England vs Iran Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st November 2022

England and Iran kick off their World Cup campaign, when they face off in the first round on Monday at Khalifa International Stadium.

As we are in the opening round of the World Cup group stage, both England and Iran face a battle to secure their first points of the group stage. According to Fifa England look into their fixture with Iran as number 5 in the world ranking. The visitors sit as number 20.

England are heavy favourites with the bookmakers to top their group. England have enough quality in their ranks to also reach for a final at the World Cup.

Iran arrive at the World Cup with mischief on their mind, but seeing them get beyond the group would indeed raise some eyebrows.

England vs Iran Prediction

England Form

A single point is all England have to show from their last three games, where they came up short, losing 0-4 and 1-0 against Hungary and Italy respectively. Their latest match brought some consolation with a 3-3 against Germany. England claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. They drew three of the games, whilst losing three.

England show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.4 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 24 goals, whilst they allowed 11 goals against, for an average of 1.1 per outing. They pulled off four clean sheets.

Iran form

In their last three matches, Iran beat Uruguay 1-0, drew 1-1 with Senegal and beat Nicaragua by 1-0. Iran were able to win six of their previous 10 games across all tournaments, while drawing one of the games. They suffered three defeats as well.

Iran scored 11 goals, conceded seven and managed a clean sheet six times in their previous ten matches.

Tournament Overview

Bookmakers firmly expect England to book their first win of the World Cup at the first time of asking. They'll be eager to send a message to upcoming opponents of how strong they are. Iran enter their first match at the World Cup as massive outsiders at Khalifa International Stadium. It is exceedingly tough to come up with an argument on their behalf, as a defeat looks unavoidable against this opponent.

England vs Iran Lineups

England vs Iran Betting Tips

It is the beginning of a new World Cup campaign, and both England and Iran will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

In their last 10 matches across all tournaments England won four times, drew three and lost three times. Iran claimed six wins, drew one time and lost three in their last 10 games across all tournaments.

England performed an average of 2.4 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of the last ten outings for Iran, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches.

Surprisingly, England only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Iran scored the opening goal in six games out of the last ten games.