Iran vs New Zealand: result, lineups & analysis — FIFA World Cup

Iran
Iran
2–2
New Zealand
New Zealand

Tuesday, 16 June 2026 at 01:00 UTC

🏟 SoFi Stadium · Inglewood

🏁 Post-match review

Iran and New Zealand played out a 2-2 draw in their FIFA World Cup encounter. Despite neither side securing victory, both teams earned a point in what proved to be an evenly contested affair.

Expectation:Without pre-match market data available, it is difficult to assess whether the draw was the expected outcome or an upset. However, a 2-2 scoreline suggests both teams matched each other's quality during the match.

The draw leaves both teams with work to do in their World Cup campaign. Iran avoided defeat while New Zealand picked up a valuable point, though neither side will be entirely satisfied with the result given the competitive nature of the tournament.

Based on the final score and pre-match analysis (no in-match events).

📐 Statistical score reference

Iran
2.3 - 1.1
New Zealand
Projected total: 3.4Over 2.5: 66%
ModelMarket
63%
Iran
19%
X
17%
New Zealand

Poisson reference based only on season goal averages. It is not the full-analysis prediction or betting advice.

🔬 Advanced data (averages)

Iran
2 / 2 games
New Zealand
1.06
xG
1.24
3
Corners
2.5
1
Points/game
0.33
33%
Over 2.5
100%
67%
BTTS
100%
33%
Clean sheets
0%
40%
Possession
48%
12
Shots
12.5

Per-game averages in this competition · FootyStats / API-Football

📈 Recent form

IranDDD
  • 2026-06-27 · (A) 1–1 vs Egypt
  • 2026-06-21 · (A) 0–0 vs Belgium
  • 2026-06-16 · (H) 2–2 vs New Zealand
New ZealandLLD
  • 2026-06-27 · (H) 1–5 vs Belgium
  • 2026-06-22 · (H) 1–3 vs Egypt
  • 2026-06-16 · (A) 2–2 vs Iran

🆚 Head-to-head

🧑‍⚖️ Referee

César Ramos Palazuelos, Mexico

2.3
Cards/game
2.67
Goals/game
33%
BTTS

Referee averages in this competition · 3 games · PK Sport

✅ Confirmed lineups · Iran [4-4-2]

API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC

  1. 1A. Beiranvand
  2. 23R. Rezaeian
  3. 4S. Khalilzadeh
  4. 19A. Nemati
  5. 5M. Mohammadi
  6. 8M. Mohebi
  7. 14S. Ghoddos
  8. 6S. Ezatolahi
  9. 17A. Yousefi
  10. 20S. Moghanlou
  11. 9M. Taremi

✅ Confirmed lineups · New Zealand [—]

API-Football · 30 Jun 2026, 15:38 UTC

  1. 1M. Crocombe
  2. 2T. Payne
  3. 16F. Surman
  4. 5M. Boxall
  5. 13L. Cacace
  6. 6J. Bell
  7. 8M. Stamenic
  8. 20C. McCowatt
  9. 10S. Singh
  10. 11E. Just
  11. 9C. Wood

Other matches this round

Analysis based on public data and market signals. For analysis only — not betting advice.

Data: Sportmonks / API-Football · pksport.net

Share