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⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
IRAN
2 2
NEW ZEALAND
📍 VENUE: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood ✦ REFEREE: César Arturo Ramos
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 7' Elijah Just volley into the roof of the net
  • 32' Ramin Rezaeian
  • 45'
  • 53'
  • 54' Elijah Just Just's second of the game; first NZ player to score a brace at a World Cup
  • 64' Mohammad Mohebbi header in off the far post
  • 65'
  • 68'
  • 68'
  • 78'
  • 80'
  • 89' 🟨 Ehsan Hajsafi late caution shown from the bench, after his 65th-minute substitution
  • 90'
  • 90'
▶ MATCH STATS
IRN 48% POSSESSION 52% NZL
IRN 20 SHOTS 9 NZL
IRN 4 SHOTS ON TARGET 8 NZL
IRN 10 FOULS 8 NZL
IRN 6 SAVES 2 NZL
IRN 0 RED CARDS 0 NZL
▶ LINE-UPS
IRAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKAlireza Beiranvand
  2. DFShojae Khalilzadeh
  3. DFEhsan Hajsafi🟨
  4. DFMilad Mohammadi
  5. DFRamin Rezaeian
  6. MFSaeid Ezatolahi
  7. MFAli Nemati
  8. MFMohammad Mohebbi
  9. MFMehdi Ghayedi
  10. FWAli Alipour
  11. FWAmirhossein Hosseinzadeh
SUBSTITUTES
  • Arya Yousefi▲ 45'
  • Shahriyar Moghanloo▲ 53'
  • Saman Ghoddos▲ 65'
  • Mehdi Taremi▲ 80'
NEW ZEALAND
STARTING XI
  1. GKMax Crocombe
  2. DFMichael Boxall
  3. DFTyler Bindon
  4. DFJoe Bell
  5. DFFinn Surman
  6. MFBen Old
  7. MFCallan Elliot
  8. MFJesse Randall
  9. MFRyan Thomas
  10. FWElijah Just⚽⚽
  11. FWChris Wood
SUBSTITUTES
  • Liberato Cacace▲ 68'
  • Callum McCowatt▲ 68'
  • Tim Payne▲ 78'
  • Sarpreet Singh▲ 90'
  • Marko Stamenic▲ 90'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

IRAN
Team Melli
EST. 1920
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H2H
1—0
IRN LEADS · 1–0
DRAWS
2
MEETINGS
3
NEW ZEALAND
The All Whites
EST. 1891
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