FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Iran - India @ Sree Kanteerava Stadium [08.09.2015]

[Soosk]

Iran 7 - 0 India.

3 goals in first half, 4 in the second.

[Kiarash]

My prediction is India 0-2 Iran considering we are playing away on a horrible pitch.

[ShiroKhorshid]

Dont think we will win too high like 6:0 or 7:0..
But i can definately see Sardar scoring a brace again, who knows maybe even a hattrick.
I predict a 3:0 win.

[TheBoss]

Article on Indian websites about the match

http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/...stical-preview

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/footba...cle7616153.ece

[persepolisfan]

3-0 iran

[teammelli91]

I said it once and I'll say it again.

IF..

IF Iran plays the way they did against Guam, I see the same kind of result.

You gotta keep in mind that the players had to fly to India and recover.


Now, as far as India goes. India played well against Oman. They lost 2-1.

If Sepp Blatter believes India is a sleeping giant, then they could be hearing their alarm clock. But Sepp Blatter.. Never mind.

Team Melli will most likely press the snooze button on India Tuesday.

[babak_iran]

we will win 3-0 or 4-0.

[diz]

I think TM will ride the wave from the Guam game and comfortably lead the group after the India game

[babak_iran]

I think TM will ride the wave from the Guam game and comfortably lead the group after the India game

Not if Oman wins. A draw is possible but unlikely especially with what i saw from Guam, but i can't see them beating Oman even at home. Regardless if TM take care of business, and win their games we will top the group. Our only challenge in this round is Oman.

[arasradio]

Exactly. If we take Oman too lightly; they may complicate our World Cup path. Let's not forget that the results against the worst teams are dropped and if we become runner up, considering the goals scored by likes of Qatar, UAE, Kuwait; will be a huge blow. We got to at least get a tie in Oman and win against them at home and of course crush our black horse Turkemistan. It will be nice to score a double digit against one of these teams. It's tough but I still say we comfortably qualify. Our challenge is next round not only against the regular trio but against others like UAE, Qatar, Saudi and Uzbekistan. Saudi and Uzbeks being in sharp decline, UAE and Qatar are main obstacles. It's good to not get both in same group.

[PersianLegion]

I think TM will ride the wave from the Guam game and comfortably lead the group after the India game

After Iran-India match we will stand at 7 points, if Oman manages to win Guam which will happen most likely then Oman has 9 points, so Iran will be still at second place not the leading position. Our match against Oman in Muscat is the main match as we know Oman has very low chance in Azadi. We can get a draw in Oman and the game will be over for them, but we should go for a win to be in the safe side. The rest are just mickey mouse matches. We should find our solid shape before next round. We need to find a play maker sooner or later. All these matches are like friendlies for CQ to find the right line up as we had in WC and AC.

Our main concern are
1. A play maker in CM
2. A leader or solid captain just like Neko. (HajSafi and Ando both are good choices)
3. A better LB (Hajsafi is not a solid LB)

[perspolis#1]

I just want to say that Qatar's 15-0 is going to be dropped since it was against Bhutan. We need to beat Oman at least once and not lose the other match. Hopefully they drop some points on the road as well

[FF187]

Guys if we don't get pass this group we should be lucky not to be at the world cup because it would be an embarrassment. I expect the team to show that Tajikistan was an exeption and win all the upcoming games in guam style anything else will be a disappointment!

[mahestan]

Guys if we don't get pass this group we should be lucky not to be at the world cup because it would be an embarrassment. I expect the team to show that Tajikistan was an exeption and win all the upcoming games in guam style anything else will be a disappointment!

Turkmenistan*

[Karimi 8]

I have no doubt that we will win, however i feel that we may have a bit of a slower game. We need an early goal, the flight will have an affect, and if it is hot right now in the city they are playing it that will have an affect too. Turkmenistan's shitty field impacted our game (not making excuses we could have played a lot better that game) but if these can all have impacts that don't allow us to win 6-0 like we comfortably did at home, but they are not excuses to not win still by a margin. India is a weak team.