Russia vs Iran, 2026 International Friendly

· International Friendly

Russia

21': Aleksandr Golovin
36': Aleksandr Golovin

FT
2 - 0

Iran

About

Russia are hosting Iran at Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Viktor Melekhin.
4': Attempt missed. Arya Yousefi (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
4': Foul by Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran).
4': Igor Diveev (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4': Foul by Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran).
4': Matvey Kislyak (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6': Attempt saved. Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Matvey Safonov (Russia). Assisted by Mehdi Taremi with a headed pass.
11': Foul by Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
11': Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
12': Attempt missed. Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Konstantin Tyukavin.
14': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Saleh Hardani.
15': Foul by Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
15': Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
21': Goal! Russia 1, IR Iran 0. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksey Batrakov.
25': Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Maksim Glushenkov (Russia).
27': Substitution, IR Iran. Ehsan Hajisafi replaces Mohammad Mohebi because of an injury.
31': Attempt blocked. Arya Yousefi (IR Iran) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ehsan Hajisafi.
31': Foul by Saleh Hardani (IR Iran).
31': Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Saleh Hardani (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32': Attempt blocked. Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandr Golovin.
35': Foul by Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
35': Ivan Oblyakov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Goal! Russia 2, IR Iran 0. Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
38': Ali Nemati (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia).
40': Saleh Hardani (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia).
43': Foul by Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
43': Ivan Oblyakov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran).
44': Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Attempt blocked. Danil Krugovoy (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maksim Glushenkov.
45': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+2': Saleh Hardani (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia).
45'+3': First Half ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 0.
45': Substitution, IR Iran. Dennis Dargahi replaces Sardar Azmoun.
45': Substitution, IR Iran. Saman Fallah replaces Saleh Hardani.
45': Substitution, IR Iran. Payam Niazmand replaces Hossein Hosseini.
45': Second Half begins Russia 2, IR Iran 0.
46': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Saman Fallah.
47': Attempt missed. Viktor Melekhin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksey Batrakov following a corner.
48': Foul by Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran).
48': Matvey Kislyak (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Ivan Oblyakov.
49': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Ivan Oblyakov.
50': Foul by Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran).
50': Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50': Foul by Ali Nemati (IR Iran).
50': Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Foul by Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran).
54': Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Foul by Maksim Glushenkov (Russia).
55': Maksim Glushenkov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55': Attempt missed. Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is too high from a direct free kick.
56': Foul by Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran).
56': Aleksey Batrakov (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
57': Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
57': Foul by Matvey Kislyak (Russia).
58': Attempt saved. Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Payam Niazmand (IR Iran). Assisted by Maksim Glushenkov.
58': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Payam Niazmand.
59': Offside, IR Iran. Dennis Dargahi is caught offside.
61': Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61': Foul by Ivan Oblyakov (Russia).
61': Attempt missed. Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arya Yousefi.
64': Attempt saved. Mohammad Ghorbani (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Matvey Safonov (Russia). Assisted by Arya Yousefi.
64': Foul by Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran).
64': Konstantin Tyukavin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
65': Substitution, Russia. Aleksey Miranchuk replaces Maksim Glushenkov.
65': Substitution, Russia. Danil Prutsev replaces Ivan Oblyakov.
66': Substitution, IR Iran. Shahab Zahedi replaces Arya Yousefi.
66': Substitution, IR Iran. Aref Haji Eydi replaces Saeid Ezatolahi.
66': Substitution, IR Iran. Omid Noorafkan replaces Mohammad Ghorbani.
67': Aref Haji Eydi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Foul by Danil Prutsev (Russia).
71': Handball by Dennis Dargahi (IR Iran).
77': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Danil Krugovoy.
77': Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Aleksey Miranchuk.
78': Foul by Ali Nemati (IR Iran).
78': Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
78': Ali Nemati (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Russia. Nail Umyarov replaces Aleksey Batrakov.
79': Substitution, Russia. Aleksandr Sobolev replaces Konstantin Tyukavin.
81': Shahab Zahedi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81': Foul by Viktor Melekhin (Russia).
83': Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Foul by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia).
84': Substitution, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
84': Delay in match because of an injury Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran).
84': Substitution, Russia. Mingiyan Beveev replaces Ilya Vakhania.
84': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
85': Offside, Russia. Danil Prutsev is caught offside.
85': Substitution, IR Iran. Amirhossein Mahmoudi replaces Ramin Rezaeian.
86': Attempt saved. Danil Krugovoy (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Payam Niazmand (IR Iran).
88': Attempt blocked. Shahab Zahedi (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aref Haji Eydi.
88': Attempt saved. Shahab Zahedi (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matvey Safonov (Russia).
88': Attempt saved. Lechi Sadulaev (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Payam Niazmand (IR Iran).
89': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Payam Niazmand.
89': Attempt missed. Danil Krugovoy (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
89': Corner, Russia. Conceded by Saman Fallah.
90': Offside, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev is caught offside.
90': Foul by Aref Haji Eydi (IR Iran).
90': Viktor Melekhin (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Offside, Russia. Lechi Sadulaev is caught offside.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+1': Foul by Aleksandr Sobolev (Russia).
90'+2': Attempt missed. Matvey Kislyak (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
90'+4': Attempt missed. Aleksey Miranchuk (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lechi Sadulaev following a fast break.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 0.
0': Match ends, Russia 2, IR Iran 0.

Statistics

IRN		RUS
17	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	3
32.8	Possession	67.2
8	SHOTS	12
3	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
192	Accurate Passes	545
317	Passes	663
0.6	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	1
14	Crosses	8
0.2	Cross %	0.1
83	Long Balls	62
35	Accurate Long Balls	30
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	2
12	Effective Tackles	6
18	Tackles	8
0.7	Tackle %	0.8
16	Interceptions	14
20	Effective Clearances	15
20	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue: Kazan Arena
Location: Kazan, Russia
Attendance: 34,362

Line-Ups

Russia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
39	Matvei Safonov (GK)
14	Viktor Melekhin
3	Igor Diveev
4	Danil Krugovoi
30	Ilya Vakhanla
31	Matvey Kislyak
27	Ivan Oblyakov
11	Alexey Batrakov
10	Konstantin Tyukavin
17	Aleksandr Golovin
67	Maksim Glushenkov

Russia Substitutes:

Alexey Miranchuk, Maksim Petrov, Stanislav Agkatsev, Maksim Osipenko, Arsen Adamov, Anton Mitryushkin, Artem Karpukas, Kirill Glebov, Danil Prutsev, Aleksandr Maksimenko, Turpal-Ali Ibishev, Lechii Sadulaev, Aleksandr Sobolev, Nail Umiarov, Mingiyan Beveev.

Iran (5-4-1)

No.	Name
22	Hossein Hosseini (GK)
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh
19	Ali Nemati
2	Saleh Hardani
17	Arya Yousefi
23	Ramin Rezaeian
6	Saeid Ezatolahi
16	Mohammad Ghorbani
9	Mehdi Taremi
29	Mohammad Mohebi
20	Sardar Azmoun

Iran Substitutes:

Mehdi Limouchi, Payam Niazmand, Amirhossein Mahmoudi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Saman Fallah, Omid Norafkan, Aref Haji Eydi, Mohammad Sourgi, Aref Aghasi, Alireza Beiranvand, Mohammadmehdi Zare, Dennis Dargahi, Shahab Zahedi, Mohammad Naderi.

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