Iran beat North Korea 2-3. Iran played with ten from minute 51. M. Mohebi scored 2 goals. Best on the pitch was Mehdi Taremi, rated 8.9.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   PRK 4-4-2·4-2-3-1 IRN
   Coach: Yong-Nam Sin · Amir GhalenoeiReferee: S. Gulmurodi📍 New Laos National Stadium
2. 1. First half
   2. 1'
      

      PRK
      Yellow card
      Ri Jo-Guk
   3. 29'
      

      IRN
      GOOOAL!M. GhayediAssist: M. Taremi
   4. 33'
      

      PRK
      Yellow card
      Kuk Chol Kang
   5. 41'
      

      IRN
      GOOOAL!M. MohebiAssist: M. Taremi
   6. 45'
      

      IRN
      GOOOAL!M. MohebiAssist: M. Taremi
3. 1. Second half
   2. 51'
      

      IRN
      Red card
      Shojae Khalilzadeh
   3. 54'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲Hossein Kanaani▼M. Ghayedi
   4. 56'
      

      IRN
      Own goalMehdi Taremi
   5. 59'
      

      PRK
      GOOOAL!Kim Yu-Song
   6. 64'
      

      IRN
      VAR review
      Mehdi Taremi
   7. 68'
      

      PRK
      Substitution
      ▲Ri Un-Chol▼Kye Tam
   8. 68'
      

      PRK
      Substitution
      ▲Pak Kwang-Hun▼Choe Ju-Song
   9. 68'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲M. Ghorbani▼Sardar Azmoun
   10. 68'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲Alireza Jahanbakhsh▼M. Karimi
   11. 72'
       

       IRN
       Yellow card
       A. Yousefi
   12. 73'
       

       PRK
       Substitution
       ▲Jong Il-Gwan▼K. Han
   13. 81'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲O. Noorafkan▼M. Mohebi
   14. 81'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲S. Moghanlou▼Mehdi Taremi
   15. 90'
       

       PRK
       Substitution
       ▲Jong Kum-Song▼Ri Jo-Guk