Wales v Iran, 25 November 2022

Kick-off: 1.00pm local (10.00am GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Wales 19, Iran 20 . This was Iran’s first-ever win against European opposition at the World Cup finals; played ten, lost seven and conceded 20 goals. . Iran had now won three of their 17 games at World Cup finals (versus USA in 1998 and Morocco in 2018). . Five of Iran's last six goals at World Cup finals had now been scored in added time at the end of the game. . This was Wales’ second game at World Cup finals since 1958. All four of their previous group games had resulted in draws. . In the 17th game of the tournament, Wayne Hennessey became the first player to be sent-off at this World Cup finals. Of the 174 dismissals now in the finals history, he became the third goalkeeper to be shown a red card at the World Cup; also Itumeleng Khune (South Africa v Uruguay in 2010) and Gianluca Pagliuca (Italy v Norway in 1994). . With his 110th appearance, Gareth Bale became Wales’ new most capped male player, surpassing the record previously held by Chris Gunter. . Nine of the 17 games so far at this World Cup finals had now been goalless at half-time. . The only previous meeting was a friendly played in Tehran in April 1978 when the late Cardiff City stalwart Phil Dwyer scored the only goal of the game on his debut for Wales.