Belgium v Iran LIVE: Mehdi Taremi goal ruled out by VAR after Iranian national anthem loudly booed

Taremi was a hair offside, but it’s a wake up call to Belgium that they cannot take their foot off the pedal for a second against this Iran team

25 mins: Iran gifted a free-kick and pull of a cheeky set play, with Taremi being slipped the ball just behind the wall and the star striker snuck it past Courtois who had no doubt been taken by surprise.

VAR is checking it now, but it’s a close call

22 mins: De Bruyne and Yuri Tielemans link up beautifully and the captain let the ball run down the right hand side, then fired off a powerful shot at the near post to force a save from Beiranvand

18 mins: De Bruyne is already running the show, playing some unreal free flowing football, they are just lacking that crucial final pass, once they find it, it should be goal time.

14 mins: Iran have found a response to Belgium’s pressure and forced a brilliant save from Thibaut Courtois who dropped to his right as a low driven effort snuck through the defence.

10 mins: Belgium are massively on top here, De Bruyne has already had a handful of attempts on goal and Iran are desperately defending.

Lukaku is also imposing himself physically on the back-line

Loud boos echoed over the top of the Iranian national anthem, as they continue to be a figure of controversy during this world cup.

They also still have travel issues and were only allowed to enter the US 16 hours before kick off

3 mins: Belgium get the first corner of the match, which comes up short and Kevin De Bruyne follows up with a tantalising ball into the area which the keeper bravely collects and collides heavily with Romelu Lukaku who is carded for the late challenge and the keeper has stayed down.

We are underway for the 38th match of this world cup as group favourites Belgium take on Iran after both teams drew their previous fixtures.

Belgium play in a 4-2-3-1 with Lukaku making his first start for club or country this season and Iran will run out in a 3-4-3 that retreats into a five-back

Both teams field changes in an effort to go a step further and claim three points.

Iran manager Amir Ghalenoei has made three changes to the team that drew 2-2 with New Zealand.

Saleh Hardani, Ehsan Hajisafi and Hossein Kanani replace Arya Yousefi, Shahriyar Moghanloo and Milad Mohammadi.