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Australia 2-2 Iran - November 29, 1997 / World Cup Qualifying 1998

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World Cup Qualifying 1998 - Last Round

Cricket Ground - Melbourne - Australia

November 29, 1997

85 022

Australia

2 - 2

Iran

Harry Kewell

32'

Aurelio Vidmar

48'

71'

Karim Bagheri

75'

Khodadad Azizi

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32' - Goal Harry Kewell32

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48' - Goal Aurelio Vidmar48

52' - Substitution Reza Shahroudiis substituted by Alireza Mansourian

70' - Substitution Naim Sadaviis substituted by Ebrahim Tahami

71' - Goal Karim Bagheri

75' - Goal Khodadad Azizi

76' - Substitution Robbie Slateris substituted by Tony Vidmar photo Ernie Tapai

76' - Substitution Aurelio Vidmaris substituted by Ernie Tapai76

78' - Substitution Craig Mooreis substituted by Graham Arnold78

84' - Substitution Ebrahim Tahamiis substituted by Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Australia

2 - 2

Iran

Australia Iran

Team line-ups

Australia

Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Australia

B.date13/01/1972

Age25 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Zelic

Ned Zelic

Australia

B.date04/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m87

positionSweeper

Moore78

Craig Moore

Australia

B.date12/12/1975

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Tobin

Alex Tobin

Australia

B.date03/11/1965

Age32 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Horvat

Steve Horvat

Australia

B.date03/04/1971

Age26 years

H1m86

positionDefender

Slater76

Robbie Slater

Australia

B.date22/11/1964

Age33 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Foster

Craig Foster

Australia

B.date15/04/1969

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Lazaridis

Stan Lazaridis

Australia

B.date16/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Kewell32

Harry Kewell

Australia

B.date22/09/1978

Age19 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Vidmar4876

Aurelio Vidmar

Australia

B.date03/02/1967

Age30 years

H1m83

positionForward

Viduka

Mark Viduka

Australia

B.date09/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Bosnich		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ned Zelic		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Moore	78	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alex Tobin		32	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Horvat		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Slater	76	33	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Foster		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Lazaridis		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Harry Kewell	32	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Aurelio Vidmar	4876	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Viduka		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Iran

Abedzadeh

Ahmad Abedzadeh

Iran

B.date26/05/1966

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Peyrovani

Afshin Mohammad Peyrovani

Iran

B.date06/02/1970

Age27 years

H1m81

positionDefender

Pashazadeh

Mehdi Pashazadeh

Iran

B.date29/12/1973

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Khakpour

Mohammad Khakpour

Iran

B.date20/02/1969

Age28 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Sadavi70

Naim Sadavi

Iran

B.date16/06/1969

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Shahroudi52

Reza Shahroudi

Iran

B.date21/02/1972

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Estili

Hamid Reza Estili

Iran

B.date04/01/1967

Age30 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Mahdavikia

Medhi Mahdavikia

Iran

B.date24/07/1977

Age20 years

H1m72

positionRight Midfielder

Bagheri71

Karim Bagheri

Iran

B.date20/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Daei

Ali Daei

Iran

B.date21/03/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Azizi75

Khodadad Azizi

Iran

B.date22/06/1971

Age26 years

H1m69

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ahmad Abedzadeh		31	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Afshin Mohammad Peyrovani		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mehdi Pashazadeh		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mohammad Khakpour		28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Naim Sadavi	70	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Reza Shahroudi	52	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hamid Reza Estili		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Medhi Mahdavikia		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karim Bagheri	71	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ali Daei		28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Khodadad Azizi	75	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Tony Vidmar	76	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ernie Tapai	76	30	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Graham Arnold	78	34	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadi	84	32	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alireza Mansourian	52	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ebrahim Tahami	7084	31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Stan Lazaridis

Tony Vidmar

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Karim Bagheri

Alireza Mansourian

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Venables

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Venables vs Iran

0 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 1997

Venables vs Valdeir Vieira

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Valdeir Vieira

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Valdeir Vieira vs Australia

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 1997

Valdeir Vieira vs Venables

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 29, 1997

Referee

Sandor Puhl

0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Australia2 matches	General total	Iran1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Australia1 match	Season total	Iran1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 29, 1997					Latest figure on November 29, 1997

Videos

May 29, 2019

Comments

Key figures

Australia keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded in World Cup Qualifying running (since 31/07/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

Australia keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 14/09/1996). It's a record streak. The first of history

Australia keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Iran at home running (since 04/11/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VAustralia 1-0 Norway25/01/1997

VAustralia 13-0 Solomon Islands11/06/1997

VAustralia 5-0 Tahiti13/06/1997

VSolomon Islands 2-6 Australia17/06/1997

VTahiti 0-2 Australia19/06/1997

VAustralia 2-0 New Zealand05/07/1997

Overall

VSolomon Islands 2-6 Australia17/06/1997

VTahiti 0-2 Australia19/06/1997

VNew Zealand 0-3 Australia28/06/1997

VAustralia 2-0 New Zealand05/07/1997

VTunisia 0-3 Australia01/10/1997

DIran 1-1 Australia22/11/1997

Current form

Away

VCanada 0-1 Iran17/08/1997

LUnited Arab Emirates 3-1 Iran01/09/1997

VChina 2-4 Iran13/09/1997

DKuwait 1-1 Iran26/09/1997

LSaudi Arabia 1-0 Iran24/10/1997

LQatar 2-0 Iran07/11/1997

Overall

VIran 4-1 China17/10/1997

LSaudi Arabia 1-0 Iran24/10/1997

DIran 0-0 Kuwait31/10/1997

LQatar 2-0 Iran07/11/1997

LIran 2-3 Japan16/11/1997

DIran 1-1 Australia22/11/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	17
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	0
Scoring streak	8	15
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Harry Kewell	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Khodadad Azizi
	Harry Kewell	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Khodadad Azizi

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 18, 1973
Home	3 - 0	August 18, 1973

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	August 24, 1973
Away	1 - 0	August 14, 1977

Latest head to head

November 22, 1997 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde 1998

Iran

1 - 1

Australia

November 25, 1977 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1978

Iran

1 - 0

Australia

August 14, 1977 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1978

Australia

0 - 1

Iran

August 24, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1974

Iran

2 - 0

Australia

August 18, 1973 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Asie 1974

Australia

3 - 0

Iran

Best historical scorers against Iran

Harry Kewell

1 goal

1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Australia

Khodadad Azizi

1 goal

1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Iran

Stan Lazaridis	1 match	1997 - 1997
Ned Zelic	1 match	1997 - 1997
Tony Vidmar	1 match	1997 - 1997
Alex Tobin	1 match	1997 - 1997
Craig Foster	1 match	1997 - 1997
Ernie Tapai	1 match	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/11/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Australia

Medhi Mahdavikia	1 match	1997 - 1997
Khodadad Azizi	1 match	1997 - 1997
Hamid Reza Estili	1 match	1997 - 1997
Mehdi Pashazadeh	1 match	1997 - 1997
Ahmad Abedzadeh	1 match	1997 - 1997
Afshin Mohammad Peyrovani	1 match	1997 - 1997