Asia's No. 2 and world No. 19 West Asian powerhouse Iran ushered in the fourth round of the World Preliminary Round of 18, and Iran sat on their home stadium against Qatar, ranked 5th in Asia and 44th in the world.
Iran had a record of 2 wins and 1 draw in the 3 games before the game, while Qatar was slightly inferior to Iran in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the 3 games before the game. Iran finished second in Group A with seven points before the game, while Qatar finished fourth in the group with four points. In the last meeting between the two sides, Qatar had the upper hand because Qatar scored three goals and conceded two goals to beat Iran in this encounter. However, in the last 5 meetings between the two sides, Iran is in the upper hand, because Iran has a 4-1 record in these 5 meetings, so more than 70% of fans before the game are full of confidence in Iran's home victory against Qatar.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Lucas made a clever pass and Moez took the lead to give Qatar the lead.
At the end of the first half, Noravkan made a brilliant pass, and 29-year-old Roma veteran Azmoun scored a header to help Iran equalize.
Azmoun scored twice in the third minute of the second half.
Seventeen minutes later, Azmoun made a brilliant pass and Mohdi helped Iran to another goal.
In stoppage time, Norav made a brilliant pass and Mohebi scored twice.
In the end, Iran defeated Qatar for four consecutive rounds without defeat. After the game, Iran accumulated 10 points to overtake Uzbekistan and move up to first place.