Spain - Iran Football prediction

Iran and Spain are playing at the Kazan Arena in a meeting for this phase of the World Cup. There is no record of previous direct confrontations between these two teams, so this will be their first confrontation.

Analysis of Iran

The team arrives in this second round of Group B after a victory in their debut in this group stage, against Morocco, by (0-1). In the last 10 games Iran has 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to clinch in 9 of the last 10 games. In their games there is a tendency towards a few goals, since 13 of their last 25 games finished with Less than 1.5 goals and 17 in 25 finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In the last 20 games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: he scored 12 of his 32 goals in the minutes (46'-60 ').

Iran were one of the good surprises of Day 1 of the group stage of the World Cup as they beat the Moroccan side 0-1. In that challenge Iran made a very intelligent game, waited for the opponent and acted on the counterattack, having scored the winning goal at 95 '. In this match against powerful Spain, the strategy will be very similar to the last round, benefiting the organization of its defensive block and counterattacks. Nevertheless, it is important to point out that the Iranians have several failures in maintaining possession of the ball and in the defensive transition. For this game the coach must use an eleven very similar to the previous challenge.

Analysis of Spain

The team arrives at this second round of Group B after a draw in their debut in this group stage, against Portugal, by (3-3). In the last 10 games Spain won 6 and drew 4. Their attack has scored regularly as they scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches. In their games there is a tendency for goals to be scored, as 21 of their last 23 games have finished with over 1.5 goals. This is a team that does not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: scored the first goal in 14 of the last 15 games, of these 14 reached the interval in the lead in 9 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 'in 10.

Spain staged one of the best games of the opening day of this competition, when they drew 3-pointers to the Portuguese national team, however, it could well have left the game with the victory. Having faced the group's most difficult opponents, the Spaniards have everything to win the remaining two games against Iran and Morocco. In this game against Iran, coach Fernando Hierro will play with a tactical system based on 4-3-3, privileging the maintenance of possession of the ball and the organized attacks, since it has very technically skilled players: Iniesta is the great star of the Spanish set. On the other hand, striker Diego Costa showed to cross a great form and signed 2 goals from the last encounter. It seems that the coach has all the staff available.