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New Zealand Iran vs New Zealand: time, TV channel and stadium Group Stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 · Monday, June 15, 2026 · 21:00 ET · SoFi Stadium, Inglewood.
Match preview Iran begin their 2026 World Cup against New Zealand at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, in a Group G completed by Belgium and Egypt. Team Melli are Asia's most-capped World Cup side alongside Korea, with seven appearances and memorable moments such as their win over the United States in 1998. They are looking to finally make the leap into a knockout round.
New Zealand return to the big stage with the pride of their celebrated 2010 campaign, when they finished the group stage unbeaten despite not advancing. The All Whites, masters of Oceania, arrive hungry to compete with sides of greater pedigree. A direct duel between two teams that will look to surprise in a group led by Belgium.
Goals and cards Iran (2) Ramin Rezaeian 32' Mohammad Mohebbi 64' New Zealand (2) Elijah Just 7' Elijah Just 54' Goals Iran (1) Ehsan Hajisafi 89' New Zealand (0) Cards Match center
Lineups, changes and statistics ESPN 22 starters Iran 4-4-2 Starting XI 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 ↓ Substitutes 10 Mehdi Ghayedi SUB ↑ 11 Ali Alipour SUB ↑ 22 Hossein Hosseini SUB 15 Roozbeh Cheshmi SUB 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh SUB 26 Amirmohammad Razzaghinia SUB 2 Saleh Hardani SUB 3 Ehsan Hajsafi SUB ↑ 12 Payam Niazmand SUB 24 Dennis Dargahi SUB 18 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh SUB ↑ 16 Mehdi Torabi SUB 13 Hossein Kanani SUB 25 Danial Iri SUB 21 Mohammad Ghorbani SUB New Zealand 4-2-3-1 Starting XI 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 ↓ Substitutes 12 Alex Paulsen SUB 19 Ben Old SUB ↑ 21 Jesse Randall SUB ↑ 24 Callan Elliot SUB ↑ 3 Francis de Vries SUB 18 Ben Waine SUB 22 Michael Woud SUB 4 Tyler Bindon SUB ↑ 17 Kosta Barbarouses SUB 26 Tommy Smith SUB 25 Lachlan Bayliss SUB 15 Nando Pijnaker SUB 23 Ryan Thomas SUB ↑ 14 Alex Rufer SUB 9 45' 53' 65' 68' 68' 78' 80' 90'+2' 90'+2' 28 Iran New Zealand
10 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 1
6 Saves 2
48.5 Possession 51.5
17 SHOTS 14
4 ON GOAL 8
0.2 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
314 Accurate Passes 376
409 Passes 446
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 1
19 Crosses 12
0.3 Cross % 0.1
61 Long Balls 40
27 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 2
10 Effective Tackles 10
17 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
11 Interceptions 15
27 Effective Clearances 26
27 Clearances 26
ET (US East) 21:00
Colombia / Peru 20:00
Mexico City 19:00
Argentina / Chile 22:00
Spain 03:00 (next day)
Date: Monday, June 15, 2026.
SoFi Stadium
Inglewood, California · Capacity 69,650
TV channels and streaming vary by country (Telemundo and Fox in the US, RTVC in Colombia, TVA/Azteca in Mexico, RTVE in Spain, and more).
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