Iran vs. USA Bet Builder Tips: Taremi to hit the target in cagey affair against USA
Iran play USA in a game that will decide either of these teams' future in the World Cup. A win would be enough for both teams but providing a positive result for England a draw could be enough for Iran. We’ve taken a look at the game and picked out a Bet Builder for the action.
As far as team news goes Beyranvand will be missing through injury, Jahanbakhsh will be suspended for the game and Noorollahi is a doubt for the Iran side. For USA McKennie and Musah were both subbed early against England but should be fit enough to start against Iran.
Iran vs USA Bet Builder Tips
Mehdi Taremi was already coming into this tournament with a bit of hype surrounding him after he scored 13 goals in 19 games for Porto and also registered eight assists. He carried on the hype train after scoring two goals in his opening game against England and also assisted against Wales.
He’s definitely the most prolific man in the Iran squad and he’ll need to be back amongst the goals again if he wants to help his nation reach the next round. He’ll definitely be looking to add to his tally and is guaranteed a starting spot after his performances so far.
For shots on target, this season Taremi has been a great bet. Overall he is averaging 1.4 shots on target per 90 for club and country, more specifically, he is averaging one shot on target per 90 in the World Cup this season.
USA have proved to be vulnerable in defense so far and I think a good team performance from Iran can expose that and Taremi will be one of those to do so. Considering his shot on target record this season, 13/5 for two shots on target looks like a great bet.
There have been a fair few bookings dished out in the 2022 World Cup and Iran have been the victim to four of those so far in their two games averaging out at two bookings per game so far. If they are to receive a couple more against USA, I fancy Ramin Rezaeian to be one of those shown a card.
Ramin Razeaeian received a booking last game and whilst it was for dissent this time he’s going to have to deal with the tough task of defending against Christian Pulisic who is incredibly fast. Rezaeian is not traditionally a right-back but has recently converted into that role from right-wing and with Iran not needing a win, he’s most likely going to play a more defensive role this game as well.
This season he has three yellow cards in 11 games for Sepahan FC where he has also been playing right-back. Iran are likely to be defending the majority of this game and if they are to be doing so, expect all the players to be putting it all out there in hopes of surviving the group stage. With this game being so tense I think this could be a tough game for the full-back which is why he’s our bet for a booking.
This brings our Bet Builder to a solid 17.65/1 with Betfair! All we can do now is hope for a winner, as always, good luck to everyone that follows.
