📅 25/11/22🕒 10:00🏟️ Ahmad bin Ali Stadium🧑⚖️ M. Escobar
Home team
Wales
Score
0-2
Away team
Iran
Late Winner90+8'R. CheshmiBiggest Swing+2.20 xT90+8' R. CheshmiCards4
Wales 0-2 Iran — xTears 15.29 (25/11/22)
Iran had to wait until late on to crack the 0-2 against Wales on 25 November 2022 during Matchday 2 of the World Cup. Total damage: 15.29 xTears.
The match stayed shut for a long time, and only opened with R. Cheshmi 90+8' goal (+2.20 xT) before R. Rezaeian 90+11' goal (+1.58 xT) added the second hit.
For a long stretch there was no clear break, and everything only tilted toward Iran in the final stretch. R. Cheshmi came off the bench and delivered the winning swing.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
16'
Goal ruled out by VAR
A. Gholizadeh - Iran
85'
Card upgraded by VAR
W. Hennessey - Wales
86'
Red card
W. Hennessey - Wales
90+8'
Goal
R. Cheshmi - Iran
90+11'
Goal
R. Rezaeian - Iran
Assist: M. Taremi
Late drama
🔥
10.37
90+8'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Cheshmi - Iran
86'
Red card
+1.82 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
85'
Card upgraded by VAR
+1.59 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
90+11'
Goal
+1.58 xT
R. Rezaeian - Iran
Assist: M. Taremi
Absolute chaos
🧨
9.27
90+8'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Cheshmi - Iran
86'
Red card
+1.82 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
85'
Card upgraded by VAR
+1.59 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
90+11'
Goal
+1.58 xT
R. Rezaeian - Iran
Assist: M. Taremi
All-out war
🟥
4.96
86'
Red card
+1.82 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
R. Rezaeian - Iran
90+5'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
A. Jahanbakhsh - Iran
45+3'
Yellow card
+0.86 xT
J. Rodon - Wales
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
4.59
86'
Red card
+1.82 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
85'
Card upgraded by VAR
+1.59 xT
W. Hennessey - Wales
16'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.18 xT
A. Gholizadeh - Iran
Crushed hope
💔
3.38
90+8'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Cheshmi - Iran
16'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.18 xT
A. Gholizadeh - Iran
Cruelty
😈
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.