Iran – New Zealand 2:2 · FIFA World Cup

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Iran

2–2

Full time

New Zealand

Ramin Rezaeian 32'
Mohammad Mohebbi 64'

7' Elijah Just
54' Elijah Just

Full time · 2–2

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Tyler BindonMarko Stamenic

90'+2'

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Jesse RandallSarpreet Singh

90'+2'

Ehsan Hajsafi

89'

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Amirhossein HosseinzadehMehdi Taremi

80'

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Callan ElliotTim Payne

78'

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Ben OldLiberato Cacace

68'

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Ryan ThomasCallum McCowatt

68'

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Ehsan HajisafiSaman Ghoddos

65'

Mohammad Mohebbi Assist: Ramin Rezaeian

2-2

64'

Elijah Just Assist: Chris Wood

1-2

54'

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Ali AlipourShahriyar Moghanloo

53'

HT · 1-1

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Mehdi GhayediArya Yousefi

45'

Ramin Rezaeian

1-1

32'

Elijah Just Assist: Chris Wood

0-1

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Match info

Date: Monday, June 15, 21:00 UTC-04:00
Competition: FIFA World Cup
Stadium: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
Referee: César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
Attendance: 70 108

Alireza BeiranvandIran · G

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Saves: 6
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0

Ramin RezaeianIran · RB

Goals: 1
Assist: 1
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 1
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 2
Offsides: 0

Milad MohammadiIran · LB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0

Saman GhoddosIran · CM-R

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 2
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 1
Subbed off: 65'

Shoja KhalilzadehIran · CD-R

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 2
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0

Ali NematiIran · CD-L

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 1

Mohammad MohebbiIran · RM

Goals: 1
Assist: 0
Shots: 2
Shots on target: 1
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0

Saeid EzatolahiIran · CM-L

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 2
Shots on target: 1
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 2
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0

Mehdi TaremiIran · CF-L

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 2
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 80'

Shahriyar MoghanlooIran · CF-R

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 3
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 1
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 53'

Arya YousefiIran · LM

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 1
Goals conceded: 1
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 45'

Ehsan HajsafiIran · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Yellow cards: 1
Came on: ✓

Mehdi GhayediIran · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 1
Fouls: 2
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Came on: 45'

Ali AlipourIran · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 1
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Came on: 53'

Amirhossein HosseinzadehIran · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0
Came on: 80'

Max CrocombeNew Zealand · G

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Saves: 2
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1

Tim PayneNew Zealand · RB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 78'

Liberato CacaceNew Zealand · LB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 1
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 68'

Marko StamenicNew Zealand · LM

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 2
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 90'+2'

Finn SurmanNew Zealand · CD-R

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 1
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0

Michael BoxallNew Zealand · CD-L

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0

Callum McCowattNew Zealand · AM-R

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 2
Shots on target: 1
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 68'

Joe BellNew Zealand · RM

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0

Chris WoodNew Zealand · F

Goals: 0
Assist: 2
Shots: 4
Shots on target: 2
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0

Sarpreet SinghNew Zealand · AM

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 3
Shots on target: 2
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0
Subbed off: 90'+2'

Elijah JustNew Zealand · AM-L

Goals: 2
Assist: 0
Shots: 2
Shots on target: 2
Goals conceded: 2
Fouls: 1
Fouls won: 2
Offsides: 0

Ben OldNew Zealand · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0
Came on: 68'

Ryan ThomasNew Zealand · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 2
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Came on: 68'

Callan ElliotNew Zealand · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0
Came on: 78'

Tyler BindonNew Zealand · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 1
Offsides: 0
Came on: 90'+2'

Jesse RandallNew Zealand · SUB

Goals: 0
Assist: 0
Shots: 0
Shots on target: 0
Goals conceded: 0
Fouls: 0
Fouls won: 0
Offsides: 0
Came on: 90'+2'

Iran4-4-2

New Zealand4-2-3-1

Iran

Starting XI

1
23 ⚽
5
14 ▼ 65'
4
19
8 ⚽
6
9 ▼ 80'
20 ▼ 53'
17 ▼ 45'

Substitutes

3 ▲ ✓
10 ▲ 45'
11 ▲ 53'
18 ▲ 80'
2Saleh Hardani
7Alireza Jahanbakhsh
12Payam Niazmand
13Hossein Kanani
15Roozbeh Cheshmi
16Mehdi Torabi
21Mohammad Ghorbani
22Hossein Hosseini
24Dennis Dargahi
25Danial Iri
26Amirmohammad Razzaghinia

New Zealand

Starting XI

1
2 ▼ 78'
13 ▼ 68'
8 ▼ 90'+2'
16
5
20 ▼ 68'
6
9
10 ▼ 90'+2'
11 ⚽⚽

Substitutes

19 ▲ 68'
23 ▲ 68'
24 ▲ 78'
4 ▲ 90'+2'
21 ▲ 90'+2'
3Francis de Vries
12Alex Paulsen
14Alex Rufer
15Nando Pijnaker
17Kosta Barbarouses
18Ben Waine
22Michael Woud
25Lachlan Bayliss
26Tommy Smith

Statistics

48%Possession52%

17Shots14

4Shots on target8

5Blocked shots2

4Corners1

2Offsides0

10Fouls8

1Yellow cards0

0Red cards0

6Saves2

409Passes446

314Accurate passes376

80%Pass accuracy80%

19Crosses12

6Accurate crosses1

61Long balls40

27Accurate long balls21

17Tackles13

10Successful tackles10

11Interceptions15

27Clearances26

0Penalty goals0

Group G

#	Team	P	+/-	Pts
1	Belgium	3	+4	5
2	Egypt	3	+2	5
3	Iran	3	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	-6	1

Advance to Round of 32
Best 8 advance
Eliminated

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Iran LWWWD

New Zealand LWLLD

Match ends, IR Iran 2, New Zealand 2.
90'+6'Second Half ends, IR Iran 2, New Zealand 2.
90'+5'Tyler Bindon (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5'Foul by Mehdi Ghayedi (IR Iran).
90'+5'Ali Alipour (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5'Foul by Ryan Thomas (New Zealand).
90'+4'Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
90'+2'Attempt saved. Chris Wood (New Zealand) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran). Assisted by Jesse Randall with a cross.
90'+2'Substitution, New Zealand. Tyler Bindon replaces Marko Stamenic.
90'+2'Substitution, New Zealand. Jesse Randall replaces Sarpreet Singh.
90'Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
89'Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89'Foul by Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran).
89'Elijah Just (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89'Attempt missed. Ali Nemati (IR Iran) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
88'Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Callan Elliot.
87'Attempt saved. Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). Assisted by Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh.
86'Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
86'Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85'Attempt missed. Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
85'Attempt blocked. Ali Alipour (IR Iran) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
84'Foul by Ryan Thomas (New Zealand).
84'Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81'Attempt missed. Finn Surman (New Zealand) header from very close range is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
81'Foul by Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
81'Ryan Thomas (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80'Substitution, IR Iran. Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh replaces Mehdi Taremi.
80'Attempt missed. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian with a cross.
79'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
78'Delay in match because of an injury Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
78'Substitution, New Zealand. Callan Elliot replaces Tim Payne.
76'Tim Payne (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76'Foul by Mehdi Ghayedi (IR Iran).
76'Attempt blocked. Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mehdi Taremi.
73'Foul by Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
73'Elijah Just (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73'Attempt blocked. Mohammad Mohebbi (IR Iran) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mehdi Ghayedi.
70'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
68'Delay in match for a drinks break.
68'Substitution, New Zealand. Ben Old replaces Liberato Cacace.
68'Substitution, New Zealand. Ryan Thomas replaces Callum McCowatt.
67'Foul by Ali Nemati (IR Iran).
67'Max Crocombe (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67'Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Michael Boxall.
65'Substitution, IR Iran. Ehsan Hajisafi replaces Saman Ghoddos.
64'Goal! IR Iran 2, New Zealand 2. Mohammad Mohebbi (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian with a cross.
61'Attempt saved. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran). Assisted by Chris Wood.
61'Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
61'Foul by Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran).
59'Foul by Tim Payne (New Zealand).
59'Mehdi Ghayedi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57'Offside, IR Iran. Saman Ghoddos is caught offside.
54'Goal! IR Iran 1, New Zealand 2. Elijah Just (New Zealand) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Wood following a fast break.
54'Finn Surman (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54'Foul by Ali Alipour (IR Iran).
53'Substitution, IR Iran. Ali Alipour replaces Shahriyar Moghanloo.
51'Attempt missed. Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian.
49'Attempt blocked. Mehdi Ghayedi (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali Nemati with a headed pass.
48'Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Tim Payne.
47'Attempt missed. Chris Wood (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Max Crocombe.
45'Second Half begins IR Iran 1, New Zealand 1.
45'Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Ghayedi replaces Arya Yousefi.
45'+7'First Half ends, IR Iran 1, New Zealand 1.
45'+5'Offside, IR Iran. Ali Nemati is caught offside.
45'+4'Foul by Elijah Just (New Zealand).
45'+4'Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45'+3'Attempt missed. Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Arya Yousefi.
45'+1'Attempt saved. Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran). Assisted by Chris Wood.
45'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
44'Attempt saved. Chris Wood (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran).
43'Foul by Shoja Khalilzadeh (IR Iran).
43'Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
39'Delay in match because of an injury Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
37'Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
37'Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
35'Delay in match because of an injury Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
35'Delay in match because of an injury Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran).
32'Goal! IR Iran 1, New Zealand 1. Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
32'Attempt blocked. Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
30'Attempt missed. Saman Ghoddos (IR Iran) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohammad Mohebbi.
29'Attempt saved. Liberato Cacace (New Zealand) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran). Assisted by Sarpreet Singh.
29'Attempt missed. Saman Ghoddos (IR Iran) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
28'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
25'Delay in match for a drinks break.
23'Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ali Nemati following a fast break.
20'Ramin Rezaeian (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20'Foul by Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand).
19'Attempt saved. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran). Assisted by Finn Surman.
18'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17'Delay in match because of an injury Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran).
14'Attempt blocked. Chris Wood (New Zealand) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
14'Attempt missed. Callum McCowatt (New Zealand) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
14'Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Arya Yousefi.
14'Attempt blocked. Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
12'Attempt missed. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Elijah Just.
11'Foul by Shahriyar Moghanloo (IR Iran).
11'Michael Boxall (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7'Goal! IR Iran 0, New Zealand 1. Elijah Just (New Zealand) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Wood.
6'Attempt saved. Arya Yousefi (IR Iran) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
3'Foul by Joe Bell (New Zealand).
3'Arya Yousefi (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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