Meski begitu, Iran juga tidak bisa dianggap remeh. Ali Beiranvand akan menjaga gawang Iran dengan bantuan Sadegh Moharrami, Milad Mohammadi, Roozbeh Cheshmi, juga Majid Hosseini di jantung pertahanan.
Di posisi gelandang, Iran akan mempercayakan Ehsan Haji Safi, karim Ali, Ahmad Noorollahi. Lalu di lini serang Iran juga mengandalkan tiga pemain utamanya, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Morteza Pouraliganji, dan Mehdi Taremi.
Susunan Pemain
Inggris (4-5-1): Jordan Pickford; Luke Shaw, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Kieran Trippier; Declan Rice, Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Mason Mount, Jude Bellingham; Harry Kane.
Cadangan: Nick Pope, Aaron Ramsdale, Kyle Walker, Jack Grealish, Jordan Henderson, Marcus Rashford, Kalvin Phillips, Eric Dier, Conor Coady, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Phil Foden, Ben White, Callum Wilson, Conor Gallagher.
Pelatih: Gareth Southgate.
Iran (4-3-3): Ali Beiranvand; Sadegh Moharami, Milad Mohammadi, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Majid Hosseini; Ehsan Haji Safi, karim Ali, Ahmad Noorollahi; Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Morteza Pouraliganji, Mehdi Taremi.
Cadangan: Payam Niazmand, Amir Abedzadeh, Hossein Hosseini, Shojae Khalilzadeh, Saeid Ezatolahi, Karim Ansarifard, Vahid Amiri, Mohammad Kanaani, Saman Ghoddos, Mahdi Torabi, Ali Gholizadeh, Sardar Azmoun, Ramis Rezaeian, Abolfazl Jalali.
Pelatih: Carlos Quieroz.