Burgess's Australian went out on penalties to Egypt. This follows New Zealand and South Korea failing to make it out of the group.

FT: Iran 2 - 2 New Zealand

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Info	Details
Competition	2026 FIFA World Cup, Group Stage
Date	Mon, June 15, 2026
Venue	SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California, USA
Referee	César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos
Kickoff	9:00 PM EDT / 3:00 AM CEST
Status	FT

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LINE-UPS

Iran (4-4-2)

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Alireza Beiranvand		Mehdi Ghayedi	🔄 on 45'
Ali Nemati		Ali Alipour	🔄 on 53'
Shoja Khalilzadeh		Hossein Hosseini
Milad Mohammadi		Roozbeh Cheshmi
Ramin Rezaeian	⚽ 32'	Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Saeid Ezatolahi		Amirmohammad Razzaghinia
Saman Ghoddos	🔄 off 65'	Saleh Hardani
Arya Yousefi	🔄 off 45'	Ehsan Hajsafi	🔄 on 65' · 🟨 89'
Mohammad Mohebbi	⚽ 64'	Payam Niazmand
Mehdi Taremi	🔄 off 80'	Dennis Dargahi
Shahriyar Moghanloo	🔄 off 53'	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	🔄 on 80'
		Mehdi Torabi
		Hossein Kanani
		Danial Iri
		Mohammad Ghorbani

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New Zealand (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Max Crocombe		Alex Paulsen
Michael Boxall		Ben Old	🔄 on 68'
Finn Surman		Jesse Randall	🔄 on 90'+2'
Liberato Cacace	🔄 off 68'	Callan Elliot	🔄 on 78'
Tim Payne	🔄 off 78'	Francis de Vries
Sarpreet Singh	🔄 off 90'+2'	Ben Waine
Marko Stamenic	🔄 off 90'+2'	Michael Woud
Joe Bell		Tyler Bindon	🔄 on 90'+2'
Chris Wood		Kosta Barbarouses
Elijah Just	⚽ 7' · ⚽ 54'	Tommy Smith
Callum McCowatt	🔄 off 68'	Lachlan Bayliss
		Nando Pijnaker
		Ryan Thomas	🔄 on 68'
		Alex Rufer

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MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

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.

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.

45' 🔄 Substitution, IR Iran. Mehdi Ghayedi replaces Arya Yousefi.

53' 🔄 Substitution, IR Iran. Ali Alipour replaces Shahriyar Moghanloo.

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.

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.

65' 🔄 Substitution, IR Iran. Ehsan Hajisafi replaces Saman Ghoddos.

68' 🔄 Substitution, New Zealand. Ryan Thomas replaces Callum McCowatt.

68' 🔄 Substitution, New Zealand. Ben Old replaces Liberato Cacace.

78' 🔄 Substitution, New Zealand. Callan Elliot replaces Tim Payne.

80' 🔄 Substitution, IR Iran. Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh replaces Mehdi Taremi.

89' 🟨 Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+2' 🔄 Substitution, New Zealand. Jesse Randall replaces Sarpreet Singh.

90'+2' 🔄 Substitution, New Zealand. Tyler Bindon replaces Marko Stamenic.

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MATCH STATS

Stat	Iran	New Zealand
Expected Goals	1.54	1.24
Possession	48%	52%
Shots on Goal	4 (24%)	8 (57%)
Big Chances Created	1	2
Big Chances Missed	1	0
Accurate Passes	312 (77%)	377 (84%)
Duels Won	51	45
Saves	6	2
Fouls Committed	9	8

GROUP G

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
2	New Zealand	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
3	Belgium	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Egypt	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

MATCH ENDED