45 - New Zealand vs Egypt, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
New Zealand vs Egypt — Worldcup at BC Place.
- New Zealand 2 games · 4 pts (2026/26)
- Egypt 2 games · 1 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
- Assistant 1 Mohamed Al Hammadi (UA Emirates)
- Assistant 2 Taleb Al Marri (Qatar)
Standings
# 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 2 4 26 Iran 2 2 27 Belgium 2 2 28 Egypt 2 1 29 Spain 2 4 30 Uruguay 2 2 31 Cape Verde Islands 2 2 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 Season Stats
New Zealand Egypt #25 Position #28 4 Points 1 2 Played 2 1 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 1 / 1 3 Scored 1 2 Conceded 2 +1 GD -1 2.00 PPG 0.50 50% Win % 0% Key Stats
0% Clean Sheets
New Zealand this season0% Clean Sheets
Egypt this seasonNew Zealand are 25th (4 pts). Egypt are 28th (1 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
New Zealand0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/146-601/–61-75–/176+–/–■ Scored ■ ConcededEgypt0-15–/–16-301/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New Zealand is hosting Egypt for another epic battle.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. New Zealand is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Egypt needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' Finn Surman puts New Zealand on the lead.
- 17' Egypt receives a card for a hard tackle on 17.
- 20' It’s gonna be a card for Sarpreet Singh.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Liberato Cacace, as he is very good at scoring at BC Place with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' New Zealand started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 34' Callum McCowatt was booked on 34.
- 39' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Mohamed Hany suffering a number of foals already.
- 41' Rami Rabia is replacing Hamdy Fathy for the Egypt side.
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Lineups
New Zealand Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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- 5
- 13
- 2
- 16
- 6
- 20
- 10
- 8
- 11
- 9
Bench
- 12
- 22
- 4
- 3
- 24
- 15
- 26
- 19
- 14
- 23
- 17
- 25
- 21
- 7
- 18
Coach Darren BazeleyEgypt Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 23
- 13
- 3
- 2
- 8
- 19
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14
Hamdy Fathy ↓ Rami Rabia 41'
- 17
- 11
- 22
- 10
Bench
- 26
- 1
- 16
- 4
- 6
- 24
- 15
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5
Rami Rabia ↑ 41'
- 18
- 21
- 7
- 25
- 9
- 20
- 12
Coach Hossam Hassan -
H2H
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Predictions
1.22 New Zealand xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.34 Egypt xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 79% + Under — clean sheet likely 78%Match Result
Both Teams to Score
Avg goals/match: 1.56Over / Under Goals
Line Over Under ± 0.5 77% 23% ± 1.5 46% 54% ± 2.5 21% 79% ± 3.5 8% 92% ± 4.5 3% 97% Double Chance
New Zealand or Draw 87%Draw or Egypt 43%New Zealand or Egypt 70%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
1 – 0 24.6%0 – 0 23.4%2 – 0 14.9%1 – 1 9.3%3 – 0 6%0 – 1 5.8%2 – 1 5.5%3 – 1 2.4%4 – 0 1.9%1 – 2 1.4%2 – 2 1%0 – 2 1%Asian Handicap — New Zealand
Handicap New Zealand covers Push Egypt covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 17% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 31% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 91% — 9% +1 91% 7% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
New Zealand keeps clean sheet 71%Egypt keeps clean sheet 30%Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.