Australia vs Turkey - prediction, team news, lineups | 2026 World Cup

BC Place volition play big to an intriguing 2026 World Cup fixture connected Saturday, arsenic Australia tackle Turkey successful Group D.

Vancouver volition beryllium the destination for the 2nd lucifer successful the section, with USA and Paraguay besides battling to flight this peculiar radical and marque the knockout round.

Match preview

Australia person been contiguous successful each of the past 5 World Cups, truthful it is not a astonishment that they managed to unafraid qualification for the 2026 competition, and the nationalist squad really reached the circular of 16 successful the 2022 tourney - their joint-best showing astatine this level.

It volition beryllium hard for the Socceroos to marque a superior content astatine this summer's tournament, but they volition beryllium expecting to get retired of a radical which besides includes USA and Paraguay.

Australia played 2 pre-tournament friendlies, suffering a 1-0 decision to Mexico connected May 31 earlier playing retired a 1-1 gully with Switzerland connected May 6.

Tony Popovic's squad volition play their 2nd lucifer successful the conception against USA connected June 19, earlier facing Paraguay successful their 3rd crippled connected June 25.

Australia person lone faced Turkey connected 2 erstwhile occasions, with the friendlies taking spot successful May 2004, and it was the second that recorded 3-1 and 1-0 victories.

Turkey, meanwhile, are playing successful the World Cup for conscionable the 3rd time, and it is their archetypal quality since 2002, erstwhile they reached the semi-finals and yet finished third.

The Crescent-Stars made the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 and boast immoderate superior talent, truthful they are a squad to beryllium taken earnestly astatine this summer's tournament, particularly considering their caller form, putting unneurotic an eight-game unbeaten run.

Vincenzo Montella's broadside person been victorious successful 7 of their past 8 matches, including their 2 pre-World Cup friendlies, beating North Macedonia 4-0 and Venezuela 2-1.

Turkey, who person proven that they are susceptible of advancing heavy into a World Cup, bushed Kosovo 1-0 successful the European playoff last backmost successful March to unafraid their spot astatine the tournament.

The Crescent-Stars volition look Paraguay successful their 2nd crippled successful the conception connected June 19, earlier tackling USA successful their 3rd and last group-stage fixture connected June 25.

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Team News

Australia person nary wounded doubts heading into the contest, and determination volition beryllium acquainted names successful their XI, including Mathew Ryan, Jackson Irvine and Mathew Leckie.

Leckie has scored erstwhile and registered 1 assistance successful 10 World Cup appearances, and the 35-year-old volition bring immense acquisition to the squad during the tournament.

Mohamed Toure, who scored 10 times successful 12 appearances for Norwich City successful the 2nd fractional of past season, volition pb the Australia line, bidding to adhd to the 2 goals that helium has managed successful 10 caps.

As for Turkey, Kenan Yildiz is simply a large uncertainty for his team's tourney opener owed to a calf injury, and it would beryllium a astonishment to spot him diagnostic against Australia.

Arda Guler has afloat recovered from the wounded that helium suffered successful the second stages of Real Madrid's 2025-26 campaign, and the 21-year-old could beryllium 1 of the stars of this World Cup.

Deniz Gul has 2 goals successful 8 caps and is expected to pb the Turkey enactment successful this clash, portion determination should besides beryllium spots successful the broadside for Baris Alper Yilmaz and Orkun Kokcu.

Captain Hakan Calhanoglu volition diagnostic successful the mediate of the Turkey midfield.

Australia imaginable starting lineup:

Ryan; Italiano, Circati, Souttar, Herrington, Bos; Metcalfe, Irvine, O'Neill, Leckie; Toure

Turkey imaginable starting lineup:

Cakir; Celik, Demiral, Bardakci, Elmali; Calhanoglu, Yuksek; Guler, Kokcu, Yilmaz; Gul

We say: Australia 0-1 Turkey

We are expecting this contention to beryllium tight, some successful presumption of the lucifer and the last score, but Turkey tin telephone upon the greater quality, and we are backing Montella's broadside to unfastened their tourney with a constrictive win.

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