1 wins in 10 is the headline; the rating underneath reads 1437, from 7 rated matches.
Taking their 9 recorded matches, the average sits at 1.22 for, 2.22 against. That field average uses results in our records from 2025. Looking at their 9 matches on record, 3 without losing is the sample's longest run for them. Taking their 9 recorded matches, they have won by as much as 3, taking a fixture 3-0. Scoring ran at 1.10 a game with 2.00 conceded. Looking at their 9 matches on record, 0 home wins and 1 away ones, from 2 and 7 respectively. In component terms: 1.05 scoring rate against a 1.19 conceding rate, lower being better on the second. Against the 47-team field they are 83 points below mean rating, scores 0.01 below average in attack and concedes 0.20 above it defensively. That leaves them -9 on goal difference across the sample. Elijah Just scored a total of 3 goals in the 2026 World Cup. Of the two halves, the attacking side is where they separate most from competition average. Taking their 9 recorded matches, clean sheets number 1, or 11% of matches played.
Everything here comes from our elo-poisson-v1 rating, not a third-party statistic.
Team Overview
New Zealand rate 1437 in our Elo model; they are in the lower half of the World Cup field. New Zealand drew with Iran 2-2; next they lost to Egypt 1-3 and lost to Belgium 1-5. Our match records include goals from Elijah Just (3), Ben Waine (2), Finn Surman and Jesse Randall. New Zealand conceded 20 goals across the 9 matches recorded for them, averaging 2.22 per game. New Zealand kept 1 clean sheets, an 11.1% share. New Zealand averaged 0.00 points at home and 0.86 away. Their worst defeat was 1-5 on 27 June 2026. New Zealand rate 83 Elo points below the other World Cup sides' average.