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Group G · Sunday, June 21, 2026

New Zealand vs Egypt

🕒 9 PM ET📺 FS1 · Telemundo📍 BC Place, Vancouver

The pick

22% NZL28% Draw50% EGY
Model scoreline 0-1Expected goals 0.86 – 1.44
DraftKings: NZL +360 · Draw +285 · EGY -135PredictionMarketsPicks (model): 17% / 29% / 54%Others’ scoreline: 1-1

Win, draw, and loss probabilities and expected goals are from our team-strength model. Public consensus from 1 source: PredictionMarketsPicks (model).

Head to head

Expected shapes: New Zealand 4-2-3-1, Egypt 4-2-3-1.

New Zealand
vs
Egypt
Model rating
16671801
FIFA ranking
#85#29
Title odds
0.0%0.1%
Squad value (top 26)
€55M€141M
Players in top-5 leagues
13
Avg age (XI) · younger left
26.529.8
Squad strength by line (EA FC 26 ratings)
GKDEFMIDATT
NZLEGY
Top players
New Zealand
ST
Chris Wood
Nott'm Forest · 34y
82
PAC53
SHO83
PAS68
DRI72
DEF40
PHY81
Aerial FortressEnforcerPrecision Header
CDM
Joe Bell
Viking FK · 26y
74
PAC70
SHO64
PAS72
DRI71
DEF69
PHY81
InterceptPress ProvenRelentlessTiki Taka
LB
Liberato Cacace
Wrexham · 25y
72
PAC72
SHO60
PAS67
DRI71
DEF69
PHY74
Egypt
RM
Mohamed Salah
Liverpool · 33y
91
PAC89
SHO88
PAS86
DRI90
DEF45
PHY76
Finesse Shot ★First TouchGamechangerInventive
ST
Omar Marmoush
Manchester City · 27y
84
PAC89
SHO85
PAS76
DRI86
DEF34
PHY71
Dead BallFinesse ShotTechnical
CB
Mohamed Abdelmonem
OGC Nice · 27y
74
PAC62
SHO40
PAS63
DRI61
DEF74
PHY74

Key players to watch

RM Egypt
Mohamed Salah
Liverpool · 33y
91
PAC89
SHO88
PAS86
DRI90
DEF45
PHY76
Finesse Shot ★First TouchGamechangerInventive
ST Egypt
Omar Marmoush
Manchester City · 27y
84
PAC89
SHO85
PAS76
DRI86
DEF34
PHY71
Dead BallFinesse ShotTechnical
ST New Zealand
Chris Wood
Nott'm Forest · 34y
82
PAC53
SHO83
PAS68
DRI72
DEF40
PHY81
Aerial FortressEnforcerPrecision Header
CDM New Zealand
Joe Bell
Viking FK · 26y
74
PAC70
SHO64
PAS72
DRI71
DEF69
PHY81
InterceptPress ProvenRelentlessTiki Taka

Projected XIs

Most-likely starting elevens based on recent selections.

New Zealand
  • 1M Crocombe
  • 2B Tuiloma
  • 3F Surman
  • 4T Bindon
  • 5F de Vries
  • 6M Stamenic
  • 7A Rufer
  • 8E Just
  • 9S Singh
  • 10B Old
  • 11B Waine
Egypt
  • 1M Shobeir
  • 2M Hany
  • 3Y Ibrahim El Hanafi
  • 4H Fathi
  • 5A Aboul-Fetouh
  • 6M Lasheen
  • 7M Attia
  • 8A Sayed
  • 9E Abdelghany
  • 10I Elsayed Mohamed Attia
  • 11O Marmoush

Storylines

World Cup 2026 Group G guide: Egypt pin hopes on Salah, Belgium look to Doku and De Bruyne

Group G guide profiling Egypt's reliance on the 33-year-old Salah, two goals shy of the national record, and New Zealand's direct game plan built around captain Chris Wood at their third World Cup.

The National · 2026-06-02
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