Full time: Iran beat India 3-0 in a Group D encounter of the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifiers. Winless India stay fifth in the group.
End of 90 mins: 3 minutes added before Full Time. India 0-3 Iran.
End of 85 mins: Cavin Lobo comes on to replace Jeje for India. Iran still leading 3-0 with just five minutes of regulation time left.
End of 79 mins: India have managed to not concede any more goals but Iran have been in complete control of the match. Khosro Heydari comes on for Kaveh Rezae for Iran.
End of 72 mins: Jeje once again the most impressive in the field for India. India played three long-range shots but missed the target.
End of 65 mins: India have been impressive in last five minutes with Robin Singh and Jeje making the maximum effort. The score is still 3-0 in Iran's favour.
End of 60 minutes: India are now under tremendous pressure and are trying to regroup themselves after two early second-half goals from Iran put them on the back foot. Iran strikers are attacking continuously while their defenders are bothered too much by Indian forward line.
Goal! Iran 3-0 India. Mehdi Taremi scores in the 50th minute. Anothe major defensive error from India. And it looks like it is over for the hosts. Iran now completely dominating the match.
Goal! Iranian captain Andranik scores in the 47th minute to give his team 2-0 lead against India.
End of 46 mins: Iran once again made an aggressive start.
Play resumes after the half-time break. India trailing 0-1 against the Iranians.
Half-time: India 0-1 Iran. The first-half was completely dominated by Iran. India made an attacking start while Iran looked cautious at the start but soon got into the groove and started to dominate the game. After first ten minutes, Iran started to attack relentlessly forcing India to go on the back foot. Indian defenders did a good job to stop Iran from scoring before Sardar Azmoun scored in the 29th minute after a defensive error by India. India tried to counter-attack but the score was 1-0 in Iran's favour at half-time.
Two minutes added before the half-time. Its still 1-0 in Iran's favour.
End of minute 37: India are looking to counter-attack after the first goal by Iran. Robin Singh has made few brilliant runs and also earned a freekick from about 30 yards. Iran playing aerial balls and trying not to give possession to India.
It was a big mistake from the Indian defenders. He wasn't marked which allowed Azmoun to give Iran the lead.
Goal! Sardar Azmoun scores in the 29th minute. India 0-1 Iran
End of 26 mins: The ball passing from Iran has been neat and they have managed to keep the ball on India's half for the most time. India made an attacking start but are now been forced to defend by the Iranians.
End of 20 mins: Indian defence has so far been able to stop the Iranian attack from scoring goals but the Asian powerhouse are now easily finding loopholes. Iran much more aggressive in their approach now and have enjoyed the maximum possession of the ball.
End of 15 mins: Good shot on target from Iranian striker but good save from the Indian goalkeeper. There was another chance for Iran in very next minute but the midfielder was offside. Iran are now attacking continuously. Rowlinn Borges comes on for Dhanpal Ganesh for India.
End of 10 mins: Sunil Chhetri has made an attacking start and has taken two shots near the box. Everytime he gets the ball the crowd starts cheering for him. Iran, on the other hand, have taken its easy so far and are just trying to have the possession of the ball.
End of 5 mins: India are trying to look aggressive in the field while Iran have been trying to shuffle position and maintain the momentum. There score in 0-0.
07:00 pm: The national anthems are done. And its time for kick off in Bangalore.
06:55 pm: Both the teams are on ground and getting ready for the national anthems. Prafful Patel is interacting with players.
06:50 pm: The match between India and Iran will kick off in less than 10 minutes. Iran are also getting good support and there are many Iranian supporters in the stadium in Bangalore.
06:45 pm: Indian football team's coach Constantine had said that Iran are one of the best sides in Asia. "They are where they are because of the things they have done in the past and are doing it even presently."
06:40 pm: Chhetri has dubbed the game against Iran as one of the "biggest matches" for him and felt that it would be a difficult game for India.
06:35 pm: Iran coach Carlos Queroz refused to attach much significance to the FIFA rankings or the past results between the two countries which has the visitors winning seven of the 10 games as against two by India.
06:30 pm: Iran's starting XI vs India: Haghighi,Heidari,Haji Safi,Hosseini, Ebrahimi, Amiry, Tymourian, Momtazeri, Tarimi, Azmoun, Dejagah.
06:20 pm: India starting XI vs Iran: Gurpreet,Pritam,Arnab,Sandesh,Narayan,Eugeneson,Dhanpal,Pronoy,Chhetri(C),Robin,Jeje.
06:12 pm: On the other hand, Iran, after a tentative start that saw them draw 1-1 in Turkmenistan, were at full throttle against Guam in Tehran, winning 6-0.
06:10 pm: India - led by Chhetri - will walk the talk against a team that is expected to qualify for the 2018 finals in Russia.
06:05 pm: The match will start in 55 minutes. Stay tuned for our update. Here is the preview.
After successive defeats against Oman and Guam, India will face an acid test in their FIFA World Cup Group D qualification campaign when they meet Asia's strongest team Iran at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Tuesday.
Placed 40th in the FIFA rankings, Iran, who have qualified for four World Cup finals, including the 2014 edition in Brazil, will start out as overwhelming favourites against 155th ranked India who will be under pressure following the defeats to Oman and Guam, a tiny Pacific Ocean island, by identical 2-1 margins.
Despite the brave words emanating from the Indian camp ahead of Tuesday's game, it remains to be seen whether Stephen Constantine's boys -- led by Sunil Chhetri -- will walk the talk against a team that is expected to qualify for the 2018 finals in Russia.
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