{"id":16990,"date":"2026-07-07T03:17:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=16990"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:47:32","slug":"belgium-vs-iran-match-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium vs Iran: Match Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Group Stage | Group G<\/i> | <i>Los Angeles Stadium | Monday, 22 June \u2014 12:30 AM (IST)<\/i><\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Match_overview\" title=\"Match overview\">Match overview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Team_analysis\" title=\"Team analysis\">Team analysis<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Belgium\" title=\"Belgium\">Belgium<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Iran\" title=\"Iran\">Iran<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Head-to-head_record\" title=\"Head-to-head record\">Head-to-head record<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Tactical_preview\" title=\"Tactical preview\">Tactical preview<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Key_storylines\" title=\"Key storylines\">Key storylines<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/belgium-vs-iran-match-preview\/#Prediction_and_verdict\" title=\"Prediction and verdict\">Prediction and verdict<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Match_overview\"><\/span><b>Match overview<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Four teams, four points shared after the opening round of Group G. Belgium drew 1\u20131 with Egypt in Seattle, and Iran drew 2\u20132 with New Zealand at this same Los Angeles Stadium. The group is perfectly level, and that makes Monday\u2019s fixture considerably more than a routine second game. Three points here puts either side in control of their knockout destiny; a second draw leaves them relying on others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 live in India on ZEE5. Choose the \u20b9799 quarterly plan or the \u20b91,699 annual plan to stream every match of the tournament.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Team_analysis\"><\/span><b>Team analysis<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Belgium\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/belgium\/belgium-squad\"><b>Belgium<\/b><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Rudi Garcia has Belgium playing a 4\u20132\u20133\u20131, with Kevin De Bruyne as the creative number 10, Amadou Onana and Youri Tielemans as the double pivot, and Jeremy Doku and Charles De Ketelaere wide. The draw against Egypt raised genuine questions \u2014 Belgium had the better squad on paper and still could only manage a draw. Romelu Lukaku\u2019s introduction prompted a Mohamed Hany own goal almost immediately. Thibaut Courtois looks composed in goal. De Ketelaere drifted in Seattle and needs more involvement here. The pieces are there. They haven\u2019t clicked yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Key player: Kevin De Bruyne \u2014 <\/b>Iran will defend in a compact mid-block, and De Bruyne has spent his career dismantling exactly this defensive shape at Manchester City. His ability to find half-spaces between the lines, deliver from deep, and arrive late into the box makes him Belgium\u2019s most dangerous player. If he finds rhythm early, Belgium\u2019s quality should tell.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Iran\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/iran\/iran-squad\"><b>Iran<\/b><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Iran showed real character against New Zealand \u2014 they fell behind to Elijah Just, equalised through Ramin Rezaeian, fell behind again, then levelled once more through Mohammad Mohebbi. Mehdi Taremi is the axis around which everything runs: he links play, brings runners into the game, and finishes under pressure. Around him, the squad is thin in European depth, with seventeen players from the Iran Pro League. But Alireza Jahanbakhsh adds craft on the right, and the defensive structure \u2014 when it holds \u2014 is hard to break down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Key player: Mehdi Taremi \u2014 <\/b>Sixty international goals from 105 appearances. Porto, Inter Milan, a Champions League final. Taremi has carried Iranian football for years and delivered consistently at the highest level of European club football. Iran\u2019s attack flows entirely through him. If Belgium\u2019s centre-backs give him a yard in behind, he will make them pay.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Head-to-head_record\"><\/span><b>Head-to-head record<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Belgium and Iran have never met at a World Cup. They\u2019ve shared the odd friendly over the years, but competitive history at a major tournament simply doesn\u2019t exist between these two. Monday night is the first time they\u2019ve been drawn in the same World Cup group \u2014 no historical weight to carry, decided entirely by what\u2019s on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tactical_preview\"><\/span><b>Tactical preview<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Belgium will control possession and break Iran down through De Bruyne\u2019s movement in the half-spaces and Doku\u2019s directness from the left. Iran will defend in a 4\u20132\u20133\u20131 block and look to spring Taremi on the counter, with Jahanbakhsh delivering from the right. Set pieces matter at both ends \u2014 Belgium create danger from dead balls, while Iran, who conceded from a corner against New Zealand, need to sharpen up in their own box.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_storylines\"><\/span><b>Key storylines<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Garcia took over after Belgium\u2019s EURO 2024 exit \u2014 out in the Round of 16 against France \u2014 and has built a more collective side, less dependent on individual brilliance than the Hazard-era teams. De Bruyne and Lukaku are still central. Whether this Belgium lineup can impose themselves on a tournament for the first time since the 2018 third-place finish is the question the group stage needs to answer.<\/p>\n<p>Group G is entirely open. All four teams have a point after Matchday 1. Belgium need to win \u2014 a second draw leaves their fate in the hands of others. Iran know a victory here puts them in a position nobody predicted when the group was drawn. Every minute of this match matters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prediction_and_verdict\"><\/span><b>Prediction and verdict<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Belgium are the better side and should find a way to win. De Bruyne, Lukaku, and Doku carry too much quality for Iran to contain across 90 minutes if Belgium play near their ceiling. But Iran showed against New Zealand that it responds to pressure and doesn\u2019t buckle easily. Expect Belgium to edge it \u2014 though not without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>ZEE5 is the official streaming home for the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\"><i>FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/i><\/a><i> in India. 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