Iran 0-0 Nigeria · World Cup 2026
Iran drew 0-0 with Nigeria in the World Cup 2026. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Iran and Nigeria met in the World Cup 2026 at Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Monday, 16 June 2014.
How the match went
The referee showed 1 yellow card (1 for Iran, 0 for Nigeria).
Line-ups
Iran started in a 4-2-3-1: Alireza Haghighi, Pejman Montazeri, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Amir Hossein Sadeghi, Mehrdad Pooladi, Andranik Teymourian, Javad Nekounam, Khosro Heydari, Ehsan Hajsafi, Ashkan Dejagah, Reza Ghoochannejhad.
Nigeria started in a 4-2-3-1: Vincent Enyeama, Efe Eric Ambrose, Kenneth Omeruo, Godfrey Oboabona, Juwon Oshaniwa, Ogenyi Onazi, John Obi Mikel, Ahmed Musa, Ramon Azeez, Victor Moses, Emmanuel Emenike.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Iran 0-0 Nigeria.
- 90'Full-time. Iran 0-0 Nigeria.
Full commentary (12 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Iran vs Nigeria.
- 29'Substitution, Nigeria: J. Yobo comes on for G. Oboabona.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Iran 0-0 Nigeria.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 52'Substitution, Nigeria: S. Ameobi comes on for V. Moses.
- 69'Substitution, Nigeria: P. Odemwingie comes on for R. Azeez.
- 75'Yellow card for A. Teymourian (Iran) for persistent fouling.
- 78'Substitution, Iran: A. Jahanbakhsh comes on for A. Dejagah.
- 89'Substitution, Iran: M. Shojaei comes on for K. Heydari.
- 90'2 minutes of added time.
- 90'Full-time. Iran 0-0 Nigeria.