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Iran

2 — 2 Jun 16, 2026 · 06:30 AM IST

New Zealand

World Cup Grp. G · Round 1

Venue Los Angeles Stadium, Inglewood, California

Referee Cesar Ramos

Attendance 70,108

Player of the Match Elijah Just 8.9 90' played

Match Events

7' Away ⚽ Elijah Just — 0-1

32' Home ⚽ Ramin Rezaeian — 1-1

HT

46' Home ↔ Mehdi Ghayedi → Aria Yousefi

53' Home ↔ Ali Alipour → Shahriar Moghanlou

54' Away ⚽ Elijah Just — 1-2

64' Home ⚽ Mohammad Mohebi — 2-2

65' Home ↔ Ehsan Haji Safi → Saman Ghoddos

68' Away ↔ Benjamin Old → Liberato Cacace

68' Away ↔ Ryan Thomas → Callum McCowatt

77' Away ↔ Callan Elliot → Tim Payne

80' Home ↔ Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh → Mehdi Taremi

89' Home Ehsan Haji Safi

90 + 2' Away ↔ Jesse Randall → Sarpreet Singh

90 + 2' Away ↔ Tyler Bindon → Marko Stamenic

FT

Match Stats

48 52

Ball possession

1.50 1.24

Expected goals (xG)

17 14

Total shots

4 8

Shots on target

25 21

Touches in opposition box

2 2

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

314 (77%) 376 (84%)

Accurate passes

1 0

Yellow cards

4 1

Corners

Lineups

Iran (4-4-2)

Coach: Amir Ghalenoei

Starting XI

1 Alireza Beiranvand 6.1

23 Ramin Rezaeian 8.6

4 Shoja Khalilzadeh 6.4

19 Ali Nemati 6.4

5 Milad Mohammadi 6

8 Mohammad Mohebi 8

14 Saman Ghoddos 7.3

6 Saeid Ezatolahi 7.1

17 Aria Yousefi 6.5

20 Shahriar Moghanlou 7.2

9 Mehdi Taremi 7.5

Substitutes

10 Mehdi Ghayedi 6.1

11 Ali Alipour 6.4

3 Ehsan Haji Safi 6.1

18 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh 6.3

22 Hossein Hosseini

12 Payam Niazmand

25 Danial Eiri

13 Hossein Kanaani

2 Saleh Hardani

26 Amirmohammad Razaghinia

24 Dennis Eckert

16 Mehdi Torabi

21 Mohammad Ghorbani

15 Roozbeh Cheshmi

7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh

New Zealand (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Darren Bazeley

Starting XI

1 Max Crocombe 6.1

2 Tim Payne 6.3

16 Finn Surman 7.1

5 Michael Boxall 6.3

13 Liberato Cacace 6.3

6 Joe Bell 6.8

8 Marko Stamenic 6.4

20 Callum McCowatt 7.2

10 Sarpreet Singh 6.9

11 Elijah Just 8.9

9 Chris Wood 8.2

Substitutes

19 Benjamin Old 5.9

23 Ryan Thomas 5.8

24 Callan Elliot 6.3

4 Tyler Bindon

21 Jesse Randall

12 Alex Paulsen

22 Michael Woud

3 Francis De Vries

15 Nando Pijnaker

26 Tommy Smith

14 Alex Rufer

25 Lachlan Bayliss

18 Ben Waine

17 Kosta Barbarouses