{"id":44192,"date":"2021-11-10T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44192"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T19:21:00","slug":"2022-world-cup-qualifiers-lebanon-vs-iran-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2021\/11\/10\/2022-world-cup-qualifiers-lebanon-vs-iran-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Lebanon vs Iran [Preview]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Firstsportz.com &#8211; SIDON, <strong>Lebanon hosts Iran in matchday 5 of the AFC World Cup qualifying campaign. Ahead of the game here are the First Sportz preview and prediction details.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon faces Iran for their fifth game of the AFC World Cup Qualifying campaign in Group A. Iran is top of the group with 10 points two clear of second-place South Korea. On the other hand, Lebanon is 3rd with 5 points from four games. Ahead of the game here are our Lebanon vs Iran live stream, preview, and prediction details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon recorded their first win in the group after a 3-2 victory against Syria in their last game. Syria opened the scoring through Omar Khribin in the 20th minute. However, a brace by Mohamad Kdouh in the first-half stoppage time completely turned the game in Lebanon\u2019s favor. Lebanon was rejuvenated by their 2-1 lead at halftime and Soony Saad went on and added a third early in the second half to give his side a comfortable lead and his goal proved to be the winner in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran played out a 1-1 against South Korea in their last game. Son Heung Min broke the deadlock just three minutes into the second half. However, Jahanbakhsh canceled out the goal in the 76th with a great header following a short corner kick. Iran is top with 10 points and will look for another win against Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon will host Iran at the Saida International Stadium in Saida, Lebanon. It is a multi-purpose ground and is the home of Al Ahli Saida SC and has a total capacity of 22,600 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prediction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebanon just about held to their one-goal lead against Syria in the last game. However, getting any returns against Iran will be a tough ask. A win would see the hosts go level on points with South Korea in second place. However, we predict a win for Iran in this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firstsportz.com &#8211; SIDON, Lebanon hosts Iran in matchday 5 of the AFC World Cup qualifying&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":44193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,84,92,91,86,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c20-other-news","category-c13-team-melli-news","category-world-cup"],"views":2094,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44194,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44192\/revisions\/44194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}