Iran host Syria in the Asian Cup on 31 January 2024, Wednesday. Get our free predictions, betting tips, odds insights, team form guide & H2H stats for this clash. This fixture is scheduled to kicks off at 16:00 UK Time.
Iran will be looking to break their knockout-phase curse at the AFC Asian Cup on Wednesday afternoon when they take on Syria in the last 16 round of the competition. Team Melli failed to advance from the first knockout-phase game in three of the previous four AFC Asian Cup editions.
That said, Iran finished the group stage with a perfect record of three wins in three of the previous four AFC Asian Cup tournaments. This positive streak included this year’s event as Iran topped Group C with wins over Palestine, Hong Kong, and United Arab Emirates.
Iran are undefeated in 16 straight games across competitions. They will go into this on the back of 14 wins and 1 draw in the previous 15 affairs in the process. They are up against Syria who rescued themselves at the death, scoring a late winner on the final day of the group stage to beat India 1-0 eight days ago.
Iran have been the dominant force in the history of this matchup. They won six and drew four of the previous ten encounters with Syria.
Iran picked up a demolishing 3-0 victory over Syria in the latest clash played in November 2021 in the Asian World Cup qualifications.
Syria scored just three goals in the previous ten games against Iran.
Syria advanced to the last 16 round as one of the top third-placed teams in the group stage. The fact they scored just one goal in three group games says enough about their playing style. They had also been on a run of five straight matches without a win across competitions. We can hardly see them threatening Iran who are on a streak of 14 wins and a draw in the last 15 matches across competitions. This should be a one-way street and we will back Iran to win by at least two goals difference at the 2.05 odds as the main pick.
The Over 2.5 goals FT bet also looks decent at the attractive 2.00 odds as all but one of Iran’s last ten matches in all competitions produced three or more goals. Syria have been prone to conceding loads before this tournament as they shipped two goals to Malaysia, five to Japan, and two to Kuwait in their latest games.
| Iran | Syria | |
|---|---|---|
| Game Played | 5 | 3 |
| Wins | 4 | 1 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| Loss | 0 | 1 |
| Goals For | 10 | 1 |
| Goals Against | 4 | 1 |
| Iran | Syria | |
|---|---|---|
| Game Played | 4 | 1 |
| Wins | 3 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| Loss | 0 | 0 |
| Goals For | 9 | 0 |
| Goals Against | 4 | 0 |
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08.09.25
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Iran Uzbekistan |
0-1 |
|
29.08.25
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Iran Afghanistan |
3-1 |
|
05.06.25
|
Qatar Iran |
1-0 |
|
25.03.25
|
Iran Uzbekistan |
2-2 |
|
20.03.25
|
Iran UAE |
2-0 |
|
19.11.24
|
Kyrgyzstan Iran |
2-3 |
|
14.11.24
|
North Korea Iran |
2-3 |
|
15.10.24
|
Iran Qatar |
4-1 |
|
10.10.24
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
0-0 |
|
10.09.24
|
UAE Iran |
0-1 |
|
05.09.24
|
Iran Kyrgyzstan |
1-0 |
|
11.06.24
|
Iran Uzbekistan |
0-0 |
|
06.06.24
|
Hong Kong Iran |
2-4 |
|
26.03.24
|
Turkmenistan Iran |
0-1 |
|
21.03.24
|
Iran Turkmenistan |
5-0 |
|
07.02.24
|
Iran Qatar |
2-3 |
|
03.02.24
|
Iran Japan |
2-1 |
|
31.01.24
|
Iran Syria (Penalties:5 - 3) |
1-1 |
|
23.01.24
|
Iran UAE |
2-1 |
|
19.01.24
|
Hong Kong Iran |
0-1 |
|
14.01.24
|
Iran Palestine |
4-1 |
|
09.01.24
|
Indonesia Iran |
0-5 |
|
05.01.24
|
Iran Burkina Faso |
2-1 |
|
21.11.23
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
2-2 |
|
16.11.23
|
Iran Hong Kong |
4-0 |
|
17.10.23
|
Qatar Iran |
0-4 |
|
13.10.23
|
Jordan Iran |
1-3 |
|
12.09.23
|
Iran Angola |
4-0 |
|
07.09.23
|
Bulgaria Iran |
0-1 |
|
20.06.23
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
0-1 |
|
16.06.23
|
Kyrgyzstan Iran |
1-5 |
|
13.06.23
|
Iran Afghanistan |
6-1 |
|
28.03.23
|
Iran Kenya |
2-1 |
|
23.03.23
|
Iran Russia |
1-1 |
|
29.11.22
|
Iran USA |
0-1 |
|
25.11.22
|
Wales Iran |
0-2 |
|
21.11.22
|
England Iran |
6-2 |
|
10.11.22
|
Iran Nicaragua |
1-0 |
|
27.09.22
|
Senegal Iran |
1-1 |
|
23.09.22
|
Iran Uruguay |
1-0 |
|
12.06.22
|
Iran Algeria |
1-2 |
|
29.03.22
|
Iran Lebanon |
2-0 |
|
24.03.22
|
South Korea Iran |
2-0 |
|
01.02.22
|
Iran UAE |
1-0 |
|
27.01.22
|
Iran Iraq |
1-0 |
|
16.11.21
|
Syria Iran |
0-3 |
|
11.11.21
|
Lebanon Iran |
1-2 |
|
12.10.21
|
Iran South Korea |
1-1 |
|
07.10.21
|
UAE Iran |
0-1 |
|
07.09.21
|
Iraq Iran |
0-3 |
|
08.09.25
|
Iran Uzbekistan |
0-1 |
|
29.08.25
|
Iran Afghanistan |
3-1 |
|
25.03.25
|
Iran Uzbekistan |
2-2 |
|
20.03.25
|
Iran UAE |
2-0 |
|
15.10.24
|
Iran Qatar |
4-1 |
|
05.09.24
|
Iran Kyrgyzstan |
1-0 |
|
11.06.24
|
Iran Uzbekistan |
0-0 |
|
21.03.24
|
Iran Turkmenistan |
5-0 |
|
07.02.24
|
Iran Qatar |
2-3 |
|
03.02.24
|
Iran Japan |
2-1 |
|
31.01.24
|
Iran Syria (Penalties:5 - 3) |
1-1 |
|
23.01.24
|
Iran UAE |
2-1 |
|
14.01.24
|
Iran Palestine |
4-1 |
|
05.01.24
|
Iran Burkina Faso |
2-1 |
|
16.11.23
|
Iran Hong Kong |
4-0 |
|
12.09.23
|
Iran Angola |
4-0 |
|
13.06.23
|
Iran Afghanistan |
6-1 |
|
28.03.23
|
Iran Kenya |
2-1 |
|
23.03.23
|
Iran Russia |
1-1 |
|
29.11.22
|
Iran USA |
0-1 |
|
10.11.22
|
Iran Nicaragua |
1-0 |
|
23.09.22
|
Iran Uruguay |
1-0 |
|
12.06.22
|
Iran Algeria |
1-2 |
|
29.03.22
|
Iran Lebanon |
2-0 |
|
01.02.22
|
Iran UAE |
1-0 |
|
27.01.22
|
Iran Iraq |
1-0 |
|
12.10.21
|
Iran South Korea |
1-1 |
|
02.09.21
|
Iran Syria |
1-0 |
|
15.06.21
|
Iran Iraq |
1-0 |
|
07.06.21
|
Iran Bahrain |
3-0 |
|
03.06.21
|
Iran Hong Kong |
3-1 |
|
30.03.21
|
Iran Syria |
3-0 |
|
10.10.19
|
Iran Cambodia |
14-0 |
|
06.06.19
|
Iran Syria |
5-0 |
|
28.01.19
|
Iran Japan |
0-3 |
|
20.01.19
|
Iran Oman |
2-0 |
|
16.01.19
|
Iran Iraq |
0-0 |
|
07.01.19
|
Iran Yemen |
5-0 |
|
20.11.18
|
Iran Venezuela |
1-1 |
|
15.11.18
|
Iran Trinidad and Tobago |
1-0 |
|
16.10.18
|
Iran Bolivia |
2-1 |
|
25.06.18
|
Iran Portugal |
1-1 |
|
17.03.18
|
Iran Sierra Leone |
4-0 |
|
12.11.15
|
Iran Turkmenistan |
3-1 |
|
05.06.25
|
Qatar Iran |
1-0 |
|
19.11.24
|
Kyrgyzstan Iran |
2-3 |
|
14.11.24
|
North Korea Iran |
2-3 |
|
10.10.24
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
0-0 |
|
10.09.24
|
UAE Iran |
0-1 |
|
06.06.24
|
Hong Kong Iran |
2-4 |
|
26.03.24
|
Turkmenistan Iran |
0-1 |
|
19.01.24
|
Hong Kong Iran |
0-1 |
|
09.01.24
|
Indonesia Iran |
0-5 |
|
21.11.23
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
2-2 |
|
17.10.23
|
Qatar Iran |
0-4 |
|
13.10.23
|
Jordan Iran |
1-3 |
|
07.09.23
|
Bulgaria Iran |
0-1 |
|
20.06.23
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
0-1 |
|
16.06.23
|
Kyrgyzstan Iran |
1-5 |
|
25.11.22
|
Wales Iran |
0-2 |
|
21.11.22
|
England Iran |
6-2 |
|
27.09.22
|
Senegal Iran |
1-1 |
|
24.03.22
|
South Korea Iran |
2-0 |
|
16.11.21
|
Syria Iran |
0-3 |
|
11.11.21
|
Lebanon Iran |
1-2 |
|
07.10.21
|
UAE Iran |
0-1 |
|
07.09.21
|
Iraq Iran |
0-3 |
|
11.06.21
|
Cambodia Iran |
0-10 |
|
12.11.20
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina Iran |
0-2 |
|
08.10.20
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
1-2 |
|
14.11.19
|
Iraq Iran |
2-1 |
|
15.10.19
|
Bahrain Iran |
1-0 |
|
10.09.19
|
Hong Kong Iran |
0-2 |
|
11.06.19
|
South Korea Iran |
1-1 |
|
24.01.19
|
China Iran |
0-3 |
|
12.01.19
|
Vietnam Iran |
0-2 |
|
11.09.18
|
Uzbekistan Iran |
0-1 |
|
16.06.15
|
Turkmenistan Iran |
1-1 |
|
04.09.25
|
UAE Syria |
3-1 |
|
10.06.25
|
Afghanistan Syria |
0-1 |
|
25.03.25
|
Syria Pakistan |
2-0 |
|
06.09.24
|
Mauritius Syria |
0-2 |
|
11.06.24
|
Japan Syria |
5-0 |
|
06.06.24
|
North Korea Syria |
1-0 |
|
26.03.24
|
Syria Myanmar |
7-0 |
|
21.03.24
|
Myanmar Syria |
1-1 |
|
31.01.24
|
Iran Syria (Penalties:5 - 3) |
1-1 |
|
23.01.24
|
Syria India |
1-0 |
|
18.01.24
|
Syria Australia |
0-1 |
|
13.01.24
|
Uzbekistan Syria |
0-0 |
|
08.01.24
|
Syria Malaysia |
2-2 |
|
05.01.24
|
Syria Kyrgyzstan |
1-1 |
|
21.11.23
|
Syria Japan |
0-5 |
|
16.11.23
|
Syria North Korea |
1-0 |
|
17.10.23
|
Syria Kuwait |
1-2 |
|
12.09.23
|
China Syria |
0-1 |
|
06.09.23
|
Malaysia Syria |
2-2 |
|
20.06.23
|
Vietnam Syria |
1-0 |
|
25.03.23
|
Syria Thailand |
3-1 |
|
30.12.22
|
Syria Oman |
0-1 |
|
23.12.22
|
Oman Syria |
2-1 |
|
20.11.22
|
Syria Venezuela |
1-2 |
|
17.11.22
|
Syria Belarus |
0-1 |
|
26.09.22
|
Syria Iraq |
0-1 |
|
23.09.22
|
Jordan Syria |
2-0 |
|
01.06.22
|
Syria Tajikistan |
1-0 |
|
29.03.22
|
Syria Iraq |
1-1 |
|
24.03.22
|
Lebanon Syria |
0-3 |
|
01.02.22
|
Syria South Korea |
0-2 |
|
27.01.22
|
UAE Syria |
2-0 |
|
06.12.21
|
Syria Mauritania |
1-2 |
|
03.12.21
|
Syria Tunisia |
2-0 |
|
30.11.21
|
UAE Syria |
2-1 |
|
16.11.21
|
Syria Iran |
0-3 |
|
11.11.21
|
Iraq Syria |
1-1 |
|
12.10.21
|
Syria Lebanon |
2-3 |
|
07.10.21
|
South Korea Syria |
2-1 |
|
07.09.21
|
Syria UAE |
1-1 |
|
02.09.21
|
Iran Syria |
1-0 |
|
15.06.21
|
China Syria |
3-1 |
|
07.06.21
|
Guam Syria |
0-3 |
|
04.06.21
|
Maldives Syria |
0-4 |
|
30.03.21
|
Iran Syria |
3-0 |
|
16.11.20
|
Jordan Syria |
1-0 |
|
12.11.20
|
Uzbekistan Syria |
0-1 |
|
19.11.19
|
Syria Philippines |
1-0 |
|
14.11.19
|
Syria China |
2-1 |
|
15.10.19
|
Syria Guam |
4-0 |
|
25.03.25
|
Syria Pakistan |
2-0 |
|
26.03.24
|
Syria Myanmar |
7-0 |
|
23.01.24
|
Syria India |
1-0 |
|
18.01.24
|
Syria Australia |
0-1 |
|
08.01.24
|
Syria Malaysia |
2-2 |
|
05.01.24
|
Syria Kyrgyzstan |
1-1 |
|
21.11.23
|
Syria Japan |
0-5 |
|
16.11.23
|
Syria North Korea |
1-0 |
|
17.10.23
|
Syria Kuwait |
1-2 |
|
25.03.23
|
Syria Thailand |
3-1 |
|
30.12.22
|
Syria Oman |
0-1 |
|
20.11.22
|
Syria Venezuela |
1-2 |
|
17.11.22
|
Syria Belarus |
0-1 |
|
26.09.22
|
Syria Iraq |
0-1 |
|
01.06.22
|
Syria Tajikistan |
1-0 |
|
29.03.22
|
Syria Iraq |
1-1 |
|
01.02.22
|
Syria South Korea |
0-2 |
|
06.12.21
|
Syria Mauritania |
1-2 |
|
03.12.21
|
Syria Tunisia |
2-0 |
|
16.11.21
|
Syria Iran |
0-3 |
|
12.10.21
|
Syria Lebanon |
2-3 |
|
07.09.21
|
Syria UAE |
1-1 |
|
19.11.19
|
Syria Philippines |
1-0 |
|
14.11.19
|
Syria China |
2-1 |
|
15.10.19
|
Syria Guam |
4-0 |
|
10.10.19
|
Syria Maldives |
2-1 |
|
06.01.19
|
Syria Palestine |
0-0 |
|
05.10.17
|
Syria Australia |
1-1 |
|
13.10.15
|
Syria Afghanistan |
5-2 |
|
04.09.25
|
UAE Syria |
3-1 |
|
10.06.25
|
Afghanistan Syria |
0-1 |
|
06.09.24
|
Mauritius Syria |
0-2 |
|
11.06.24
|
Japan Syria |
5-0 |
|
06.06.24
|
North Korea Syria |
1-0 |
|
21.03.24
|
Myanmar Syria |
1-1 |
|
31.01.24
|
Iran Syria (Penalties:5 - 3) |
1-1 |
|
13.01.24
|
Uzbekistan Syria |
0-0 |
|
12.09.23
|
China Syria |
0-1 |
|
06.09.23
|
Malaysia Syria |
2-2 |
|
20.06.23
|
Vietnam Syria |
1-0 |
|
23.12.22
|
Oman Syria |
2-1 |
|
23.09.22
|
Jordan Syria |
2-0 |
|
24.03.22
|
Lebanon Syria |
0-3 |
|
27.01.22
|
UAE Syria |
2-0 |
|
30.11.21
|
UAE Syria |
2-1 |
|
11.11.21
|
Iraq Syria |
1-1 |
|
07.10.21
|
South Korea Syria |
2-1 |
|
02.09.21
|
Iran Syria |
1-0 |
|
15.06.21
|
China Syria |
3-1 |
|
07.06.21
|
Guam Syria |
0-3 |
|
04.06.21
|
Maldives Syria |
0-4 |
|
30.03.21
|
Iran Syria |
3-0 |
|
16.11.20
|
Jordan Syria |
1-0 |
|
12.11.20
|
Uzbekistan Syria |
0-1 |
|
05.09.19
|
Philippines Syria |
2-5 |
|
11.06.19
|
Uzbekistan Syria |
2-0 |
|
06.06.19
|
Iran Syria |
5-0 |
|
26.03.19
|
UAE Syria |
0-0 |
|
23.03.19
|
Jordan Syria |
0-1 |
|
20.03.19
|
Iraq Syria |
1-0 |
|
15.01.19
|
Australia Syria |
3-2 |
|
10.01.19
|
Jordan Syria |
2-0 |
|
30.12.18
|
Yemen Syria |
0-1 |
|
20.11.18
|
Kuwait Syria |
1-2 |
|
16.11.18
|
Oman Syria |
1-1 |
|
16.10.18
|
China Syria |
2-0 |
|
10.09.18
|
Kyrgyzstan Syria |
2-1 |
|
10.10.17
|
Australia Syria |
2-1 |
|
11.06.15
|
Afghanistan Syria |
0-6 |
|
16.11.2021
|
Syria Iran |
0-3
|
|
02.09.2021
|
Iran Syria |
1-0
|
|
30.03.2021
|
Iran Syria |
3-0
|
|
06.06.2019
|
Iran Syria |
5-0
|
|
05.09.2017
|
Iran Syria |
2-2
|
|
02.09.2021
|
Iran Syria |
1-0
|
|
30.03.2021
|
Iran Syria |
3-0
|
|
06.06.2019
|
Iran Syria |
5-0
|
|
05.09.2017
|
Iran Syria |
2-2
|