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Iran v New Zealand : World Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 16th Jun, 02:00 BST, ,

Quite simply, we want you to win betting on this game. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. The best odds are also given.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 77% chance of Iran and New Zealand a maximum of 3 goals combined during this World Cup fixture according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can back it at 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Iran are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 52% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.85.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Iran 53%	5/6 5%	-
Draw 26%	12/5	-
New Zealand 21%	15/4 13%	-
Iran 1-0 14%	5/1 8%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2 7%	-
Iran 2-0 11%	7/1	-
Draw 0-0 9%	13/2 17%	-
Iran 2-1 9%	17/2 6%	-
New Zealand 1-0 8%	10/1	-
Iran 3-0 5%	14/1	-
New Zealand 2-1 5%	16/1	-
Iran 3-1 5%	18/1 12%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	20/1 11%	-
New Zealand 2-0 3%	22/1	-
Iran 4-0 2%	33/1	-
Iran 3-2 2%	40/1 21%	-
Iran 4-1 2%	40/1 21%	-
New Zealand 3-1 1%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	13/10 10%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	8/13 6%	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	8/13	-
Away 1st Goal 39%	7/4 5%	-
No 1st Goal 6%	13/2 17%	-
BTTS - Yes 44%	21/20 3%	-
BTTS - No 56%	7/10 3%	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	15/4 10%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 8%	10/1 16%	-
Home/draw 79%	2/11 2%	-
Away/draw 47%	10/11	-
Home/away 74%	3/10 1%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	4/9 6%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	7/4 14%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	10/3 8%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	2/9 2%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	8/1 13%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/14 1%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	18/1 12%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/50 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/12 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	13/2 17%	-
Home DNB 71%	3/10	-
Away DNB 39%	12/5	-
Iran win to nil 34%	13/8 4%	-
New Zealand win to nil 13%	6/1	-
Iran / Iran 29%	15/8 5%	-
Iran / New Zealand 2%	40/1	-
Iran / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Iran 19%	7/2	-
Draw / New Zealand 9%	17/2	-
Draw / Draw 18%	15/4 5%	-
New Zealand / Iran 3%	25/1 13%	-
New Zealand / New Zealand 10%	7/1	-
New Zealand / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	-

Group G table

Group G	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Points
1Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Win / draw / win form

New Zealand have not won in 5 consecutive games

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Iran	2 - 0	Tanzania
A	Iran	1 - 2	Russia
H	Iran	3 - 0	North Korea
A	Iran	0 - 1	Qatar
H	Iran	2 - 2	Uzbekistan
H	Iran	2 - 0	UAE
A	Iran	3 - 2	Kyrgyzstan
A	Iran	3 - 2	North Korea
H	Iran	4 - 1	Qatar
A	Iran	0 - 0	Uzbekistan
A	Iran	1 - 0	UAE
H	Iran	1 - 0	Kyrgyzstan
H	Iran	0 - 0	Uzbekistan
A	Iran	4 - 2	Hong Kong
A	Iran	1 - 0	Turkmenistan
H	Iran	5 - 0	Turkmenistan
H	Iran	2 - 3	Qatar
H	Iran	2 - 1	Japan
H	Iran	1 - 1	Syria
H	Iran	2 - 1	UAE

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	New Zealand	1 - 1	Norway
A	New Zealand	0 - 1	Poland
H	New Zealand	1 - 3	Australia
A	New Zealand	0 - 1	Australia
H	New Zealand	1 - 2	Ukraine
H	New Zealand	1 - 0	Cote d'Ivoire
A	New Zealand	3 - 0	New Caledonia
H	New Zealand	7 - 0	Fiji
A	New Zealand	8 - 0	Samoa
H	New Zealand	8 - 1	Vanuatu
H	New Zealand	4 - 0	Malaysia
H	New Zealand	3 - 0	Tahiti
A	New Zealand	1 - 1	USA
A	New Zealand	0 - 3	Mexico
H	New Zealand	0 - 0	Tunisia
A	New Zealand	0 - 1	Egypt
A	New Zealand	1 - 1	Ireland
A	New Zealand	0 - 2	Greece
A	New Zealand	0 - 2	Australia
H	New Zealand	1 - 1	Congo DR

Goal Statistics

Iran's fans will be hoping for goals on Tuesday morning, not least because New Zealand have conceded in each of their last 5 World Cup matches. A PG of 1.5 for A. Ghalenoei's side suggests that run should continue.

An absolutely dismal PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for New Zealand fans, as should a 6 World Cup games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Iran	New Zealand
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Iran will score 1 or more goals	0 43% 1 36% 2 15% 3 4+ There is a 79% probability of New Zealand scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away games

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

14%

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Games scored	17		13
Failed to score	3		7
Scored first	13		8
Goals scored	39		40
Avg. goals scored	2		2
Avg. shots per game	12		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	17		22
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+14%

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Games conceded	11		13
Clean sheets	9		7
Conceded first	5		11
Goals conceded	18		20
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		8
Conversion rate against	12%		13%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+18%

The line-ups for the World Cup match between Iran v New Zealand will show here when available.

Iran World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Beiranvand GLK				-
P Niazmand GLK				-
H Hosseini GLK				-
D. Iri DEF				-
E Hajsafi DEF				-
A Yousefi DEF				-
A Nemati DEF				-
S Hardani DEF				-
H Kanaani DEF				-
S Khalilzadeh DEF				-
M Mohammadi DEF				-
R Rezaeian DEF				-
R Cheshmi MID				-
A. Razzaghinia MID				-
M Ghorbani MID				-
S Ezatolahi MID				-
S Ghoddos MID				-
M Torabi FWD				-
D Ayensa FWD				-
A Alipour FWD				-
A Hosseinzadeh FWD				-
M Taremi FWD				-
S Moghanlou FWD				-
A Jahanbakhsh FWD				-
M Mohebi FWD				-
M Ghaedi FWD				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	0	0	0

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
0	0	0

Players	passes	tackles	duels won

New Zealand World Cup squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
0	0	0	0

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Woud GLK				-
M Crocombe GLK				-
A Paulsen GLK				-
T. Bindon DEF				-
M Boxall DEF				-
F Surman DEF				-
C Elliot DEF				-
T Payne DEF				-
L Cacace DEF				-
N Pijnaker DEF				-
T Smith DEF				-
F Vries DEF				-
B Old DEF				-
J Bell MID				-
L. Bayliss MID				-
A Rufer MID				-
S Singh MID				-
M Garbett MID				-
M Stamenić MID				-
C McCowatt MID				-
R Thomas MID				-
E Just FWD				-
C Wood FWD				-
B Waine FWD				-
K Barbarouses FWD				-
J Randall FWD				-