Iran

The sporting event of the summer is upon us. 32 nations, 64 games, billions of fans worldwide. It is four whole weeks of glorious football, where the world’s best players and teams battle for the biggest football trophy of all. Four whole weeks of action and drama.

Of course, world’s most widely viewed sporting event is accompanied by a proper fiesta in the sports betting world. Thousands of new sports betting markets have been launched. Whether you seek to answer the golden question: “who is the winner of the World Cup” or you’d like to place emotionally-fueled bets for your favourite team, the sportsbooks are bound to have a market for you.

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To navigate this sea, nay, ocean of possibility, we have produced this series of guidebooks for each World Cup squad. This article in particular addresses Iran. Iran was the first team to qualify from Asia.

Given its admirable pool of young talent and stupendous qualifying campaign, we think the odds on Iran winning World Cup 2018 is not too bad at all. Anyway, we discuss it all below!

Iran World Cup 2018: World Cup History

Iran is returning to the FIFA World Cup tournament for the fifth time. The team had qualified in 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014 and of course, 2018. However, the team has never advanced past the group stage. The odds Iran win world cup 2018 are likely not very far from history, given their formidable Group B opponents (Portugal Spain and Morocco).

Coach, Carlos Queiroz is determined to change their course. He has famously vowed that Iran “will not go to Russia as tourists”. In order to achieve this, he has selected younger and more talented players than before and formulated a strong defense strategy that is necessary against their tough Group B opponents.

Any team would become weak in their knees to face European champions, Portugal and 2010 World Cup winners, Spain. It is true; Iran to win World Cup 2018 odds are not very high.

However, let us acknowledge what a fantastic state the team is in. The squad managed terrific feats during the qualifying stage—unbeaten in 18 games and not a single goal conceded in nine games! This gives them the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in World Cup qualification without conceding.

Iran World Cup 2018: Team

The Iran team is filled to the brim with young talent. Topping the team sheet is Sardar Azmoun, a 22-year old forward with 22 international goals under his belt. Winger, Alireza Jahanbakhsh also holds great promise.

He is the best player in Netherlands this season with interest from Burnley, Watford, Bournemouth and Napoli. Rounding them off are Reza Ghoochannejhad who scored 19 goals last season and young midfielders Saeid Ezatolahi and Saman Ghoddos.

Iran has a strong coach on their side as well. Former Manchester United coach, Carlos Queiroz has led three different national teams to four World Cups. He took over the reins in Iran in the 2014 World Cup.

As they say, Carlos Queiroz turned Iran into Asia’s best World Cup hope. If anything, the odds on Iran to win World Cup 2018 are higher than it has ever been before.

Iran’s 2018 World Cup Squad (Final 23 to be confirmed):

Goalkeepers: Alireza Beyranvand (Persepolis), Rashid Mazaheri (Zob Ahan), Amir Abedzadeh (Maritimo).

Defenders: Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa), Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Ramin Rezaeian (Ostende), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (Padideh), Morteza Pouraliganji (Alsaad), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat Grozny), Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal).

Midfielders: Saeid Ezatollahi (Amkar Perm), Masoud Shojaei (AEK Athens), Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Ehsan Hajsafi (Olympiacos), Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos)

Forwards: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar), Mahdi Taremi (Al Gharafa), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan), Reza Ghoochannejhad (Heerenveen), Saman Ghoddos (Ostersunds), Ashkan Dejagah (Nottingham Forest), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis).

Iran World Cup 2018 Odds

Here are the betting odds Iran to win World Cup 2018:

Odds Iran World Cup 2018 Matches

The odds and predictions above were provided by SkyBet.

Odds of Iran World Cup Top Goalscorer

  • Sardar Azmoun 4/1
  • Alireza Jahan Baksh 6/1
  • No Iran goalscorer 8/1
  • Mehdi Taremi 10/1
  • Reza Ghoochannejad 10/1

Odds on Iran winning 2018 World Cup

The current odds for Iran to win world cup 2018 stands at 500/1. The odds for Iran’s stage of elimination are as follows:

  • Group Stage 1/9
  • Last 16 11
  • Quarter Final 40
  • Runner Up 250
  • Winner 500

No one can deny that the odds for Iran to win world cup 2018 are not very high. However, you can bet that this fiery young team will put up a good fight.

Iran World Cup 2018 Fixtures

Iran plays in Group B. Here is the current schedule for Iran’s matches at the group stage of the tournament:

Iran vs. Morocco: Friday 15th June, 11:00 PM (Local Time), Saint Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg

Iran vs. Spain: Wednesday 20th June, 9:00 PM (Local Time), Kazan Arena, Kazan

Iran vs. Portugal: Monday 25th June, 9:00 PM (Local Time), Mordovia Arena, Saransk

If there is one match you need to catch, it’s that between Iran and Morocco. Iran’s Team Melli is the best team in Asia since 2014. Morocco’s Lions of the Atlas has shown their mettle too. They were unbeaten in six matches during the qualifying stage.

As Iran coach, Carlos Queiroz says, “It will be like our World Cup final — we’ll play like we are playing for our lives.”

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