England 1-0 New Zealand: Match Stats & Timeline

England have struggled past a dogged New Zealand side to win their first World Cup warm up match.

With just 11 days to go until their first match of the 2026 World Cup, England looked slow and short of inspiration as a first half header from Harry Kane gave them a 1-0 win against New Zealand.

Thomas Tuchel named a mixed side for the match, with a number of key stars rested and all of the Arsenal representatives unavailable.

The German made 11 substitutions at half time, changing his entire side, in a move which may have led to the disjointed display.

While this was just a warm up match, there's no doubting that England will need to be much better at the showpiece this summer, with just one shot on target in the match after their first half stoppage time goal.

England v New Zealand Timeline

0' - England 0-0 New Zealand
45+3' - GOAL for England. Scored by Harry Kane, assisted by Djed Spence.
HT - England 1-0 New Zealand
46 - 11 changes for ENG and Alex Rufer replaces Joe Bell for NZL
62' - Liberato Cacace, Tim Payne and Matthew Garbett replaced by Benjamin Old, Jesse Randall and Tyler Bindon for NZL
78' - Chris Wood and Elijah Just replaced by Kosta Barbarbouses and Francis De Vries for NZL
85' - 5 changes for NZL
FT' - England 1-0 New Zealand

England v New Zealand Match Stats

England	2-1	New Zealand
72%	Possession	28%
23	Shots	3
8	Shots on Target	1
2	Big Chances	0
1	Goalkeeper Saves	3
10	Fouls Committed	13
610 (93%)	Passes Completed	212 (82%)
16	Tackles	13
5	Clearances	26
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0