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Egypt vs Iran: match report

Egypt hosted Iran at Lumen Field on Saturday 27 June 2026, in the World Cup (round 3). Szymon Marciniak is the referee.

Result and scorers

Egypt 1-1 Iran. Goals: Mahmoud Saber 5' for Egypt; Ramin Rezaeian 14' for Iran. Attendance: 66,925.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Goal: Mahmoud Saber (Egypt) 1-0
  • 11' Missed penalty: Mehdi Taremi (Iran)
  • 14' Goal: Ramin Rezaeian (Iran) 1-1
  • 19' Yellow card: Hossein Kanani (Iran)
  • 19' Yellow card: Mahmoud Saber (Egypt)
  • 41' Yellow card: Yasser Ibrahim (Egypt)
  • 43' Yellow card: Ali Nemati (Iran)
  • 79' Yellow card: Saeid Ezatolahi (Iran)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Mohanad Lashin (Egypt)
  • 90'+4' Yellow card: Shoja Khalilzadeh (Iran)
Match stats (contains the result)
61.4%Possession38.6%
15Shots13
3Shots on target4
8Corners2
11Fouls16
0Offsides3
2Saves2
3Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Egypt 4-2-3-1

Coach: Hossam Hassan

  1. 23 Mostafa Ahmed Shobeir GK
  2. 3 Mohamed Hany DEF
  3. 5 Rami Rabia DEF
  4. 6 Mohamed Abdelmonem DEF
  5. 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh DEF
  6. 17 Mohanad Lasheen MID
  7. 21 Mahmoud Saber MID
  8. 8 Emam Ashour MID
  9. 10 Mohamed Salah FWD
  10. 7 Trezeguet FWD
  11. 11 Mostafa Ziko FWD

Bench

  • 2 Yasser Ibrahim DEF
  • 19 Marwan Ateya MID
  • 22 Omar Marmoush FWD
  • 25 Zizo FWD
  • 9 Hamza Abdelkarim FWD
  • 16 Al Mahdi Soliman GK
  • 26 Mohamed Alaa GK
  • 1 Mohamed El Shenawy GK
  • 15 Karim Hafez DEF
  • 24 Tarek Alaa DEF
  • 18 Nabil Dunga MID
  • 12 Haissem Hassan FWD
  • 20 Ibrahim Adel FWD

Iran 5-4-1

Coach: Amir Ghalenoei

  1. 1 Alireza Beiranvand GK
  2. 13 Hossein Kanaani DEF
  3. 4 Shoja Khalilzadeh DEF
  4. 19 Ali Nemati DEF
  5. 23 Ramin Rezaeian DEF
  6. 5 Milad Mohammadi DEF
  7. 14 Saman Ghoddos MID
  8. 6 Saeid Ezatolahi MID
  9. 21 Mohammad Ghorbani MID
  10. 8 Mohammad Mohebi FWD
  11. 9 Mehdi Taremi FWD

Bench

  • 2 Saleh Hardani DEF
  • 20 Shahriar Moghanlou FWD
  • 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh FWD
  • 22 Hossein Hosseini GK
  • 12 Payam Niazmand GK
  • 17 Aria Yousefi DEF
  • 25 Danial Eiri DEF
  • 3 Ehsan Haji Safi DEF
  • 26 Amirmohammad Razaghinia MID
  • 24 Dennis Eckert MID
  • 16 Mehdi Torabi MID
  • 15 Roozbeh Cheshmi MID
  • 11 Ali Alipour FWD
  • 18 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh FWD
  • 10 Mehdi Ghayedi FWD