England come into the World Cup looking to continue their great form in major tournaments under Gareth Southgate, having reached the semi-finals in 2018 before finishing as runners-up at Euro 2020.
IRAN SUBS: Amir Abedzadeh, Vahid Amiri, Karim Ansarifard, Sardar Azmoun, Saeid Ezatolahi, Saman Ghoddos, Ali Gholizadeh, Hossein Hosseini, Abolfazl Jalali, Hossein Kanaani, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Payam Niazmand, Ramin Rezaeian, Mehdi Torabi.
IRAN STARTING XI (5-4-1): Alireza Beiranvand; Sadegh Moharrami, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Majid Hosseini, Morteza Pouraliganji, Milad Mohammadi; Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Ehsan Hajisafi, Ali Karimi, Ahmad Noorollahi; Mehdi Taremi.
ENGLAND SUBS: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Coady, Eric Dier, Phil Foden, Conor Gallagher, Jack Grealish, Jordan Henderson, Kalvin Phillips, Nick Pope, Aaron Ramsdale, Marcus Rashford, Kyle Walker, Ben White, Callum Wilson.
ENGLAND STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Jordan Pickford; Kieran Trippier, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka, Mason Mount, Raheem Sterling; Harry Kane.
They come into this game on a six-game winless run though (D3 L3), after enjoying an unbeaten World Cup qualifying campaign before that (W8 D2). Iran are playing in the competition for the third consecutive time.
They’ve never made it out of the group stages, but they come into today unbeaten in their last three outings in all competitions (W2 D1).
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