#BinancePickAndWin Iraq’s previous match: 2026 World Cup group stage, Round 1 — Iraq 1-4 Norway (June 17)
1. Starting lineup (4-2-3-1)
12 Jarral Hassan (captain, goalkeeper)
3 Hussein Ali (left-back)
4 Zaid Tasin (right center-back)
5 Akam Hashim (left center-back)
23 Melschas Dowski (right-back)
8 Ibrahim Bayash (defensive midfielder)
16 Amir Al-Ammari (defensive midfielder)
24 Zaid Ismael (right attacking midfielder)
9 Ali Al Hamadi (left winger)
17 Ali Jassim (right winger)
18 Eman Hussein (center forward, goalscorer)
2. Substitute list (all 26-man squad)
Goalkeepers: 1 Fahad Talib, 22 Ahmad Boussile
Defenders: 2 Rabin Sulaka, 6 Manef Younis, 15 Ahmad Yehia, 25 Mustafa Sadoun, 26 Frans Putros
Midfielders: 7 Yusuf Amin, 14 Zinedine Iqbal, 19 Kevin Jacob, 20 Emaar Sher, 21 Malco Falji
Forwards: 10 Mohanad Ali, 11 Ahmad Qasem, 13 Ali Yusuf
3. Match substitutions and adjustments
1. 59th minute: Zinedine Iqbal and Marco Falji come on to strengthen midfield ball control
2. 73rd minute: Mustafa Sadoun and Ahmad Qasem come on as substitutes to bolster wide counterattacks
4. Key match information
• Goals: 39th minute — Eman Hussein (Iraq’s first World Cup goal in 40 years)
• Norway goals: Haaland (two), Erstedgaard, and Tostevit — one each
• Tactics: 4-2-3-1 defensive counterattacking; rely on European-based midfielders to build forward play, with a combination of one tall and one fast attacker; defensive errors were too many, causing a collapse in the second half.
Supplement: The final warm-up match before the game (June 5, Spain 1-1 Iraq) — the starting lineup
22 Ahmad Boussile (goalkeeper, halftime substitute for Jarral Hassan)
3 Hussein Ali, 4 Zaid Tasin, 5 Akam Hashim, 23 Dowski
16 Amir Al-Ammari, 24 Zaid Ismael, 8 Ibrahim Bayash
21 Marco Falji, 17 Ali Jassim, 9 Ali Al Hamadi
Dowski scored a worldie to level the match against Spain.
1. Starting lineup (4-2-3-1)
12 Jarral Hassan (captain, goalkeeper)
3 Hussein Ali (left-back)
4 Zaid Tasin (right center-back)
5 Akam Hashim (left center-back)
23 Melschas Dowski (right-back)
8 Ibrahim Bayash (defensive midfielder)
16 Amir Al-Ammari (defensive midfielder)
24 Zaid Ismael (right attacking midfielder)
9 Ali Al Hamadi (left winger)
17 Ali Jassim (right winger)
18 Eman Hussein (center forward, goalscorer)
2. Substitute list (all 26-man squad)
Goalkeepers: 1 Fahad Talib, 22 Ahmad Boussile
Defenders: 2 Rabin Sulaka, 6 Manef Younis, 15 Ahmad Yehia, 25 Mustafa Sadoun, 26 Frans Putros
Midfielders: 7 Yusuf Amin, 14 Zinedine Iqbal, 19 Kevin Jacob, 20 Emaar Sher, 21 Malco Falji
Forwards: 10 Mohanad Ali, 11 Ahmad Qasem, 13 Ali Yusuf
3. Match substitutions and adjustments
1. 59th minute: Zinedine Iqbal and Marco Falji come on to strengthen midfield ball control
2. 73rd minute: Mustafa Sadoun and Ahmad Qasem come on as substitutes to bolster wide counterattacks
4. Key match information
• Goals: 39th minute — Eman Hussein (Iraq’s first World Cup goal in 40 years)
• Norway goals: Haaland (two), Erstedgaard, and Tostevit — one each
• Tactics: 4-2-3-1 defensive counterattacking; rely on European-based midfielders to build forward play, with a combination of one tall and one fast attacker; defensive errors were too many, causing a collapse in the second half.
Supplement: The final warm-up match before the game (June 5, Spain 1-1 Iraq) — the starting lineup
22 Ahmad Boussile (goalkeeper, halftime substitute for Jarral Hassan)
3 Hussein Ali, 4 Zaid Tasin, 5 Akam Hashim, 23 Dowski
16 Amir Al-Ammari, 24 Zaid Ismael, 8 Ibrahim Bayash
21 Marco Falji, 17 Ali Jassim, 9 Ali Al Hamadi
Dowski scored a worldie to level the match against Spain.