Panama vs New Zealand Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different recent runs

Panama's last 20 matches read 8 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, with 29 goals for and 23 against. Their toughest recent tests came at World Cup level, where they lost tightly to Croatia and England and narrowly to Ghana, but they've also picked up wins over sides like El Salvador and Nicaragua and held their own in draws against Suriname and Bolivia.

Panama: 20 completed matches; New Zealand: 20 completed matches.

Panama

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

23

Difference

+6

New Zealand

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

36

Conceded

32

Difference

+4

New Zealand's record over the same length of sample is 6 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses, scoring 43 and conceding 33. Some of that goal difference comes from Oceania qualifying wins like 7-0 over Fiji and 8-1 over Vanuatu, but it's balanced by heavier defeats against bigger teams, including 1-5 to Belgium and 0-8 to Samoa.

Panama's results have generally stayed competitive against varied opposition, while New Zealand's form swings from big wins over weaker sides to big losses against stronger ones.

Comparative Team Statistics: Panama vs New Zealand

Not much to go on for team news

The only player note we have is for Panama's J. Rodríguez, who has picked up 2 yellow cards in his last 4 matches and no reds. That's a discipline point rather than an injury or availability signal, and it doesn't tell us anything about the rest of either squad.

Panama:

Penalty cards:

J. Rodríguez x 2

A friendly with a lot of unknowns

This is an international friendly, so squad rotation and short-notice changes are always possible, and neither team's recent sample was built against a consistent level of opposition. Panama's numbers suggest tighter, lower-scoring games more often than not, while New Zealand's have swung between one-sided wins and one-sided losses depending on who they've faced.

With no head-to-head history in this data and only a single player note to lean on, there's not enough here to say with confidence how either side will approach this specific match.