New Zealand vs Egypt Prediction, 6/21/2026 World Cup Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 6/20/2026

Game: New Zealand vs Egypt

Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026

Location: BC Place in Vancouver, BC

TV: FS1

New Zealand (0-1-0) will try to defeat Egypt (0-1-0) at BC Place in Vancouver, BC on Sunday. The odds on this World Cup game have New Zealand at +450 while Egypt is at -165. The total is set at 2.5. The starting goalies are Max Crocombe for New Zealand and Mostafa Shobeir for Egypt.

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New Zealand played Iran to a 2-2 tie in their first World Cup matchup. Elijah Just scored both goals on assists from Chris Wood, and Max Crocombe finished with 2 saves for New Zealand.

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Egypt played Belgium to a 1-1 tie in their first World Cup game. Mohamed Hany scored an own-goal to tie the game at 1 after teammate Emam Ashour scored the first goal of the match. Egypt still has never won a World Cup game.

The man defending the goal for New Zealand will be Max Crocombe. Crocombe has been on the field for 21,668 minutes and has accumulated 693 saves so far in his pro soccer career. The goalie from New Zealand has faced 964 shots tried at him in 240 starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.19 (286 total goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 71.9%. Crocombe (86-62-92 record in his career) has 68 shutouts, which gives him a 28.2%% clean sheet percentage.

Mostafa Shobeir will be looking after the net for Egypt. In his career, Shobeir has conceded 3 goals and has accounted for 11 stops in 8 starting assignments. He holds a save percentage of 84.6% and his shutout rate sits at 93.3%%. He has surrendered 0.40 goals per 90 while earning a record of 2-5-1. Shobeir has accumulated 7 shutouts while defending 13 shots tried against him in 671 mins throughout his career.

Chris Wood is a member of the squad you are going to want to keep your eye on for New Zealand. He has 39 assists while earning 395 pts so far in his pro soccer career. The forward hailing from New Zealand has earned 178 goals scored in 35,014 professional minutes. Wood has been given a starting assignment in 398 contests so far in his career and he has earned 0.46 goals per 90.

Egypt is being led onto the pitch by Mohamed Salah, who has been known to frustrate defenses. The forward hailing from Egypt has been on the field for 35,442 professional minutes and has scored 237 goals. He currently averages 0.60 goals per 90 minutes and has had a starting assignment in 395 matches during his career. He has accounted for 595 pts in his career and has helped on a goal 121 times.

Who will win tonight's World Cup game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Egypt (-165)

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Pick:	Japan -1.5 (+160)
Start:	June 20, 2026 @ 11:59 PM
Expert:	Doc's Sports

Analysis:

Free World Cup Soccer Play from Doc’s Sports. World Cup Soccer Take Japan -1.5 (+160) over Tunisia (11:59 p.m. EST, Saturday June 20) Even though we are skeptical that Japan will go too far in this tournament we were super impressed with their resilience in their opener vs. Netherlands. Every time they were punched in the face with a Dutch goal, they punched back with one of their own and earned what should be a very important point in a 2-2 draw. Group F has three very good sides and with Sweden beating Tunisia 5-1 in their opener, it is now evident that Japan and Netherlands will need big results vs. Tunisia. We don’t think the Japanese leave anything to chance here and we think they will be aggressive in searching for goals and we think they will get them. Tunisia have scored only a single goal combined in their last three matches and they were outscored in their last two against top competition with a goal differential of -9. Japan will have plenty of opportunities here and they showed vs. the Dutch that they can take advantage with accurate shots. Read More Read Less

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