Iran
AFC·Group G·FIFA #20·9 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (1/1)
Defender (0/4)
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashkan Dejagah | Fulham | FW,MF | 6,300 | 12 | 11 | 0.0 | 79¢ |
| Vahid Hashemian | Bochum | FW,MF | 606 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 75¢ |
| Javad Nekounam | Osasuna | MF | 7,323 | 14 | 1 | 0.0 | 63¢ |
| Saman Ghoddos | Brentford | MF,FW | 2,627 | 6 | 5 | 3.9 | 60¢ |
| Masoud Shojaei | Osasuna | MF | 3,284 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 55¢ |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Brighton | FW,MF | 1,859 | 2 | 1 | 2.9 | 51¢ |
| Sardar Azmoun | Leverkusen | MF,FW | 640 | 1 | 1 | 3.7 | 41¢ |
| Daniel Davari | Braunschweig | GK | 2,610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19¢ |
| Ali Karimi | Schalke 04 | FW,MF | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4¢ |