Tuesday 16th June 2026 • 2:00 AM
SoFi Stadium • Attendance: 70,108
Iran
New Zealand
Match Statistics
| 17 | Shots | 14 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 1 | Big chances missed | 0 |
| 4 | Corners | 1 |
| 314 | Accurate passes | 376 |
| 76.8% | Passing accuracy | 84.3% |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
Starting Lineups
Iran Starting XI
IRN XI12 P Niazmand, 22 S Hosseini, 2 S Hardani, 3 E Hajsafi (🔄 65', 🟨 89'), 7 A Jahanbakhsh, 10 M Ghaedi (🔄 45'), 11 A Alipour (🔄 53'), 13 M Kanaanizadegan, 15 R Cheshmi, 16 M Torabi, 18 A Hosseinzadeh (🔄 80'), 21 M Ghorbani, 24 D Eckert, 25 D Eiri, 26 A Razzaghinia.
New Zealand Starting XI
NZL XI12 A Paulsen, 22 M Woud, 3 F de Vries, 4 T Bindon (🔄 90+2'), 14 A Rufer, 15 N Pijnaker, 17 K Barbarouses, 18 B Waine, 19 B Old (🔄 68'), 21 J Randall (🔄 90+2'), 23 R Thomas (🔄 68'), 24 C Elliot (🔄 78'), 25 L Bayliss, 26 T Smith.
Match Officials
Head To Head Records
| Metrics | Iran | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Played | 1 | 1 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| Losses | 0 | 0 |
| Goals Scored (Avg) | 2.00 | 2.00 |
FIFA World Cup 2026 Archive Match Hub. All details accurate according to official match results.
Iran 2-2 New Zealand - FIFA World Cup Group G Match Highlight 16 Jun 2026
Man what a crazy game today between Iran and New Zealand. It ended 2-2 and New Zealand literally stole a point at the last minute.
Iran was playing so good in the first half. They got the first goal around 20 minutes. The striker just kicked it inside the net easily. New Zealand looked totally lost and they were just kicking long balls to nowhere. But suddenly New Zealand got a random penalty right before halftime and scored it. So it became 1-1 at the break.
Second half was even more dramatic. Iran started attacking again like crazy. They scored their second goal near 70 minutes because a New Zealand defender made a huge mistake inside the box. Everyone thought Iran won the game right there. But New Zealand just threw everyone forward in the last ten minutes. They kept crossing the ball and finally got a crazy header goal in the 89th minute. Iran players looked shocked and the match finished 2-2.