The Three Lions are unbeaten in six of their last 7 opening games at World Cup
Iran managed just 2 wins from their 15 overall fixtures in the competition and yet to progress beyond the group stage.
England’s only World Cup fixture with an Asian country happened in 1982, a narrow 1-0 win against Kuwait.
Changes are far and few to this England squad after the agony at home soil in European Championships last summer. The England national team has retained most of the players that reached the finals of the continental competition and they will be hoping to replicate a similar run at the World stage in winter.
The year 2022 this far has been a horrendous for Gareth Southgate’s men as they finished at the foot of the table without a win in the UEFA Nations League.
However, they can look back at the World Cup qualifier for inspiration when they topped the group ahead of Poland and Hungary with an unbeaten 10 match run and a goal difference of +36.




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三狮军团在过去7场世界杯首战中有6场保持不败
伊朗队在15场比赛中只取得了2场胜利，还没有小组出线。
英格兰队在世界杯上唯一一次与亚洲国家交手是在1982年，当时英格兰1-0险胜科威特。
自从去年夏天在本土经历了欧锦赛的痛苦之后，英格兰队的变化很少。英格兰国家队保留了大部分参加过欧陆赛决赛的球员，他们希望在冬季的世界杯舞台上复制类似的表现。
到目前为止，2022年对加雷斯·索斯盖特的球队来说是可怕的一年，他们在欧足联国家联赛中没有一场胜利，排在积分榜的末尾。
然而，他们可以从世界杯预选赛中获得灵感，当时他们以10场不败的战绩和+36的净胜球领先波兰和匈牙利，以小组第一出线。