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Who will win New Zealand vs Egypt?

Onside's model gives Egypt a 50% win probability (27% draw, New Zealand 23%). We publish every prediction before kickoff and grade it after full time. See every graded prediction. Full match breakdown below.
MODEL PREDICTION · GROUP G · MD2

New Zealand vs EgyptWin Probability & Model Prediction

Monday, 22 June 2026 · 01:00 UTC · Vancouver

Onside's AI model gives New Zealand 23%, draw 27%, and Egypt 50%. Egypt is the model favourite (moderate confidence) for this World Cup 2026 Group G fixture on Monday.

NEW ZEALAND WIN
23%
DRAW
27%
EGYPT WIN
50%
SCORELINE DISTRIBUTION · BIVARIATE POISSON

Top 5 likely scorelines · model receipts

EXPECTED GOALS
1.141.75
★ MODE
11
12.4%
12
9.7%
02
8.5%
01
8.4%
00
6.9%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
55%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
57%

Pre-tournament prior model — posterior updates as the group stage plays. Scorelines computed from the model's bivariate Poisson with low-score (Dixon-Coles) correction. The mode is the single most likely result; the full grid sums to 100%.

QUICK FACTS · MODEL OUTPUTS

New Zealand vs Egypt World Cup 2026 prediction

Onside's model gives New Zealand 23%, draw 27%, and Egypt 50% — egypt favoured. Calibrated against the rolling tournament hit-rate; every call is publicly graded after full-time on the model record.

New Zealand vs Egypt prediction score

Expected scoreline: 12 — rounded from the bivariate-Poisson expected goals (New Zealand 1, Egypt 2). The full top-five most-likely scorelines are on this page below.

New Zealand vs Egypt head to head

Group G fixture at Vancouver, kickoff Mon 22 Jun, 01:00 UTC. Model anchors: FIFA rank (NZL #85 vs EGY #28), confederation, and live MD1+ form learned from this tournament's results.

New Zealand vs Egypt line up

Probable XIs and confirmed lineups land at the match centre as soon as managers release them — typically ~1 hour before kickoff. Onside's player-projection engine pre-computes the most-likely scoring threats per side from current tournament form.

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MODEL RATIONALE

Ranking gap is the story

Egypt sit 57 places above New Zealand in the FIFA ranking (#28 vs #85) — a gap of that size is hard for the underdog to close in a one-off match. Egypt comes out at 50%, New Zealand at 23%, with the rest on the draw. Treated as a moderate call rather than a foregone conclusion.

MATCH CONTEXT

How the teams compare

WORLD RANKING
New Zealand
#85
Egypt
#28
PREMIER LEAGUE PRESENCE
New Zealand
2
Egypt
2
HOME SOIL
New Zealand
Egypt
REGION
New Zealand
OFC
Egypt
CAF
PREMIER LEAGUE THREAD

The PL names in each squad

New Zealand2 PL
  • Chris WoodNott'm Forest
  • Marko StamenićNott'm Forest
Egypt2 PL
  • Omar MarmoushMan City
  • Mohamed SalahLiverpool
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