World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Oceania | Semi-Finals

Mar 21, 2025 at 6.10am UK

Sky Stadium

New Zealand
7 - 0
Fiji

Wood (6', 6', 56', 56', 60', 60'), Singh (16', 16'), Bindon (23', 23'), Payne (32', 32'), Barbarouses (73', 73')

FT(HT: 8-0)

Moceituba Dogalau (47'), Moceituba Dogalau (47')

Coverage of the World Cup Qualifying - Oceania Semi-Finals clash between New Zealand and Fiji.

Form, Standings, Stats

New Zealand

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: Samoa 0-8 New Zealand
Monday, November 18 at 6.30am in World Cup Qualifying - Oceania

Current Group A Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Portugal	3	5	7
2	Mexico	3	2	7
3	Russia	3	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	-7	0

Fiji

Last Game: Solomon Islands 1-3 Fiji
Saturday, December 21 at 7am in International Friendlies

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a New Zealand win with a probability of 76.16%. A draw had a probability of 15.6% and a win for Fiji had a probability of 8.26%.

The most likely scoreline for a New Zealand win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.56%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.29%) and 3-0 (10.86%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.4%), while for a Fiji win it was 0-1 (3.08%). The actual scoreline of 7-0 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that New Zealand would win this match.

Result
New Zealand	Draw	Fiji
76.16% ( 3.04)	15.57% ( -1.71)	8.26% ( -1.34)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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New Zealand	Draw	Fiji
2-0 @ 13.56% ( -0.12) 1-0 @ 11.29% ( -0.94) 3-0 @ 10.86% ( 0.66) 2-1 @ 8.89% ( -0.27) 3-1 @ 7.12% ( 0.29) 4-0 @ 6.52% ( 0.82) 4-1 @ 4.27% ( 0.45) 5-0 @ 3.13% ( 0.58) 3-2 @ 2.33% ( 0.04) 5-1 @ 2.05% ( 0.35) 4-2 @ 1.4% ( 0.12) 6-0 @ 1.26% ( 0.3) Other @ 3.47% Total : 76.15%	1-1 @ 7.4% ( -0.79) 0-0 @ 4.7% ( -0.77) 2-2 @ 2.91% ( -0.15) Other @ 0.56% Total : 15.57%	0-1 @ 3.08% ( -0.58) 1-2 @ 2.42% ( -0.32) 0-2 @ 1.01% ( -0.22) Other @ 1.75% Total : 8.26%