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Completed 2026 World Cup · Group Stage

Belgium 0–0 Iran: match result

Match 38 · Group Stage · Group GJune 21, 2026
Belgium0
0–0

Full time — honours even

Iran0
TimelineBELIRNRed card
0153045607590

66' red card Nathan Ngoy

70.1%Possession29.9%
23Shots7
7On target3
Los Angeles StadiumLos AngelesFT
This match
ScorecardAnalysisTeam statsContextNearby matches
BelgiumIran
Attendance70,317
RefereeDario Herrera
BEL4-2-3-1
IRN5-4-1
Result statusFull time

Match intelligence

What separated the teams

01 · Balance

Neither side created a scoreboard advantage

23Attempts7
02 · Territory

Belgium controlled more of the ball

70.1%Possession29.9%
03 · Discipline

Iran carried the lighter card load

3Cards (red counts double)1

Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.

Team comparison

Complete performance breakdown

BELIRN

Attacking output

Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.

23Attempts7
7On target3
6Blocked shots1
30.4%Shot accuracy42.9%
0.0%Goal conversion0.0%

Goals divided by attempts

Possession & passing

Control, circulation and progression of the ball.

70.1%Possession29.9%
533Passes completed198
90%Pass accuracy70%
6Crosses completed2
12Long balls completed18

Defensive work

Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.

3Saves7
7Tackles won11
60%Tackle success60%
3Interceptions12
11Clearances51

Discipline & pressure

Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.

7Fouls committed9
3Offsides4
1Yellow cards1
1Red cards0
4Corners2

Player leaders

Who led the recorded actions

5
Shots
MD
Maxim De Cuyper
Kevin De BruyneKevin De Bruyne
4
On target
MD
Maxim De Cuyper
3
Fouls wonKevin De BruyneKevin De Bruyne
7
SavesAlireza BeiranvandAlireza Beiranvand

Minute by minute

Everything that happened, in order

Goals, cards, penalties and substitutions as recorded.

G Goal! CardP Penalty↕ Substitution
Belgium versus Iran match event timelineGoals, cards, penalties and substitutions plotted by recorded minute for each team.0'15'30'45'60'75'90'BELIRN3' · Yellow Card · Romelu Lukaku!33' · Yellow Card · Saeid Ezatolahi!45' · Substitution · Alireza Jahanbakhsh↕58' · Substitution · Timothy Castagne↕58' · Substitution · Dodi Lukébakio↕58' · Substitution · Hans Vanaken↕66' · Substitution · Mehdi Torabi↕66' · Substitution · Milad Mohammadi↕66' · Red Card · Nathan Ngoy!73' · Substitution · Arthur Theate↕79' · Substitution · Shahriyar Moghanloo↕85' · Substitution · Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh↕87' · Substitution · Matias Fernandez-Pardo↕
Belgium0 goals·2 cards·5 changes
Iran0 goals·1 cards·5 changes

Key events

Goals, cards and penalties

  1. 3'
    Romelu LukakuYellow Card

    Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

  2. 33'
    Saeid EzatolahiYellow Card

    Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

  3. 66'
    Nathan NgoyRed Card

    Is shown the red card

Lineup & influence

Belgium

Belgium

4-2-3-1Rudi Garcia
Confirmed XI
1Courtois15↓Meunier5Cuyper8Tielemans25Ngoy4Mechele22↓Saelemaekers23↓Raskin9↓Lukaku7↓Bruyne10Trossard
LowerHigher↑ Attacking
Thibaut Courtois

Thibaut Courtois

BEL · #1 · Goalkeeper

Starter
Involvement80%
3Saves
0Conceded
0Shots faced
0Fouls
0Yellow

Influence model uses assigned role plus real ESPN involvement, not fabricated tracking coordinates.

Impact changes

5 used

Tournament path

How both teams reached this match

Belgium
0W · 2D · 0L · 1–1
M14 · GroupEGYD 1–1
M38 · GroupIRND 0–0
Iran
0W · 2D · 0L · 2–2
M16 · GroupNZLD 2–2
M38 · GroupBELD 0–0

Group G impact

Table immediately after this result

3 of 6 group matches included.

PosTeamPGDPts
1Iran1202
2Belgium3202
3N. Zealand2101
4Egypt4101

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

Belgium vs Iran, across editions

0BEL wins
1Draws
0IRN wins
1meetings
0–0goal balance
0knockout meetings
2026Belgium 0–0 IranGroup Stage

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

Nearby matches

Match 37 · Group StageSpain 4–0 Saudi ArabiaMatch 39 · Group StageUruguay 2–2 Cape Verde

Archived match data: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.