Tiga menit jelang turun minum, The Dragons kembali mengancam gawang Iran via tendangan melengkung Harry Wilson tetapi lagi-lagi bola masih melambung tipis di atas mistar. Alhasil, babak pertama pun berakhir dengan skor kacamata.
Berikut adalah susunan pemain Wales vs Iran:
WALES (3-5-2): Wayne Hennessey; Chris Mepham, Joe Rodon, Ben Davies; Connor Roberts, Aaron Ramsey, Ethan Ampadu, Harry Wilson, Neco Williams; Gareth Bale, Kieffer Moore.
Cadangan: Chris Gunter, Joe Allen, Brennan Johnson, Danny Ward, Joe Morrell, Tom Lockyer, Jonathan Williams, Mark Harris, Daniel James, Adam Davies, Sorba Thomas, Dylan Levitt, Ben Cabango, Rubin Colwill, Matthew Smith.
Pelatih: Robert John Page
IRAN (4-4-2): Hossein Hosseini; Ramin Rezaeian, Morteza Puraliganji, Majid Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi; Ali Gholizadeh, Ahmad Nourollahi, Saeid Ezatolahi, Ehsan Hajsafi; Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Taremi.
Cadangan: Alireza Beirancand, Sadegh Moharrami, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Karim Ansarifard, Vahid Amiri, Payam Niazmand, Hossein Kanaanizadegan, Saman Ghoddos, Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Mehdi Torabi, Ali Karimi, Amir Abedzadeh, Abolfazl Jalali.
Pelatih: Carlos Manuel Brito Leal Queiroz