World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Asia | Third Round

Sep 2, 2021 at 5pm UK

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Iran
1 - 0
Syria

Jahanbakhsh (56')
Khalilzadeh (45+3'), Mohammadi (62'), Taremi (81')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Husain Esraa Alhamwiah (17'), Kerdagli (75')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Asia clash between Iran and Syria, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Iran win with a probability of 61.76%. A draw had a probability of 22.5% and a win for Syria had a probability of 15.76%.

The most likely scoreline for a Iran win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.48%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.21%) and 2-1 (9.6%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.6%), while for a Syria win it was 0-1 (5.85%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 13.5% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Iran in this match.

Result
Iran	Draw	Syria
61.76%	22.47%	15.76%

Both teams to score 45.54%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

48.1%

51.89%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.35%

73.64%

Iran Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.66%

16.33%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.07%

45.93%

Syria Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

54.43%

45.56%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

18.62%

81.38%

Score Analysis

Iran 61.75%

Syria 15.77%

Draw 22.47%

Iran	Draw	Syria
1-0 @ 13.48% 2-0 @ 12.21% 2-1 @ 9.6% 3-0 @ 7.38% 3-1 @ 5.8% 4-0 @ 3.34% 4-1 @ 2.63% 3-2 @ 2.28% 5-0 @ 1.21% 4-2 @ 1.03% 5-1 @ 0.95% Other @ 1.83% Total : 61.75%	1-1 @ 10.6% 0-0 @ 7.44% 2-2 @ 3.78% Other @ 0.65% Total : 22.47%	0-1 @ 5.85% 1-2 @ 4.17% 0-2 @ 2.3% 1-3 @ 1.09% 2-3 @ 0.99% Other @ 1.37% Total : 15.77%