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IR Iran vs New Zealand FIFA World Cup 2026

Final score, timeline, lineups, stats, verified head-to-head history and match details from Los Angeles Stadium.

Full-timeGroup GFinal at 96'
IR Iran flagIRNIR Iran
2 - 2Full-time
New Zealand flagNZLNew Zealand

VenueLos Angeles Stadium

Kickoff

StageGroup G

Final data
Match timelineShowing 7 of 63 events
Full-time
90'+5'
Ryan THOMASCommits a foul.
Mehdi GHAYEDITakes a corner kick.
90'+4'
90'+2'
Tyler BINDONfor Marko STAMENIC
90'+2'
Jesse RANDALLfor Sarpreet SINGH
90'+2'
Chris WOODAttempts an effort on goal.
Ehsan HAJISAFIWas shown a yellow card.
89'
Ali NEMATIAttempts an effort on goal.
89'
Timeline keyGoalShotSaveFoulSubstitutionYellow cardRed cardCornerOffsidePenaltyVAR
Substitutions8 changes
Substitutions listed from the match timeline
MinTeamOnOff
53'IR Iran flagIRNAli ALIPOURShahriyar MOGHANLOO
65'IR Iran flagIRNEhsan HAJISAFISaman GHODDOS
68'New Zealand flagNZLBen OLDLiberato CACACE
68'New Zealand flagNZLRyan THOMASCallum McCOWATT
77'New Zealand flagNZLCallan ELLIOTTim PAYNE
80'IR Iran flagIRNAmirhossein HOSSEINZADEHMehdi TAREMI
90'+2'New Zealand flagNZLJesse RANDALLSarpreet SINGH
90'+2'New Zealand flagNZLTyler BINDONMarko STAMENIC

Lineups and formation

IR Iran flagIR Iran4-3-3
New Zealand4-4-2New Zealand flag
IR Iran flag

IR Iran

4-3-3

1Alireza BEIRANVANDGK

4Shoja KHALILZADEH

5Milad MOHAMMADI

6Saeid EZATOLAHI

8Mohammad MOHEBBI

9Mehdi TAREMIC

14Saman GHODDOS

17Arya YOUSEFI

19Ali NEMATI

20Shahriyar MOGHANLOO

23Ramin REZAEIAN

10Mehdi Ghayedi

11Ali Alipour

3Ehsan Hajisafi

New Zealand flag

New Zealand

4-4-2

1Max CROCOMBEGK

2Tim PAYNE

5Michael BOXALL

6Joe BELL

8Marko STAMENIC

9Chris WOODC

10Sarpreet SINGH

11Elijah JUST

13Liberato CACACE

16Finn SURMAN

20Callum McCOWATT

23Ryan Thomas

Substitutions

Substitution details
MinTeamOnOff
53'IR Iran flagIRN11Ali Alipour20Shahriyar Moghanloo
65'IR Iran flagIRN3Ehsan Hajisafi14Saman Ghoddos
68'New Zealand flagNZL19Ben Old13Liberato Cacace
68'New Zealand flagNZL23Ryan Thomas20McCOWATT Callum
77'New Zealand flagNZL24Callan Elliot2Tim Payne
80'IR Iran flagIRN18Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh9Mehdi Taremi
90'+2'New Zealand flagNZL21Jesse Randall10Sarpreet Singh
90'+2'New Zealand flagNZL4Tyler Bindon8Marko Stamenic
Lineup keyGKGoalkeeperCCaptainFrom match timelineGoalYellow cardRed cardSubstituted onSubstituted off

Match stats

IR IranMatch statsNew Zealand

2Goals2

17Shots14

2Shots on target2

8Fouls committed8

4Corner kicks1

1Yellow cards0

2Offsides0

4Substitutions5

Match details

VenueLos Angeles Stadium, Los Angeles

TeamsIR Iran vs New Zealand

GroupGroup G

Kickoff

StatusFull-time

Latest event95' Foul: Ryan THOMAS

Head-to-head history

Previous senior meetings between these teams, with scorelines, competition context, winners and scorers where verified.

2Meetings

1IR Iran wins

1Draws

0New Zealand wins

IR Iran and New Zealand have 2 listed senior meetings; IR Iran have 1 win, New Zealand have 0 wins, with 1 draw.

IR Iran vs New Zealand head-to-head meetings
DateMatchScoreCompetition / stageWinnerGoals and key playersSource
12 Oct 2003IR Iran v New Zealand3-0FriendlyIR IranNot listedInternational football results dataset
12 Aug 1973New Zealand v IR Iran0-0FriendlyDrawNot listedInternational football results dataset

Source: International football results dataset

Team World Cup records

Tournament records for each team provide context around the fixture without replacing the head-to-head record above.

IR Iran flag

IR Iran

Group stage

IR Iran have become a consistent Asian qualifier and continue to chase a first World Cup knockout appearance.

Appearances
7th World Cup appearance in 2026
Last tournament
2022 group stage
New Zealand flag

New Zealand

Group stage: 1982, 2010

New Zealand return with a compact World Cup record highlighted by an unbeaten 2010 campaign.

Appearances
3rd World Cup appearance in 2026
Last tournament
2010 group stage

Match context

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