Kane, who crossed the ball low from the right for Phil Foden to score at the back post. Rashford got his second of the game in the 68th minute with a shot from deep inside the Welsh penalty area that went through the goalkeeper's legs.[59]

The victory was enough for England to finish at the top of the group, whilst Wales finished at the bottom with just one point.[60]

29 November 2022 (2022-11-29)
22:00
Wales  0–3  England
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235454
Wales
England
GK 12 Danny Ward
RB 3 Neco Williams Substituted off 36'
CB 5 Chris Mepham
CB 6 Joe Rodon
LB 4 Ben Davies Substituted off 57'
DM 15 Ethan Ampadu
CM 10 Aaron Ramsey Booked 61'
CM 7 Joe Allen Substituted off 81'
RF 11 Gareth Bale (c) Substituted off 46'
CF 13 Kieffer Moore
LF 20 Daniel James Booked 29' Substituted off 77'
Substitutions:
DF 14 Connor Roberts Substituted in 36'
FW 9 Brennan Johnson Substituted in 46'
MF 16 Joe Morrell Substituted in 57'
MF 8 Harry Wilson Substituted in 77'
MF 25 Rubin Colwill Substituted in 81'
Manager:
Rob Page
300px
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
RB 2 Kyle Walker Substituted off 57'
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
LB 3 Luke Shaw Substituted off 65'
DM 4 Declan Rice Substituted off 57'
CM 8 Jordan Henderson
CM 22 Jude Bellingham
RF 20 Phil Foden
CF 9 Harry Kane (c) Substituted off 57'
LF 11 Marcus Rashford Substituted off 75'
Substitutions:
DF 18 Trent Alexander-Arnold Substituted in 57'
FW 24 Callum Wilson Substituted in 57'
MF 14 Kalvin Phillips Substituted in 57'
DF 12 Kieran Trippier Substituted in 65'
FW 7 Jack Grealish Substituted in 75'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Marcus Rashford (England)[61]

Assistant referees:
Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia)
Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)
Reserve assistant referee:
Karen Díaz Medina (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Marco Fritz (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paolo Valeri (Italy)
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)

Iran vs United States

The teams had met twice previously. Iran won 2–1 in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France and the teams drew 1–1 in a 2000 friendly.[62] Prior to the match the United States Soccer Federation displayed Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic. The removal of the emblem showed support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights, according to the Federation.[63] In response, Iran state media reported that the United States should be immediately removed from the tournament and suspended for ten games for a “distorted image” of the country’s flag.[64][65] Following this, the emblem was returned to the flag.[66]

Both teams were guaranteed qualification to the round of 16 with a win, whilst Iran would qualify with a draw, provided Wales did not defeat England.[67] Pulisic scored the only goal of the game for the United States in the 38th minute, being injured in the process.[68][69] The United States team qualified to play the Netherlands in the round of 16, whilst England played Senegal.[70]

29 November 2022 (2022-11-29)
22:00
Iran  0–1  United States
https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/255711/285063/400235456
Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 42,127
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
Iran
United States
GK 1 Alireza Beiranvand
RB 23 Ramin Rezaeian
CB 19 Majid Hosseini Booked 77'
CB 8 Morteza Pouraliganji
LB 5 Milad Mohammadi Substituted off 45+2'
RM 17 Ali Gholizadeh Substituted off 77'
CM 6 Saeid Ezatolahi
CM 21 Ahmad Nourollahi Substituted off 71'
LM 3 Ehsan Hajsafi (c) Substituted off 71'
SS 9 Mehdi Taremi
CF 20 Sardar Azmoun Substituted off 46'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Ali Karimi Substituted in 45+2'
MF 14 Saman Ghoddos Substituted in 46'
MF 16 Mehdi Torabi Substituted in 71'
DF 25 Abolfazl Jalali Booked 90+6' Substituted in 71'
FW 10 Karim Ansarifard Substituted in 77'
Other disciplinary actions:
DF 13 Hossein Kanaanizadegan[note 2] Booked 83'
Manager:
Portugal Carlos Queiroz
300px
GK 1 Matt Turner
RB 2 Sergiño Dest Substituted off 82'
CB 20 Cameron Carter-Vickers
CB 13 Tim Ream
LB 5 Antonee Robinson
DM 4 Tyler Adams (c) Booked 43'
CM 6 Yunus Musah
CM 8 Weston McKennie Substituted off 65'
RF 21 Timothy Weah Substituted off 82'
CF 24 Josh Sargent Substituted off 77'
LF 10 Christian Pulisic Substituted off 46'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Brenden Aaronson Substituted in 46'
MF 23 Kellyn Acosta Substituted in 65'
FW 19 Haji Wright Substituted in 77'
DF 18 Shaq Moore Substituted in 82'
DF 3 Walker Zimmerman Substituted in 82'
Manager:
Gregg Berhalter

Man of the Match:
Christian Pulisic (United States)[71]

Assistant referees:
Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain)
Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain)
Fourth official:
Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Reserve assistant referee:
Jesús Sánchez (Peru)
Video assistant referee:
Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)
Neuza Back (Brazil)
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)
Stand-by assistant video assistant referee:
Bruno Pires (Brazil)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[70]

  • first yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card
 England 0
 United States 4 1 −5
 Iran 2 2 3 −7
 Wales 2 1 1 2 −9

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Due to the concussion protocol, both teams were allowed up to six substitutions (rather than five) during the match.
  2. ↑ Hossein Kanaanizadegan was booked on the substitutes' bench, despite not playing any part in the match.

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