Panama vs New Zealand prediction and preview

The PunterPick prediction

Published before kick-off and never changed afterwards. See the methodology for how picks are chosen.

Match preview

Panama host New Zealand in the Kirin Cup (International) on 1 Oct 2026, 06:10 UTC. The prediction PunterPick published for this fixture is Double Chance 1X — Panama to win or draw. No bookmaker price was available for this market when the prediction was published, so no percentage is shown.

Final score: Panama 1–1 New Zealand.

Going into the match, Panama had won 1, drawn 2 and lost 4 of their last 7 matches, scoring 8 and conceding 14. New Zealand had won 1, drawn 2 and lost 4 of their last 7, with 9 scored and 17 conceded.

Both teams scored in 4 of Panama's last 7 and 4 of New Zealand's last 7; 2 and 6 of those matches respectively went over 2.5 goals. At home Panama averaged 1.25 goals scored and 1.50 conceded across 4 matches; away from home New Zealand averaged 1.40 scored and 1.80 conceded across 5.

Our team-strength model expects about 1.29 goals from Panama and 1.58 from New Zealand. From that it rates a home win at 30%, a draw at 27% and an away win at 43%. For the published pick itself the model gives 57%.

Team comparison

Share of each factor between Panama (green) and New Zealand (grey), from our data provider's pre-match comparison.

Form before the match

Averages over each side's last 7 matches in our results archive before this fixture.

More on this match

• Panama form and statistics
• New Zealand form and statistics
• Kirin Cup statistics