Iran vs New Zealand

FIFA World Cup · 2026 · Group Stage - 1

Iran

Full time

New Zealand

SoFi Stadium

Timeline

Kick-off
7'0-1Goal. E. Just (Chris Wood)Normal GoalTeam: New Zealand
32'1-1Goal. R. RezaeianNormal GoalTeam: Iran
1-1Half time
Second half
46'Substitution. A. Yousefi replaced by M. GhaediSubstitution 1Team: Iran
53'Substitution. S. Moghanlou replaced by A. AlipourSubstitution 2Team: Iran
54'1-2Goal. E. Just (Chris Wood)Normal GoalTeam: New Zealand
64'2-2Goal. M. Mohebi (R. Rezaeian)Normal GoalTeam: Iran
65'Substitution. Saman Ghoddos replaced by E. HajisafiSubstitution 3Team: Iran
68'Substitution. C. McCowatt replaced by R. ThomasSubstitution 1Team: New Zealand
68'Substitution. Liberato Cacace replaced by B. OldSubstitution 2Team: New Zealand
78'Substitution. T. Payne replaced by C. ElliotSubstitution 3Team: New Zealand
80'Substitution. Mehdi Taremi replaced by A. HosseinzadehSubstitution 4Team: Iran
89'Yellow card. E. HajisafiYellow Card · FoulTeam: Iran
90+2'Substitution. Sarpreet Singh replaced by J. RandallSubstitution 4Team: New Zealand
90+2'Substitution. M. Stamenić replaced by Tyler BindonSubstitution 5Team: New Zealand
2-2Full time

Line-ups

Iran

Formation 4-4-2

A. Beiranvand6.5

S. Khalilzadeh6.3

M. Mohammadi6.2

R. Rezaeian9.3

S. Ezatolahi6.6

M. Mohebi7.7

Saman Ghoddos6.6

A. Yousefi6.9

Mehdi Taremi6.9

S. Moghanlou7.2

A. Nemati

New Zealand

M. Crocombe6.6

T. Payne6.2

M. Boxall6.7

Liberato Cacace6.2

F. Surman7.3

J. Bell6.6

M. Stamenić6.7

Sarpreet Singh5.9

E. Just9.0

C. McCowatt6.6

Chris Wood6.3

Iran

4-4-2

Substitutes

2Saleh Hardani
3E. Hajisafi
7Alireza Jahanbakhsh
10M. Ghaedi
11A. Alipour
12P. Niazmand
13H. Kanani
15R. Cheshmi
16M. Torabi
18A. Hosseinzadeh
21M. Ghorbani
22H. Hosseini
24Dennis Eckert Ayensa
25D. Eiri
26A. Razzaghinia

New Zealand

Substitutes

3F. de Vries
4Tyler Bindon
12A. Paulsen
14A. Rufer
15N. Pijnaker
17K. Barbarouses
18B. Waine
19B. Old
21J. Randall
22M. Woud
23R. Thomas
24C. Elliot
25L. Bayliss
26T. Smith

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Match statistics

49%
Possession: 51%; 17
Shots: 14; 4
Shots on target: 8; 8
Shots off target: 4; 5
Shots blocked: 2; 10
Shots inside the box: 10; 7
Shots outside the box: 4; 6
Saves: 2; 4
Corners: 1; 2
Offsides: 0; 10
Fouls: 8; 1
Yellow cards: 0; 409
Passes: 446; 314
Accurate passes: 376; 77%
Pass accuracy: 84%

FIFA World Cup

Group G
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Belgium	2	1	1	0	+4	4
2Egypt	2	1	1	0	+2	4
3New Zealand	2	0	0	2	-6	0

Iran and New Zealand drew 2-2 in the FIFA World Cup on Tuesday 16 June. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

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