Goals, cards, substitutions, and other recorded match events.
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The Iran vs New Zealand timeline covers World Cup 2026, Group Stage - 1 on 16 Jun 2026 and tracks 14 recorded match events from the game. The scoreline is Iran 2-2 New Zealand, so the event list can be read alongside the final result. The timeline includes 4 goals, 1 card, and 9 substitutions, which helps show whether the game was shaped by goals, cards, substitutions or a mix of all three.
The event mix shows 4 goals, 1 card, and 9 substitutions. That makes the timeline useful for seeing when the match opened up, when discipline became part of the story and how both benches changed the game through substitutions.
The first major moments listed here include 7' - New Zealand, Elijah Just - Normal Goal, 32' - Iran, Ramin Rezaeian - Normal Goal, 46' - Iran, Aria Yousefi - Substitution 1, 53' - Iran, Shahriyar Moghanlou - Substitution 2, and 54' - New Zealand, Elijah Just - Normal Goal. Reading those events in order gives a quick route through the match story before opening the full timeline for every recorded action.