Iran need a win over Portugal if they are going to progress to the Round of 16. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting from 4am AEST.
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Iran enter their final group game with everything to play for – and only a win will do if they are to progress to the Last 16.
Unfortunately for them, that win has to come against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal – who have proved to be resilient in recent fixtures.
However, Iran have shown their resilience as well, coming within a whisker of getting a point out of their game against Spain.
A defensive mistake led to Spain’s goal before a missed header and VAR intervention lead to Iran’s 1-nil loss.
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Portugal have been carried by Ronaldo and goalkeeper Rui Patricio in their past two fixtures.
They are coming off a 1-nil win over Morocco, where Ronaldo’s early goal was enough to seal all three points and knock Morocco out of the World Cup.
That game proved that Portugal can defend as well as attack, fending off wave after wave of attack.
Ronaldo is looking to seal the golden boot early – he has scored four goals in two games.
Prediction
Both teams have been both impressive and unimpressive. Iran are more than capable of getting a result – but Portugal have Ronaldo. Iran are also struggling to score from open play with their only goal of the tournament coming via an own goal.
Iran 0 – 1 Portugal
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