Wales’s World Cup campaign suffered a critical blow on Friday, 25 November 2022, when they fell to a 0–2 defeat against Iran in their second Group B fixture at the Qatar World Cup. The match kicked off at 10:00 UTC and was officiated by referee M. Escobar. The teams went into the break level at 0–0, but Iran struck twice in the second half to claim all three points at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium.

The result left Wales in a perilous position after Matchday 2. Having drawn their opening gam...