2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Match 41 Group F Bosnia Herzgovina Vs Iran Wednesday June 25,2014

Bosnia Herzgovina Vs Iran at Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Managers
Safet Susic(Bosnia Herzgivina)
Carlos Queiroz(Iran)

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Iran are unbeaten in five meetings with Bosnia-Hercegovina between 2001 and 2009, having notched four wins and a draw.
• Iran were reportedly the first national team to play Bosnia-Hercegovina, in a friendly match back in 1993. The Bosnians emerged 3-1 victors in Tehran, although the match was not officially registered as the Bosnian Football Federation was not yet a member of Fifa.

Bosnia-Hercegovina

• They have kept one clean sheet in their last six games.
• Bosnia-Hercegovina have lost back-to-back competitive games for the first time since Safet Susic took charge.
• They have attempted 36 shots (including blocked efforts) in Brazil, but scored only once.

Iran

• Eleven of the last 12 World Cup goals conceded by Iran have been scored in the second half.
• The Iranians are winless in their last six World Cup games (D2, L4).
• At this World Cup they have won 50% of headers in the opposition penalty area, with 42% of their shots coming from headers. Both ratios are amongst the highest of sides competing in Brazil.
• Iran attempted just 130 passes against Argentina, the fewest in a World Cup game since 1966 (as far back as this data goes). Argentina made 512.

Bosnia Herzgovina beats Iran 3-1

Goal Scorers 

For Bosnia -Edin Dzeko (23),Miralem Pjanic (59)and Avdija Vrsajevic (83)

 

For Iran - Rez Ghoochannejhad (82)

A win for Iran would have put them in the last-16 ahead of Nigeria

Instead Carlos Queiroz's side finished last in Group F, behind Bosnia

Bosnia finish third in the group behind Argentina and Nigeria

 

Iran Coach Carlos Quierioz, formerly Sir Alex Ferguson's No 2 at Manchester United, masterminded one of the best-organised defences in the tournament, but they were also lightweight up front and the last team in Brazil to score. 

For a country of just four million people, Bosnia and Herzegovina can go home feeling prouder of their performances in Brazil than England for example.Their real achievement was qualifying for the finals after a tragic recent history that saw 200,000 people killed during a brutal war in the 1990s following independence.