Iran vs New Zealand, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Iran vs New Zealand — Worldcup at SoFi Stadium.
- Iran 1 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
- New Zealand 1 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Cesar Ramos
- Assistant 1 Alberto Morin (Mexico)
- Assistant 2 Marco Bisguerra (Mexico)
3 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game 🟥 3 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 2 6 18 Ivory Coast 2 3 19 Ecuador 2 1 20 Curacao 2 1 21 Netherlands 2 4 22 Japan 2 4 23 Sweden 2 3 24 Tunisia 2 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Spain 2 4 30 Uruguay 1 1 31 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 32 Saudi Arabia 2 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
Iran New Zealand #26 Position #25 1 Points 1 1 Played 1 0 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 0 2 Scored 2 2 Conceded 2 +0 GD +0 1.00 PPG 1.00 0% Win % 0% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Iran this season0% Clean Sheets
New Zealand this seasonIran are 26th (1 pts). New Zealand are 25th (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Iran0-15–/116-30–/–31-451/–46-60–/161-751/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ ConcededNew Zealand0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/146-601/–61-75–/176+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Iran to score. At the same time, New Zealand does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It’s high time Darren Bazeley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 7' What a strike from Elijah Just! The score is 0-1.
- 12' It looks surprising New Zealand does not make any changes. Max Crocombe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 17' Iran seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 22' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Liberato Cacace made 209 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 27' Iran is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 32' What a strike from Ramin Rezaeian! The score is 1-1.
- 37' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 42' Supporters expect more eagerness from Saman Ghoddos, as he is very good at scoring at SoFi Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 47' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 52' Marko Stamenic has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 54' Elijah Just with the second goal in the match!
- 55' Goal! Elijah Just scores his 2 goal in 293 matches.
- 60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 64' Goal! Mohammad Mohebi scores his 17 goal in 312 matches.
- 69' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Iran needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 74' Sarpreet Singh needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 79' New Zealand is showing some good football. However, New Zealand are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 84' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 89' Ehsan Hajsafi was booked on 89.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Iran Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Ariya Yousefi ↓ Medhi Ghayedi 46'
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14
Saman Ghoddos ↓ Ehsan Hajsafi 65'
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Bench
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Ehsan Hajsafi ↑ 65'
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- 25
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Medhi Ghayedi ↑ 46'
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Ali Alipour ↑ 53'
- 24
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Amir Hosseinzadeh ↑ 80'
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Coach Amir GhalenoeiNew Zealand Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 5
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13
Liberato Cacace ↓ Ben Old 68'
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Tim Payne ↓ Callan Elliot 77'
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- 6
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20
Callum McCowatt ↓ Ryan Thomas 68'
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10
Sarpreet Singh ↓ Jesse Randall 90'
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Marko Stamenic ↓ Tyler Bindon 90'
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Bench
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- 22
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Tyler Bindon ↑ 90'
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24
Callan Elliot ↑ 77'
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- 26
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Ben Old ↑ 68'
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Ryan Thomas ↑ 68'
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Jesse Randall ↑ 90'
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Coach Darren Bazeley -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Elijah Just 2 Ramin Rezaeian 1 Mohammad Mohebi 1 Head to Head
Iran Form
New Zealand Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.38 Iran xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.2 New Zealand xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 80%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.58Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 94% 6% ± 2.5 82% 18% ± 3.5 66% 34% ± 4.5 48% 52% Double Chance
Iran or Draw 65%Draw or New Zealand 57%Iran or New Zealand 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 2 Actual2 – 1 6.3%1 – 1 6.1%1 – 2 5.8%3 – 2 5.3%3 – 1 4.9%2 – 3 4.9%1 – 3 4.2%3 – 3 3.9%4 – 2 3.2%2 – 0 3.1%4 – 1 2.9%Asian Handicap — Iran
Handicap Iran covers Push New Zealand covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 13% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 17% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 63% — 37% +1 63% 16% 21% +1.5 79% — 21% +2 79% 11% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Iran keeps clean sheet 12% ✓New Zealand keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.