Rescued A Point
Iran
Iran went behind and dragged it back level.
- Final score
- 1–1
World Cup · Group Stage · 3
Egypt
M. Saber 5'
1 – 1
FT
HT 1–1
Iran
Mehdi Taremi 11'
R. Rezaeian 14'
World Cup
Group Stage · 3Egypt1–1Iran
0.84
Expected goals
1.97
5′11′14′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: EGY 0.84, IRA 1.97.
Match report
Egypt 1-1 Iran
Egypt and Iran shared 2 goals in a 1-1 World Cup draw at Lumen Field. Saber opened the scoring for Egypt on 5' and Rezaeian levelled for Iran on 14'.
Expected goals finished Egypt 0.84, Iran 1.97. Iran created the better of it and will feel a point was a poor return. Egypt held 61.0% of the ball.
Iran had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Iran graded out for counter-punch — 39.0% possession and 1.97 expected goals. Egypt graded out for passive possession — 61.0% possession and 0.84 expected goals.
Mohamed Hany came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.7 for Egypt from 1 key pass and 6 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with Iran conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
61%Possession39%
15Shots13
0.84xG1.97
What the numbers say
6 readsCounter-Punch
Iran
Iran were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.97 xG from 39.0% possession.
- Possession
- 39.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.97
- Opponent xG
- 0.84
Passive Possession
Egypt
Egypt controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 61.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.84
- On target
- 3
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.14
Better Chances
Iran
Iran did not shoot more, they shot better — 0.15 xG per attempt against 0.06.
- xG per shot
- 0.15
- Opponent
- 0.06
- Shots
- 13 v 15
Timeline
M. Saber — assist: Trezeguet
⚽5'
⚽11'
Mehdi Taremi (Pen)
Y. Ibrahim ↑ M. Abdelmonem ↓
🔄14'
⚽14'
R. Rezaeian
🟨19'
Hossein Kanaani
Foul
Mahmoud Saber
Foul
🟨20'
Yasser Ibrahim
Foul
🟨42'
🟨43'
Ali Nemati
Foul
Half-time
O. Marmoush ↑ E. Ashour ↓
🔄46'
M. Attia ↑ M. Saber ↓
🔄46'
🔄46'
S. Hardani ↑ H. Kanaani ↓
Zizo ↑ M. Salah ↓
🔄57'
🔄67'
S. Moghanlou ↑ S. Ghoddos ↓
H. Abdelkarim ↑ M. Ziko ↓
🔄76'
🟨79'
Saeid Ezatolahi
Foul
🔄90+1'
A. Jahanbakhsh ↑ M. Mohebi ↓
Mohanad Lasheen
Foul
🟨90+2'
🟨90+4'
Shoja Khalilzadeh
📺90+6'
Shoja Khalilzadeh · Goal cancelled
Match info
Kickoff
VenueLumen Field, Seattle
RefereeSzymon Marciniak, Poland
CompetitionWorld Cup
Season2026
RoundGroup Stage · 3
StatusMatch Finished