Iran beat United Arab Emirates 2-0. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 15 shots. Best on the pitch was Sardar Azmoun, rated 7.7.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   IRN 4-2-3-1·5-4-1 UNI
   Coach: Amir Ghalenoei · Aurelian Cosmin OlăroiuReferee: Ko Hyung-Jin📍 Azadi Stadium
2. 1. First half
   2. 45'
      

      IRN
      GOOOAL!Sardar AzmounAssist: S. Ghoddos
3. 1. Second half
   2. 60'
      

      UNI
      Yellow card
      Harib Abdalla Suhail
   3. 64'
      

      IRN
      Yellow card
      M. Mohebi
   4. 67'
      

      UNI
      Substitution
      ▲J. Santos▼Yahya Al Ghassani
   5. 68'
      

      UNI
      Substitution
      ▲Fábio de Lima▼Khalifa Al Hammadi
   6. 70'
      

      IRN
      GOOOAL!M. Mohebi
   7. 76'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲M. Karimi▼Saman Ghoddos
   8. 77'
      

      IRN
      Substitution
      ▲Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh▼M. Ghayedi
   9. 77'
      

      UNI
      Substitution
      ▲Sultan Adill▼M. Hunt
   10. 85'
       

       UNI
       Substitution
       ▲Caio Canedo▼Caio Lucas
   11. 85'
       

       UNI
       Substitution
       ▲I. Faiz▼Y. Nader
   12. 90'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲A. Gholizadeh▼Alireza Jahanbakhsh
   13. 90'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲A. Alipour▼Sardar Azmoun
   14. 90+7'
       

       IRN
       Substitution
       ▲A. Nemati▼M. Mohebi