Belgium vs IR Iran Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

by Trystan Pugh · 19 June 2026 at 1:19 am

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This is the first meeting between Belgium and IR Iran.
Belgium have lost only one of their seven previous FIFA World Cup matches against AFC teams (W4 D2).
Belgium have lost only one of their last 16 group stage matches at the FIFA World Cup (W8 D7).
Belgium are unbeaten in their last 14 international matches (W9 D5), since a 1-3 defeat against Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League in March 2025.
Thibaut Courtois could make his 17th World Cup appearance, equalling the Belgium national team record held by Enzo Scifo.
IR Iran’s last FIFA World Cup match against a European team was their 2-0 success against Wales at Qatar 2022. They were winless in their nine such encounters against UEFA sides prior to that (D2 L7).
IR Iran have scored twice in three of their last four FIFA World Cup matches.
IR Iran have lost only one of their last eight international matches (W4 D3).
Ramin Rezaeian has scored in IR Iran’s last three international matches.
Iran’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh plays for Belgian club Dender. Jahanbakhsh and Belgium forward Leandro Trossard were team-mates at Brighton from 2019-21.

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