Match 16 · Group stage · Group G
Iran vs New Zealand
SoFi Stadium · Los Angeles
Timeline
Key events
7'
goal Elijah Just (NZL)
32'
goal Ramin Rezaeian (IRN)
45'
sub Mehdi Ghayedi on for Arya Yousefi (IRN)
53'
sub Ali Alipour on for Shahriyar Moghanloo (IRN)
54'
goal Elijah Just (NZL)
64'
goal Mohammad Mohebbi (IRN)
65'
sub Ehsan Hajsafi on for Saman Ghoddos (IRN)
68'
sub Ryan Thomas on for Callum McCowatt (NZL)
68'
sub Ben Old on for Liberato Cacace (NZL)
78'
sub Callan Elliot on for Tim Payne (NZL)
80'
sub Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh on for Mehdi Taremi (IRN)
89'
yellow Ehsan Hajsafi (IRN)
90'
sub Jesse Randall 90+2', on for Sarpreet Singh (NZL)
90'
sub Tyler Bindon 90+2', on for Marko Stamenic (NZL)
Line-ups
Starting XIs
Confirmed starting elevens. Substituted players are marked on the pitch; players who came on are highlighted on the bench.
IRN 4-4-2
NZL 4-2-3-1
Mohammadi
Nemati
Khalilzadeh
Rezaeian
↓ Yousefi
Ezatolahi
↓ Ghoddos
Mohebbi
↓ Taremi
↓ Moghanloo
Beiranvand
↓ Cacace
Boxall
Surman
↓ Payne
↓ Stamenic
Bell
Just
↓ Singh
↓ McCowatt
Wood
Crocombe
Iran
Bench · 4 used - 10 Ghayedi ▲
- 11 Alipour ▲
- 22 Hosseini
- 15 Cheshmi
- 7 Jahanbakhsh
- 26 Razzaghinia
- 2 Hardani
- 3 Hajsafi ▲
- 12 Niazmand
- 24 Dargahi
- 18 Hosseinzadeh ▲
- 16 Torabi
- 13 Kanani
- 25 Iri
- 21 Ghorbani
New Zealand
Bench · 5 used - 12 Paulsen
- 19 Old ▲
- 21 Randall ▲
- 24 Elliot ▲
- 3 Vries
- 18 Waine
- 22 Woud
- 4 Bindon ▲
- 17 Barbarouses
- 26 Smith
- 25 Bayliss
- 15 Pijnaker
- 23 Thomas ▲
- 14 Rufer
Substitutions
45' Mehdi Ghayedi on for Arya Yousefi (IRN)
53' Ali Alipour on for Shahriyar Moghanloo (IRN)
65' Ehsan Hajsafi on for Saman Ghoddos (IRN)
68' Ryan Thomas on for Callum McCowatt (NZL)
68' Ben Old on for Liberato Cacace (NZL)
78' Callan Elliot on for Tim Payne (NZL)
80' Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh on for Mehdi Taremi (IRN)
90' Jesse Randall 90+2', on for Sarpreet Singh (NZL)
90' Tyler Bindon 90+2', on for Marko Stamenic (NZL)
Form
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