Turkey vs USA - prediction, team news, lineups

Seeking to extremity the radical signifier with a cleanable grounds for the archetypal clip this century, the USA volition big Turkey successful their last Group D outing of World Cup 2026 connected Thursday astatine Los Angeles Stadium.

A 2-0 triumph implicit Australia past Friday enactment the co-hosts connected apical of their radical with the Turks astatine the bottommost with nary points pursuing a 1-0 decision versus Paraguay.

Match preview

Competing successful the finals for the 2nd clip successful their history, the Turks person been a acold outcry from the broadside that finished 3rd successful 2002.

While this aureate procreation person already been eliminated from the knockout information of this tournament, Vincenzo Montella volition enactment connected arsenic manager.

The erstwhile Italian planetary tin assertion the archetypal triumph for this squad connected Thursday since a 3-2 triumph implicit the 2002 co-hosts South Korea successful the third-place playoff lucifer that year.

Meanwhile, the nationalist squad is successful information of suffering 3 successive defeats connected the planetary signifier this week for the archetypal clip since Euro 2020, erstwhile they finished the radical signifier of that tourney without a point.

At the aforesaid time, they could spell astatine slightest 3 matches without scoring an planetary extremity since 2010-2011 erstwhile they failed to find the backmost of the nett successful 4 consecutive encounters.

Turkey person failed to triumph 2 of their 3 World Cup radical fixtures erstwhile netting the opener, portion losing their lone 2 specified games astatine this signifier aft conceding first.

Thursday volition people their first-ever gathering with a CONCACAF broadside successful this competition, with the Turks winning their erstwhile lucifer against the USA past year, 2-1 successful East Hartford.

Everything is going close for the US astatine this tournament, arsenic they are assured of a spot successful the knockout signifier aft 2 matches for the archetypal clip successful their World Cup history.

A triumph connected Thursday would people the archetypal clip the nationalist squad volition person claimed 3 consecutive victories successful this competition, portion the radical favourites according to our World Cup betting strategy are already assured of the apical spot.

Mauricio Pochettino tin marque immoderate past himself with a triumph against Turkey, which would marque the erstwhile Tottenham brag the astir palmy American manager astatine the World Cup, surpassing Bruce Arena and Robert Millar’s people of 2 triumphs successful this competition.

Unlike past World Cups, the US person traditionally been the aggressors against their opponents this clip around, with 300 high-intensity pressures, among the astir successful the tourney truthful far.

They person done this contempt being without skipper Christian Pulisic for overmuch of the tournament, with the Yanks stringing unneurotic 77.5% of the attacking 3rd passes successful their 2 matches frankincense far.

We person seen virtually nary nerves from the Yanks successful the aboriginal stages of their games, with the US netting successful the opening 15 minutes of their archetypal 2 matches, the archetypal big federation to bash truthful since France successful 1938.

On Thursday, they tin assertion their archetypal triumph against Turkey since 2014 erstwhile they bushed them 2-1 successful a affable astatine Red Bull Arena successful New Jersey.

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Team News

Despite a calf strain sustained earlier, Kenan Yildiz should beryllium disposable erstwhile again for Turkey, with the Juventus midfielder seeking his 31st headdress for the nationalist team.

Hakan Calhanoglu tin determination into 3rd for all-time goals for the elder side, presently adjacent with Tuncay Sanli connected 22, portion Ugurcan Cakir volition determination into 4th for all-time cleanable sheets with his adjacent 1 for the nationalist team.

Fenerbahce striker Kerem Akturkoglu volition determination into the top-10 regarding goals for this squad with his adjacent strike, arsenic helium and Real Madrid’s Arda Guler netted successful their erstwhile lucifer against the US past year.

With archetypal spot locked up, American skipper Christian Pulisic whitethorn beryllium rested for this encounter, with the AC Milan attacker conscionable 1 extremity distant from equalling Eric Wynalda for the fourth-most successful squad history.

Tyler Adams, Folarin Balogun, Chris Richards and Antonee Robinson are each connected yellowish cards and mightiness beryllium rested by Pochettino connected Thursday arsenic a result.

Balogun tin go the archetypal American to people astatine slightest 3 goals successful a azygous World Cup since Bert Patenaude successful 1930, portion an own-goal from Cameron Burgess and 1 by Alex Freeman led them to triumph implicit Australia.

Turkey imaginable starting lineup:

Cakir; Muldur, Demiral, Kabak, Kadioglu; Ozcan, Calhanoglu; Akgun, Guler, Yildiz; Gul

USA imaginable starting lineup:

Freese; Scally, McKenzie, Trusty, Arfsten; Roldan, Berhalter; Weah, Reyna, Zendejas; Pepi

We say: Turkey 1-2 USA

There volition not beryllium arsenic overmuch unit connected Turkey successful this one, but fixed the assurance and wide extent the co-hosts person displayed, we expect the Yanks to extremity the radical signifier with different triumph.

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