Iran's squad are in such high confidence. They've made a significant capital after beating Indonesia 3-0 in the first qualifying Group E of the 2014 World Cup qualifier on Friday (2 / 9).
Capital of confidence is useful for Iran in the second game to face Qatar at Hamad bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, on Tuesday (6 / 9).
Iran chance to winning the game is wide open. The reason, Qatar has not found the best form following a 0-0 game when challenged Bahrain (2 / 9).
Iran's team captain, Javad Nekonam, said his team went to Qatar with great optimism. "We came to Doha to get the three points. We are ambitious to continue the journey that has been a good start. So, there are no other words, we should be able to win at home to Qatar," said Nekonam.
Iranian national team has left for Qatar on Sunday (4 / 9) night. The issue of moving the captain's armband from Ali Karimi to Nekounam who had also been wrong sticking.
Instead, the hosts wanted to show the level of play Qatar is not inferior to Iran. Qatar coach, Sebastiao Lazorini, called the results of the first game menhadapi Bahrain enough to entertain the Iranian capital.
Head to head Qatar vs Iran:
December 28, 2010: Iran 0-0 Qatar
December 28, 2009: Iran 3-2 Qatar
November 9, 2008: Iran 0-1 Qatar
January 10, 2008: Iran 0-0 Qatar
March 24, 2007: Iran 0-1 Qatar
Qatar Last five matches:
September 3, 2011 (WQ) Bahrain 0-0 Qatar
July 28, 2011 (WQ) Vietnam 2-1 Qatar
July 23, 2011 (WQ) Qatar 3-0 Vietnam
July 17, 2011 (IF) Qatar 1-2 India
March 29, 2011 (FM) Qatar 1-1 Russia
Iran last five matches:
September 2, 2011 (WQ) Iran 3-0 Indonesia
July 28, 2011 (WQ) Maldives 0-1 Iran
July 23, 2011 (WQ) Iran 4-0 Maldives
February 9, 2011 (FM) Iran 1-0 Russia
January 22, 2011 (AC) Iran 0-1 South Korea
Probable Starting Line up Iran vs Qatar:
Qatar (4-4-2): 1-Qasem, 14-Marcone, 22-Bilal, 13-Abdulmajeb, 3-Kasola, 11-Montesin, 4-Lawrence, 18-Sayed, 7-Hussein, 23-Quintana, 2 -Khaleefa.
Iran (3-4-3): 1-Rahmati, 4-Hosseini, 5-Aghili, 23-Pouladi, 2-Heydari, 8-Ali Karimi, 17-Ghassem, 11-Gholam, 9-Khalatbari, 7-Majidi.
