World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Asia | Third Round

Nov 14, 2024 at 12am UK

North Korea
vs.
Iran

Taremi (56'), Yu-song (59')
Jo-Guk (1'), Il-Kuk (33')

FT(HT: 0-3)

Ghayedi (29'), Mohebi (41', 45')
Yousefi (72')
Khalilzadeh (51')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Asia clash between North Korea and Iran, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

North Korea

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: Kyrgyzstan 1-0 North Korea
Tuesday, October 15 at 3pm in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Next Game: North Korea vs. Uzbekistan
Tuesday, November 19 at 12am in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Current Third Round Group A Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Uzbekistan	0	0	0
2	Iran	0	0	0
3	Qatar	0	0	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0
5	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0
6	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0

Iran

All competitions

Last Game: Iran 4-1 Qatar
Tuesday, October 15 at 5pm in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Next Game: Kyrgyzstan vs. Iran
Tuesday, November 19 at 12am in World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Current Third Round Group A Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Uzbekistan	0	0	0
2	Iran	0	0	0
3	Qatar	0	0	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0
5	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0
6	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Iran win with a probability of 82.39%. A draw had a probability of 12.3% and a win for North Korea had a probability of 5.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Iran win was 0-2 with a probability of 14.31%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (12.76%) and 0-1 (10.7%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.82%), while for a North Korea win it was 1-0 (2.18%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 4% likelihood.

Result
North Korea	Draw	Iran
5.3% ( 3.33)	12.31% ( 5.42)	82.39% ( -8.76)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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North Korea	Draw	Iran
1-0 @ 2.18% ( 1.21) 2-1 @ 1.58% ( 1) Other @ 1.54% Total : 5.3%	1-1 @ 5.82% ( 2.66) 0-0 @ 4% ( 1.36) 2-2 @ 2.11% ( 1.17) Other @ 0.38% Total : 12.31%	0-2 @ 14.31% ( 0.2) 0-3 @ 12.76% ( -2.6) 0-1 @ 10.7% ( 2.06) 0-4 @ 8.54% ( -4) 1-2 @ 7.78% ( 2.62) 1-3 @ 6.94% ( 1.31) 1-4 @ 4.64% ( 0.05) 0-5 @ 4.57% ( -3.63) 1-5 @ 2.48% ( -0.52) 0-6 @ 2.04% ( -2.43) 2-3 @ 1.89% ( 0.86) 2-4 @ 1.26% ( 0.42) 1-6 @ 1.11% ( -0.53) Other @ 3.37% Total : 82.37%