MX23RW : Thursday, March 28 10:35:39| >> :600:612590:612590:
[monks data]
Attendance: 48,011
Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Jun 25, 2014 at 5pm UK
 
Iran national football team

3-1

Dzeko (23'), Pjanic (59'), Vrsajevic (83')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Preview: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran

Sports Mole previews the Group F match between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran on Wednesday afternoon.

Iran will look to send Bosnia-Herzegovina back home winless and surprisingly reach the last 16 of the World Cup when they play their final group game in Salvador on Wednesday afternoon.

Carlos Queiroz's side can reach the knockout stages of the tournament if they beat Bosnia and Argentina get the better of Nigeria in the other match.

They were cruelly beaten by Lionel Messi's last-gasp strike on Saturday and will be confident of beating a Bosnia side who are already out of the tournament.

After playing well against Argentina, Bosnia fell to Nigeria and will now be playing for pride in two days' time.

Bosnia coach Safet Susic could make changes, but star players Edin Dzeko and Miralem Pjanic are likely to continue.

Even if Iran manage to win, they might be denied a place in the last 16 if FIFA needs to draw lots to decide who goes through between them and Nigeria.

If Iran beat Bosnia 1-0 and Nigeria lose to Argentina by the same scoreline, then both teams will be completely level and the team that progresses will be completely down to luck.

Interestingly, Iran were the first team that Bosnia-Herzegovina ever played in a non-FIFA international way back in 1993 soon after their independence from Yugoslavia.

The last time the two met was in a 2009 friendly when Dzeko scored twice, but Bosnia still went down 3-2 in Sarajevo.

Recent form

Bosnia-Herzegovina: LLWWLL

Iran: LDWDDD

Possible starting lineups

Bosnia-Herzegovina: Begovic, Spahic, Besic, Misimovic, Mujdza, Sunjic, Lulic, Medunjanin, Hajrovic, Pjanic, Dzeko

Iran: Haghighi; Haji Safi, Hosseini, Sadeghi, Nekounam, Shojaei, Timotian, Montarezi, Ghoochannejad, Dejagah, Pooladi

Sports Mole says: 2-0


ID:161473: cacheID:161473:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:3921:No Data Analysis info

Previews by email

Click here to get Sports Mole's daily email of previews and predictions for every major game!


Restore Data
Share this article now:
Head coach Safet Susic of Bosnia and Herzegovina looks on during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F match between Nigeria and Bosnia-Herzegovina at Arena Pantanal on June 21, 2014
Read Next:
Susic disappointed with officials
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
Tables header RHS

Group A

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
3 Ecuador flag Ecuador31114
4 Qatar Qatar30030

Group B

TeamPWDLPTS
Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
4 Wales flag Wales30121

Group C

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

TeamPWDLPTS
Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

Group E

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

Group F

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

Group G

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Brazil Brazil32016
Q Switzerland Switzerland32016
3 Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Serbia Serbia30121

Group H

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Republic of Korea South Korea31114
3 Uruguay flag Uruguay31114
4 Ghana flag Ghana31023


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!