​Spain vs Morocco, live updates 7:04PM 4 min Iran 0 Portugal 0 Early shot from Ronaldo. He bustles his way into the box and pings a shot off from about 12 yards out that Beiranvand does well to hold onto. 7:02PM 2 min Iran 0 Portugal 0 Guerreiro is chopped to the ground by Omid in what is a real 'welcome to the game challenge'. Iran clear the resulting free-kick. Huge noise from the Iran supporters. 7:00PM 1 min Iran 0 Portugal 0 We're under way in Saransk. Iran will qualify with a win; Portugal need just a point to go through, and to better Spain's result to top the group. The group winners play Russia in the last 16; the runners up will play Uruguay. A reminder of the teams for this one. Iran (4-3-2-1): Beiranvand; Ramin, Hosseini, Pouraliganji, Safi; Jahanbakhsh, Ezatolahi, Omid; Mehdi, Amiri; Sardar Portugal (4-4-2): Patricio; Cedric, Pepe, Fonte, Guerreiro; William Carvalho, Adrien, Joao Mario, Quaresma; Andre Silva, Ronaldo. Credit: Getty Images 6:57PM The teams are out It's a sell-out crowd at the Mordovia Arena, as the two sides belt out their respective national anthems. Iran look to have by far the majority of the fans inside the stadium. 6:52PM Those Portugal changes in full Now pay attention 007, because this is a little Silva-heavy. Andre Silva, Adrien Silva and Ricardo Quaresma come in, while Goncalo Guedes, Bernardo Silva and Joao Moutinho drop to the bench. Iran replace Karim Ansarifard with Alireza Jahanbakhsh. Bernardo Silva is on the Portugal bench Credit: Getty Images 6:43PM No Bernardo Silva is a suprise Ricardo Quaresma replaces him. Portugal remember are almost certainly out if they lose here. 6:37PM Prediction Who's going to win tonight? Let our clever machine tell you based on what you think the most important factors will be. World Cup 2018 Simulator Single Game 6:26PM Down to the wire There is the possibility that tonight could end in sensational fashion with the drawing of lots. That is if Portugal and Spain both win or draw with the exact same scoreline and end up with the same number of bookings (Spain as it stands have one fewer booking). The draw would take place at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow at 9pm BST this evening. It couldn't happen, could it? Spain take on Morocco in tonight's other game. 6:11PM Team news Iran (4-3-2-1): Beiranvand; Ramin, Hosseini, Pouraliganji, Safi; Jahanbakhsh, Ezatolahi, Omid; Mehdi, Amiri; Sardar Portugal (4-4-2): Patricio; Cedric, Pepe, Fonte, Guerreiro; William Carvalho, Adrien, João Mario, Quaresma; Andre Silva, Ronaldo. Three changes from the team that scraped to a 1-0 win over Morocco. #IRNPOR // The teams are in! pic.twitter.com/tmsdH1iunk— FIFA World Cup �� (@FIFAWorldCup) June 25, 2018 5:52PM What will Portugal's tactics be tonight? Our expert JJ Bull has taken a close eye at Fernando Santos's team, and brings you this video... 5:33PM How Group C looks going into the match Portugal need a draw to qualify for the last 16. 5:30PM The Ronaldo roadshow rolls on The final group games continue tonight, with Portugal in action against Iran. A draw will be enough for Portugal to qualify for the group stages, while Iran will qualify with a win. The picture is complicated by what Spain do against Morocco in the group's other match tonight, but essentially Portugal need to better Spain's result to top the group. There's a big incentive in topping the group because the winners will face Uruguay rather than Russia in the last 16. Earlier today Uruguay were very effective in brutally dismissing the hosts Russia 3-0 in Samara. Back to Group B and the matter in hand ... Portugal will be hoping not only to win but to produce a performance more convincing than the turgid fare they produced in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Morocco. Manager Fernando Santos is known for his pragmatic tactics, but even he accepted Portugal were disappointing in the way they sat back after taking an early lead. Cristiano Ronaldo was of course the man who scored their goal to add to his hat-trick against Spain on match day one. Ronaldo has scored all of Portugal's goals at this World Cup, and he will be desperate to get a couple tonight to leapfrog Harry Kane in the Golden Boot race. Ronaldo will also want to make a point to Iran manager Carlos Queiroz after the pair fell out at the 2010 World Cup when Queiroz was Portugal manager. Cristiano Ronaldo and Iran manager Carlos Queiroz do not see eye to eye Queiroz, for his part, will be focused on stopping Ronaldo tonight as his team look to build on their impressive - if ultra-defensive - performance against Spain last time out. Iran ended up losing 1-0 but were very close to nicking an unexpected point. Given their need for a win tonight, Iran will at some point need to come out and attack. Don't expect that to happen until the latter stages though, especially if Portugal fail to score early. Portugal should get this done, but they're going to have to work for it.
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