England men · FIFA World Cup · Group B
England
v Iran
6–2
Full time
England v Iran finished 6–2.
- England
- Bellingham 35', Saka 43', Sterling 45+1', Saka 62', Rashford 71', Grealish 90'
- Iran
- Taremi 65', Taremi 90+13' pen
- Date
- Monday 21 November 2022 · England in 2022
- Kick-off
- 13:00 UK
- Venue
- Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan
- Competition
- FIFA World Cup · Group B
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England Formation 4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- No. 1, Jordan Pickford GK
- No. 12, Kieran Trippier RB
- No. 5, John Stones CB
- No. 6, Harry Maguire CB Off in the 70'
- No. 3, Luke Shaw LB
- No. 22, Jude Bellingham RM
- No. 4, Declan Rice LM
- No. 17, Bukayo Saka RW Off in the 71'
- No. 19, Mason Mount AM Off in the 71'
- No. 10, Raheem Sterling LW Off in the 71'
- No. 9, Harry Kane FW Off in the 76'
Substitutes
- No. 15, Eric Dier On in the 70'
- No. 7, Jack Grealish On in the 71'
- No. 11, Marcus Rashford On in the 71'
- No. 20, Phil Foden On in the 71'
- No. 24, Callum Wilson On in the 76'
- No. 2, Kyle Walker (not used)
- No. 8, Jordan Henderson (not used)
- No. 13, Nick Pope (not used)
- No. 14, Kalvin Phillips (not used)
- No. 16, Conor Coady (not used)
- No. 18, Trent Alexander-Arnold (not used)
- No. 21, Ben White (not used)
- No. 23, Aaron Ramsdale (not used)
- No. 26, Conor Gallagher (not used)
Iran Formation 5-4-1
Starting XI
- No. 1, Alireza Beiranvand GK Off in the 20'
- No. 2, Sadegh Moharrami RB
- No. 19, Majid Hosseini CB
- No. 15, Roozbeh Cheshmi CB Off in the 45'
- No. 8, Morteza Pouraliganji CB Yellow card 48'
- No. 5, Milad Mohammadi LB Off in the 63'
- No. 7, Alireza Jahanbakhsh RM Yellow card 25' Off in the 45'
- No. 21, Ahmad Noorollahi CM Off in the 77'
- No. 18, Ali Karimi CM Off in the 45'
- No. 3, Ehsan Hajsafi LM
- No. 9, Mehdi Taremi FW
Substitutes
- No. 24, Hossein Hosseini On in the 20'
- No. 6, Saeid Ezatolahi On in the 45'
- No. 13, Hossein Kanani On in the 45'
- No. 17, Ali Gholizadeh On in the 45'
- No. 16, Mehdi Torabi On in the 63'
- No. 20, Sardar Azmoun On in the 77'
- No. 4, Shoja Khalilzadeh (not used)
- No. 10, Karim Ansarifard (not used)
- No. 11, Vahid Amiri (not used)
- No. 12, Payam Niazmand (not used)
- No. 14, Saman Ghoddos (not used)
- No. 22, Amir Abedzadeh (not used)
- No. 23, Ramin Rezaeian (not used)
- No. 25, Abolfazl Jalali (not used)
Referee: Raphael Claus.
Official meetings since 2022
England v Iran stats
Meetings1In our results database
England wins1England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Iran wins0Iran victories
England have scored 6 goals to Iran's 2 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
2Saka
2 goals against Iran in matches we hold scorer data for.
Iran · Fixture leader
2Taremi
Iran's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.