International Friendly

New Zealand vs Finland, 2026 International Friendly

· International Friendly
New Zealand
    FT
    0 - 2
    Finland
    • 25': Joel Pohjanpalo
    • 85': Jaakko Oksanen

    About

    New Zealand are hosting Finland at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand, starting on . The match is a part of the International Friendly.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Callum McCowatt.
    • 5': Attempt missed. Ben Waine (New Zealand) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Francis de Vries.
    • 9': Foul by Adam Markhiev (Finland).
    • 9': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Foul by Elijah Just (New Zealand).
    • 10': Leo Walta (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Ben Waine (New Zealand) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Elijah Just.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Leo Walta (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Oliver Antman.
    • 17': Foul by Leo Walta (Finland).
    • 17': Tim Payne (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Adam Markhiev.
    • 20': Attempt blocked. Elijah Just (New Zealand) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 20': Foul by Ben Waine (New Zealand).
    • 20': Samuli Miettinen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Offside, New Zealand. Ben Waine is caught offside.
    • 23': Anssi Suhonen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Tyler Bindon (New Zealand).
    • 24': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Tim Payne.
    • 25': Goal! New Zealand 0, Finland 1. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leo Walta with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Foul by Ben Waine (New Zealand).
    • 26': Samuli Miettinen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Tim Payne (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 31': Foul by Elijah Just (New Zealand).
    • 31': Juho Lähteenmäki (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Tim Payne (New Zealand).
    • 32': Oliver Antman (Finland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Foul by Francis de Vries (New Zealand).
    • 35': Naatan Skyttä (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leo Walta.
    • 36': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 37': Attempt saved. Oliver Antman (Finland) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner by Max Crocombe (New Zealand). Assisted by Naatan Skyttä with a cross.
    • 37': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Max Crocombe.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Oliver Antman (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Leo Walta following a corner.
    • 38': Delay in match because of an injury Max Crocombe (New Zealand).
    • 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 43': Delay in match because of an injury Francis de Vries (New Zealand).
    • 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 44': Substitution, New Zealand. James McGarry replaces Francis de Vries because of an injury.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Anssi Suhonen (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Ryan Thomas (New Zealand).
    • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Joel Pohjanpalo (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, New Zealand 0, Finland 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins New Zealand 0, Finland 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Jaakko Oksanen replaces Adam Markhiev.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Kasper Paananen replaces Joel Pohjanpalo.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Ryan Mahuta replaces Juho Lähteenmäki.
    • 45': Substitution, Finland. Tony Miettinen replaces Ville Koski.
    • 45': Substitution, New Zealand. Jesse Randall replaces Callum McCowatt.
    • 48': Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
    • 48': Naatan Skyttä (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Tony Miettinen (Finland).
    • 50': Jesse Randall (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 52': Foul by Kasper Paananen (Finland).
    • 52': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 54': Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
    • 54': Ryan Mahuta (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Tony Miettinen (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 59': Substitution, Finland. Onni Valakari replaces Naatan Skyttä.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Kasper Paananen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Leo Walta.
    • 60': Foul by Jaakko Oksanen (Finland).
    • 60': Ryan Thomas (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 60': Jaakko Oksanen (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 62': Attempt missed. James McGarry (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryan Thomas.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Elijah Just (New Zealand) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Viljami Sinisalo (Finland). Assisted by Ben Old.
    • 64': Foul by Marko Stamenic (New Zealand).
    • 64': Onni Valakari (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Marko Stamenic (New Zealand) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 64': Substitution, New Zealand. Callan Elliot replaces Tim Payne.
    • 64': Substitution, New Zealand. Kosta Barbarouses replaces Ben Waine.
    • 65': Substitution, New Zealand. Lachlan Bayliss replaces Ryan Thomas.
    • 65': Ben Old (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Ryan Mahuta (Finland).
    • 67': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Finn Surman.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Anssi Suhonen (Finland) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Leo Walta following a corner.
    • 67': Substitution, Finland. Topi Keskinen replaces Oliver Antman.
    • 67': Substitution, Finland. Doni Arifi replaces Anssi Suhonen.
    • 68': Corner, New Zealand. Conceded by Nikolai Alho.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Ben Old (New Zealand) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Kosta Barbarouses.
    • 74': Leo Walta (Finland) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Kasper Paananen.
    • 74': Foul by Doni Arifi (Finland).
    • 74': Lachlan Bayliss (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Jesse Randall (New Zealand) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ben Old.
    • 77': Offside, Finland. Ryan Mahuta is caught offside.
    • 78': Foul by Tyler Bindon (New Zealand).
    • 78': Onni Valakari (Finland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Substitution, New Zealand. Logan Rogerson replaces Elijah Just.
    • 80': Substitution, New Zealand. Joe Bell replaces Marko Stamenic.
    • 80': Substitution, New Zealand. Andre de Jong replaces Ben Old.
    • 80': Substitution, Finland. Matti Peltola replaces Nikolai Alho.
    • 80': Offside, Finland. Topi Keskinen is caught offside.
    • 82': Foul by Kasper Paananen (Finland).
    • 82': Joe Bell (New Zealand) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 82': Kasper Paananen (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Joe Bell (New Zealand) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Lachlan Bayliss (New Zealand) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by James McGarry.
    • 84': Attempt saved. Jesse Randall (New Zealand) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Viljami Sinisalo (Finland). Assisted by Lachlan Bayliss.
    • 85': Goal! New Zealand 0, Finland 2. Jaakko Oksanen (Finland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 88': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Andre de Jong (New Zealand) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Doni Arifi (Finland).
    • 90'+2': Corner, Finland. Conceded by Finn Surman.
    • 90'+3': Handball by Jaakko Oksanen (Finland).
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, New Zealand 0, Finland 2.
    • 0': Match ends, New Zealand 0, Finland 2.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 12
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 1
    7 Corner Kicks 2
    2 Saves 1
    49.9 Possession 50.1
    10 SHOTS 11
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.3 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    350 Accurate Passes 343
    420 Passes 426
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 0
    16 Crosses 10
    0.2 Cross % 0.0
    45 Long Balls 55
    23 Accurate Long Balls 28
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 2
    6 Effective Tackles 9
    10 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    10 Interceptions 7
    21 Effective Clearances 14
    21 Clearances 14

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Eden Park
    Location: Auckland, New Zealand
    Attendance: 17,603

    Line-Ups

    NZL New Zealand (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Max Crocombe (GK)
    4 Tyler Bindon
    16 Finn Surman
    3 Francis de Vries
    2 Tim Payne
    11 Elijah Just
    8 Marko Stamenic Yellow Card
    23 Ryan Thomas
    18 Ben Waine
    19 Ben Old
    20 Callum McCowatt
    New Zealand Substitutes:
    Andre De Jong, Callan Elliot, Bill Tuiloma, Michael Woud, Logan Rogerson, Alex Rufer, Kosta Barbarouses, James McGarry, Joe Bell, Alex Paulsen, Jesse Randall, Lachlan Bayliss.

    FIN Finland (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    23 Viljami Sinisalo (GK)
    21 Ville Koski
    3 Samuli Miettinen
    17 Nikolai Alho
    6 Leo Walta
    16 Anssi Suhonen
    11 Adam Markhiev
    13 Juho Lähteenmäki
    10 Naatan Skyttä
    7 Oliver Antman
    20 Joel Pohjanpalo
    Finland Substitutes:
    Jaakko Oksanen, Kasper Paananen, Oiva Jukkola, Topi Keskinen, Lukas Hradecky, Ryan Mahuta, Doni Arifi, Miro Tenho, Jesse Joronen, Tony Miettinen, Onni Valakari, Matti Peltola.

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