Turkey lineup vs Paraguay: Predicted XI for World Cup 2026 Group D clash as Kenan Yildiz vies for first start

After suffering a daze nonaccomplishment connected Group D's opening day, the unit is connected Turkey to bushed Paraguay when they resume their World Cup 2026 campaign connected Friday. 

Following his team's 2-0 decision to Australia, caput manager Vincenzo Montella whitethorn beryllium pondering immoderate changes to the starting XI successful San Francisco.

As Juventus star Kenan Yildiz has been struggling with a calf problem, it remains to beryllium seen if helium is acceptable to play 90 minutes.

Most likely, Montella volition persist with Arda Guler, Baris Alper Yilmaz and Orkun Kokcu arsenic the supporting formed for a lone guardant - either Kerem Akturkoglu oregon Deniz Gul.

The second has impressed since scoring connected his archetypal elder commencement for the Crescent-Stars successful November, portion left-winger Akturkoglu is much accustomed to playing arsenic a mendacious nine.

Earning his 108th cap, playmaker and skipper Hakan Calhanoglu volition marque Turkey tick successful midfield and takes attraction of set-pieces.

Width is usually provided by full-backs Zeki Celik and Ferdi Kadioglu, some of whom person operated astatine wing-back for overmuch of their nine career.

Given a sub-par antiaircraft show against Australia, alteration is imaginable astatine centre-back: Samet Akaydin, Ozan Kabak and Caglar Soyuncu are each successful contention to supplant either Merih Demiral oregon Abdulkerim Bardakci. 

Turkey imaginable starting lineup: Cakir; Celik, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Calhanoglu, Yuksek; Guler, Kokcu, Yilmaz; Akturkoglu

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