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World Cup · Group Stage - 1 D FT
Iran
2 – 2
New Zealand
16 Jun 2026 · 01:00 Venue: SoFi Stadium Referee: César Ramos Palazuelos, Mexico
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Match events

7'
E. Just (C. Wood)
R. Rezaeian
32'
A. Yousefi (M. Ghaedi)
46'
S. Moghanlou (A. Alipour)
53'
54'
E. Just (C. Wood)
M. Mohebi (R. Rezaeian)
64'
S. Ghoddos (E. Hajsafi)
65'
68'
C. McCowatt (R. Thomas)
68'
L. Cacace (B. Old)
78'
T. Payne (C. Elliot)
M. Taremi (A. Hosseinzadeh)
80'
Ehsan Hajsafi
89'
90'+2
S. Singh (J. Randall)
90'+2
M. Stamenic (T. Bindon)

Lineups

Iran
Formation: 4-4-2 Coach: Amir Ghalenoei

Starting XI

  • 1Alireza BeiranvandG
  • 23Ramin RezaeianD
  • 4Shoja KhalilzadehD
  • 19Ali NematiD
  • 5Milad MohammadiD
  • 8Mohammad MohebiM
  • 14Saman GhoddosM
  • 6Saeid EzatolahiM
  • 17Aria YousefiM
  • 20Shahriar MoghanlouF
  • 9Mehdi TaremiF

Substitutes

  • 10Mehdi GhayediF
  • 11Ali AlipourF
  • 3Ehsan HajsafiD
  • 18Amirhossein HosseinzadehF
  • 12Payam NiazmandG
  • 22Hossein HosseiniG
  • 2Saleh HardaniD
  • 13Hossein KanaaniD
  • 15Roozbeh CheshmiM
  • 25Danial EiriD
  • 26Amirmohammad RazzaghiniaM
  • 21Mohammad GhorbaniM
  • 16Mahdi TorabiM
  • 7Alireza JahanbakhshF
  • 24Dennis Eckert AyensaF
New Zealand
Formation: 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  • 1Max CrocombeG
  • 2Tim PayneD
  • 16Finn SurmanD
  • 5Michael BoxallD
  • 13Liberato CacaceD
  • 6Joe BellM
  • 8Marko StamenićM
  • 20Callum McCowattM
  • 10Sarpreet SinghM
  • 11Elijah JustM
  • 9Chris WoodF

Substitutes

  • 19Benjamin OldF
  • 23Ryan ThomasM
  • 24Callan ElliotD
  • 4Tyler BindonD
  • 21Jesse RandallF
  • 12Alex PaulsenG
  • 22Michael WoudG
  • 26Tommy SmithD
  • 3Francis De VriesD
  • 15Nando PijnakerD
  • 25Lachlan BaylissM
  • 14Alex RuferM
  • 18Ben WaineF
  • 17Kosta BarbarousesF

Statistics

48% Possession 52%
17 Shots 14
4 On target 8
405 Passes 446
77% Pass % 85%
10 Fouls 8
4 Corners 1
2 Offsides 0

Match analysis

New Zealand and Iran played out a 2–2 draw.