England and Iran on the statistics page

Two teams have been playing in international football for a long time. England has played 16 World Cups, Iran 4. But so far the two groups have not met anywhere! They are going to meet for the first time in a competitive match with Qatar World Cup.

Strength, tradition, success in football; England is far ahead of Iran in all aspects. They will take on the Middle East team at Doha's Khalifa International Stadium on Monday at 7 pm Bangladesh time.

Let's take a look at some statistics of England and Iran ahead of the first match of Group B.


**England is not in very good shape before going into the fight against Iran. They are winless in their last 6 competitive matches.

** Iran has become a regular in the World Cup. They are playing on the world stage for the third consecutive time. For the fifth time in total. But the Middle Eastern country could not pass the group stage even once.

** England played sixteen times in the World Cup. They have tasted the title once. 56 years ago. In 1966 they beat West Germany 4-2 at home in the final.

** Iran is in great form ahead of the start of the World Cup campaign. They scored 49 goals in the Asian qualifiers, conceding only 8. The team reached Qatar winning 14 of their 18 matches.

** Iran has the experience of winning the title three times in a row in the Asia Cup. They achieved this feat between 1968 and 1976.

** England confirmed their ticket to the World Cup in Qatar after playing well in the qualifiers. They won 8 out of 10 matches there. Scored 39, conceded just 3.