Iraq beat Thailand 1-2. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 18 shots. Thailand played with ten from minute 72.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   World Cup Qualifiers — AFC
   THA 4-4-2·4-2-3-1 IRQ
   Coach: M. Rajevac · Basim QasimReferee: Shukrallah Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath, Bahrain📍 Rajamangala National Stadium
2. 1. First half
   2. 34'
      

      IRQ
      GOOOAL!Justin Meram
3. 1. Second half
   2. 53'
      THA
      Yellow card
      T. Puangjan
   3. 55'
      THA
      Substitution
      ▲T. Do▼M. Tossakai
   4. 59'
      

      IRQ
      Substitution
      ▲Mazin Fayyadh▼Ala'a Abdul Zahra
   5. 63'
      

      IRQ
      Own goalAhmad Ibrahim Khalaf
   6. 67'
      THA
      Substitution
      ▲S. Chatthong▼P. Notchaiya
   7. 72'
      THA
      Yellow card
      T. Puangjan
   8. 72'
      THA
      Red card
      T. Puangjan
   9. 75'
      

      IRQ
      Substitution
      ▲Mohannad Abdulraheem▼Hussein Ali
   10. 84'
       THA
       Substitution
       ▲Supachok Sarachat▼Chanathip Songkrasin
   11. 85'
       

       IRQ
       GOOOAL!Saad AbdulameerPenalty
   12. 87'
       

       IRQ
       Substitution
       ▲Saad Natiq▼Aymen Hussein