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Group G · Matchday 1 · AT&T Stadium, Dallas · Jun 16, 01:00 UTC

🇮🇷 Iranvs🇳🇿 New Zealand
55.8%draw 25.7%18.5%

Expected goals: IRN 2.06 · NZL 0.89

SourceIRN winDrawNZL win
Model63.7%21.8%14.5%
Market (Pinnacle)52.5%27.3%20.2%
Blend (published)55.8%25.7%18.5%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows IRN, columns NZL

0123450
7.1%
4.9%
2.6%
0.8%
1
8.8%
12.2%
5.4%
1.6%
2
9.7%
8.7%
5.2%
1.7%
3
6.7%
6.0%
2.7%
1.1%
4
3.4%
3.1%
1.4%
5
1.4%
1.3%
0.6%
11 12.2%20 9.7%10 8.8%21 8.7%00 7.1%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🇮🇷IRN1800effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1800
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Mehdi Taremi, Sardar Azmoun, Alireza Jahanbakhsh.

🇳🇿NZL1640effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1640
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Chris Wood, Liberato Cacace, Marko Stamenić.