Match intelligence
What separated the teams
Neither side created a scoreboard advantage
Belgium controlled more of the ball
Iran carried the lighter card load
Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.
Completed 2026 World Cup · Group Stage
66' red card Nathan Ngoy
Match intelligence
Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.
Team comparison
Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.
Goals divided by attempts
Control, circulation and progression of the ball.
Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.
Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.
Player leaders



Minute by minute
Goals, cards, penalties and substitutions as recorded.
Key events
Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul
Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul
Is shown the red card

BEL · #1 · Goalkeeper
Influence model uses assigned role plus real ESPN involvement, not fabricated tracking coordinates.
Impact changes
5 usedTournament path
Group G impact
3 of 6 group matches included.
Snapshot ordering uses points, goal difference and goals scored. It is contextual, not a replacement for FIFA's complete tie-break procedure.
All-time World Cup meetings
Source: ESPN completed match report, retrieved Aug 18, 2026. Derived percentages are calculated from the displayed source values; missing fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Adjacent archive results
Archived match data: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.