World Cup Group Stage - 1
Iran
2-2
Full time
New Zealand
- R. Rezaeian 32'
- M. Mohebi 64'
- E. Just 7', 54'
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
Last updated: Monday, 12 October 2026 (4 weeks ago). This data may not reflect the latest updates.
Iran
2 - 2
Full time
New Zealand
Match details
- Date
- Tuesday 16 June 2026
- Time
- 02:00
- Status
- Full time
- Competition
- World Cup
- Round
- Round 1
- Venue
- SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
- Referee
- César Ramos Palazuelos, Mexico
- Home
- Iran
- Away
- New Zealand
Match report
Automatic report from match dataIran and New Zealand drew 2-2 in the World Cup. Goals: E. Just (7'), R. Rezaeian (32'), E. Just (54'), M. Mohebi (64'). Iran had 49% possession to New Zealand's 51%. Shots were 17 to 14.
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- 7' E. Just
- 32' R. Rezaeian
- 54' E. Just
- 64' M. Mohebi
Match summary
- 49%Possession51%
- 4On target8
- 4Corners1
- 1🟨 0🟥Cards0🟨 0🟥
- Referee
- César Ramos Palazuelos, Mexico
- Venue
- SoFi Stadium
- Season
- 2026/2027
- Half-time score
- 1 - 1
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0'45'90'
- 7' Goal: E. Just assist: C. Wood
- 32' Goal: R. Rezaeian Normal Goal
- 46' Substitution: A. Yousefi for M. Ghaedi
- 53' Substitution: S. Moghanlou for A. Alipour
- 54' Goal: E. Just assist: C. Wood
- 64' Goal: M. Mohebi assist: R. Rezaeian
- 65' Substitution: S. Ghoddos for E. Hajsafi
- 68' Substitution: C. McCowatt for R. Thomas
- 68' Substitution: L. Cacace for B. Old
- 78' Substitution: T. Payne for C. Elliot
- 80' Substitution: M. Taremi for A. Hosseinzadeh
- 89' Yellow card: Ehsan Hajsafi Yellow Card
- 90+2' Substitution: S. Singh for J. Randall
- 90+2' Substitution: M. Stamenic for T. Bindon
Match statistics
- 4 On target 8
- 8 Off target 4
- 17 Shots 14
- 5 Blocked shots 2
- 10 Shots insidebox 10
- 7 Shots outsidebox 4
- 10 Fouls 8
- 4 Corners 1
- 2 Offsides 0
- 49% Possession 51%
- 1 Yellow cards 0
- 6 Goalkeeper saves 2
- 409 Passes 446
- 314 Accurate passes 376
- 77% Pass accuracy 84%
- 1.50 Expected goals 1.24
- -0.28 goals_prevented -0.28
Iran
4-4-2Coach: Amir Ghalenoei
9Taremi
20Moghanlou
17Yousefi
6Ezatolahi
14Ghoddos
8Mohebi
5Mohammadi
19Nemati
4Khalilzadeh
23Rezaeian
1Beiranvand
Starting XI
- 1A. BeiranvandG
- 23R. RezaeianD
- 4S. KhalilzadehD
- 19A. Nemati
- 5M. MohammadiD
- 8M. MohebiM
- 14S. GhoddosM
- 6S. EzatolahiM
- 17A. YousefiM
- 20S. MoghanlouF
- 9M. TaremiF
Substitutes
- 22H. HosseiniG
- 12P. NiazmandG
- 3E. HajsafiD
- 13H. KanaaniD
- 16M. TorabiM
- 24D. EckertF
- 10M. GhaediF
- 18A. HosseinzadehF
- 2S. HardaniD
- 26A. RazzaghiniaM
- 21M. GhorbaniM
- 7A. JahanbakhshF
- 11A. AlipourF
- 15R. CheshmiM
- 25D. Eiri
New Zealand
Starting XI
- 1M. CrocombeG
- 2T. PayneD
- 16F. SurmanD
- 5M. BoxallD
- 13L. CacaceD
- 6J. BellM
- 8M. StamenicM
- 20C. McCowattM
- 10S. SinghM
- 11E. JustM
- 9C. WoodF
Substitutes
- 22M. WoudG
- 12A. PaulsenG
- 26T. SmithD
- 23R. ThomasM
- 18B. WaineF
- 19B. OldF
- 21J. RandallF
- 25L. BaylissM
- 17K. BarbarousesF
- 14A. RuferM
- 3F. De VriesD
- 24C. ElliotD
- 15N. PijnakerD
- 4T. BindonD
Live commentary
Substitution for New Zealand: M. Stamenic on, T. Bindon off
Substitution for New Zealand: S. Singh on, J. Randall off
Yellow card: Ehsan Hajsafi (Iran)
Substitution for Iran: M. Taremi on, A. Hosseinzadeh off
Substitution for New Zealand: T. Payne on, C. Elliot off
Substitution for New Zealand: L. Cacace on, B. Old off
Substitution for New Zealand: C. McCowatt on, R. Thomas off
Substitution for Iran: S. Ghoddos on, E. Hajsafi off
Goal! M. Mohebi scores for Iran assisted by R. Rezaeian
Goal! E. Just scores for New Zealand assisted by C. Wood
Substitution for Iran: S. Moghanlou on, A. Alipour off
Substitution for Iran: A. Yousefi on, M. Ghaedi off
Goal! R. Rezaeian scores for Iran
Goal! E. Just scores for New Zealand assisted by C. Wood