Iran 2-2 New Zealand — World Cup 2026 Group G Result, Stats & Lineups

⏱️ Match Timeline

7' ⚽ Elijah Just assist: Chris Wood New Zealand

32' ⚽ Ramin Rezaeian Iran

45' 🔄 Mehdi Ghayedi Iran

53' 🔄 Ali Alipour Iran

54' ⚽ Elijah Just assist: Chris Wood following a fast break New Zealand

64' ⚽ Mohammad Mohebbi assist: Ramin Rezaeian with a cross Iran

65' 🔄 Ehsan Hajisafi Iran

68' 🔄 Ryan Thomas New Zealand

68' 🔄 Ben Old New Zealand

78' 🔄 Callan Elliot New Zealand

80' 🔄 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh Iran

89' 🟨 Ehsan Hajisafi Iran

90'+2' 🔄 Jesse Randall New Zealand

90'+2' 🔄 Tyler Bindon New Zealand

📊 Match Stats

48.5 Possession % 51.5

17 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 8

4 Corners 1

6 Saves 2

10 Fouls 8

2 Offsides 0

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

409 Passes 446

80 Pass Accuracy % 80

19 Crosses 12

17 Tackles 13

11 Interceptions 15

27 Clearances 26

👥 Starting Lineups

🇮🇷 Iran

4-4-2

1 Alireza Beiranvand G

19 Ali Nemati CD-L

4 Shoja Khalilzadeh CD-R

5 Milad Mohammadi LB

23 Ramin Rezaeian RB

6 Saeid Ezatolahi CM-L

14 Saman Ghoddos CM-R

17 Arya Yousefi LM

8 Mohammad Mohebbi RM

9 Mehdi Taremi CF-L

20 Shahriyar Moghanloo CF-R

Subs: Mehdi Ghayedi, Ali Alipour, Hossein Hosseini, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Amirmohammad Razzaghinia, Saleh Hardani, Ehsan Hajsafi, Payam Niazmand, Dennis Dargahi, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Torabi, Hossein Kanani, Danial Iri

🇳🇿 New Zealand

4-2-3-1

1 Max Crocombe G

5 Michael Boxall CD-L

16 Finn Surman CD-R

13 Liberato Cacace LB

2 Tim Payne RB

10 Sarpreet Singh AM

8 Marko Stamenic LM

6 Joe Bell RM

9 Chris Wood F

11 Elijah Just AM-L

20 Callum McCowatt AM-R

Subs: Alex Paulsen, Ben Old, Jesse Randall, Callan Elliot, Francis de Vries, Ben Waine, Michael Woud, Tyler Bindon, Kosta Barbarouses, Tommy Smith, Lachlan Bayliss, Nando Pijnaker, Ryan Thomas, Alex Rufer