Iran and the USMNTwill face each other today at theAl Thumama Stadiumin the last group-stagegameof the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.TeamMelliand the American team will face each other for a spot in the knockout stages.Here you will find out all the information about the confirmed lineups for both teams of this game. If you are in the US, tune in toFuboTV (free trial)to watch or live stream free this matchup.
Iran have the advantage in this matchup for a simple reason,Team Melli currently are second place in this group with 3 points, after one win and one loss in the tournament. This means Iran depeding solely on themselves to be one of the sixteen teams in the next round.
On the other side, the USMNT haven’t picked up a win yet. However, as the team managed by Gregg Berhalterhave picked up 2 points in the first two games of this group stage, the Stars & Stripes have their destiny on their own hands. However, a win is mandatory to qualify for the next round.
Iran StartingLineup
A draw wouldmore than enoughfor Iran to qualify for the knockout stage, so the team managed by Carlos Queirozwill have to figure out a good lineup to manage a positive outcomeand not to physically stress more some key players. For example,Sardar Azmounwho was injured in the last game is listed as doubtful for this game.WhileAhmadNourollahi, who played the first two games, issuspended for yellow card accumulation.
Iran’sstarting lineup:
A. Beiranvand, M.Mohammadi, MajidHosseini, MortezaPouraliganji,Ramin Rezaeian,Ehsan Hajsafi,S. Afagh, A. Nourollahi,Ali Gholizadeh, S. Azmoun, and Mehdi Taremi.
USMNT StartingLineup
The USMNThave had two good performances, but the win still hasn’t come for the Americans. In order to qualify for the next round, the American team need to pick up the win in this game, there isn’t other result thatcould be useful for the USMNT. And this a good reason to lineupJosh Sargent as a starter for this game.
USMNT’sstarting lineup:Matt Turner, Sergiño Dest, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson, Tyler Adams, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie,Christian Pulisic, Josh Sargent, and Timothy Weah.
