{"id":22698,"date":"2026-06-21T08:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/22698\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T08:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:51:20","slug":"is-belgium-v-iran-on-tv-channel-kick-off-time-and-how-to-watch-world-cup-2026-match-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/22698\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Belgium v Iran on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup 2026 match"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Belgium<\/a> eye their first win at the 2026 World Cup today, as they take on Iran<\/a> in each team\u2019s second game in Group G.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Belgium got off to an underwhelming start as they drew 1-1 with Egypt<\/a>, coming from behind to salvage a point as substitute Romelu Lukaku forced Mohamed Hany into an own goal.<\/p>\n

However, with Iran next for the Red Devils before a final group-stage match with New Zealand, Belgium will still fancy their chances of topping the group.<\/p>\n

\"BelgiumBelgium were held to a draw by Egypt in their Group G opener (Reuters)<\/p>\n

That is especially so given Iran and New Zealand shared the points in their game on Tuesday<\/a>, when goals from Ramin Rezaeian and Mohammad Mohebi helped Iran to a 2-2 result.<\/p>\n

Iran claimed they were forced to leave the US within minutes of the final whistle<\/a>, retreating to their training camp in Mexico, and they also said they were denied the chance to fly back to the US two days before facing Belgium.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about this World Cup 2026 game:<\/p>\n

When is Belgium v Iran?<\/p>\n

Belgium will play Iran at 8pm BST on Sunday 21 June (12pm ET) in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

How can I watch it?<\/p>\n

Viewers in the UK can watch the match free-to-air on ITV1 with coverage starting at 7pm BST. It can also be live-streamed on ITVX.<\/p>\n

Team news<\/p>\n

\"RomeluRomelu Lukaku forced an own goal out of Egypt\u2019s defence on their first gameday (Getty)<\/p>\n

After Belgium\u2019s first-choice centre forward Charles de Ketelaere missed training this week and was seen sporting a bandage, there was some speculation that he could make way for Lukaku in the starting XI to face Iran \u2013 especially given Lukaku\u2019s instant impact off the bench against Egypt. However, De Ketelaere is expected to be fit enough to begin the game. Otherwise, Zeno Debast remains a confirmed absentee, with the defender having entered the World Cup injured.<\/p>\n

For Iran, Saman Ghoddos\u2019s presence is up in the air after the midfielder went off injured against New Zealand, battling an ankle problem. And Rouzbeh Cheshmi will miss this Belgium tie, having also missed Iran\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n

Predicted line-ups<\/p>\n

Belgium XI: Courtois; Meunier, Ngoy, Mechele, De Cuyper; Onana, Tielemans; Trossard, De Bruyne, Doku; De Ketelaere.<\/p>\n

Iran XI: Beiranvand; Rezaeian, Khalilzadeh, Nemati, Mohammadi; Mohebbi, Ezatolahi, Ghoddos, Yousefi; Taremi, Moghanlou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,4988,10435,6234,5260,13853,5731,3933,5693,10451,6229,6239,6237,13850,6243,13846,13285,6241,13848,13849,13851,5802,6235,5400,12757,3934,6236,1857,6231,13847,2833,13845,4590,13852],"class_list":["post-22698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-belgium-national-soccer-team","tag-belgium-national-team","tag-color-image","tag-egypt","tag-egypt-national-soccer-team","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-group-g","tag-horizontal","tag-international-match","tag-international-team-soccer","tag-lumen-field","tag-match-sport","tag-medium-group-of-people","tag-mohamed-hany","tag-national-team","tag-number-3","tag-number-9","tag-own-goal","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-romelu-lukaku","tag-seattle","tag-soccer","tag-soccer-player","tag-sport","tag-sports-team","tag-stadium","tag-usa","tag-washington-state","tag-west-asia","tag-world-sports-championship"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}