Turkey vs Paraguay, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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- Referee Ivan Barton
- Assistant 1 David Moran
- Assistant 2 Henry Pupiro (Nicaragua)
3 games this season 🟨 6.0/game ⚽ 15.3 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 South Korea 2 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Brazil 2 4 10 Morocco 2 4 11 Scotland 2 3 12 Haiti 2 0 13 United States 2 6 14 Australia 2 3 15 Paraguay 2 3 16 Turkey 2 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Season Stats
Turkey Paraguay #16 Position #15 0 Points 3 2 Played 2 0 / 0 / 2 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 1 0 Scored 2 3 Conceded 4 -3 GD -2 0.00 PPG 1.50 0% Win % 50% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Turkey this season100% Clean Sheets
Paraguay this seasonTurkey are 16th (0 pts). Paraguay are 15th (3 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Paraguay0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Paraguay kicks off things out of here…
- 2' Matias Galarza puts Paraguay on the lead.
- 4' The referee shows Paraguay player a card on 4.
- 9' It looks surprising Turkey does not make any changes. Mert Muldur has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 14' Turkey is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 19' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Turkey needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 24' Juan Caceres needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Paraguay winning 100% of all matches.
- 34' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 39' It looks like no one’s ball. Turkey is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 44' Paraguay started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 44.
- 45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Miguel Almiron on 45.
- 46' Time for substitution for Paraguay. Isidro Pitta is replaced by Damian Bobadilla.
- 51' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Omar Alderete suffering a number of foals already.
- 56' Turkey is showing some good football. However, Turkey are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 60' Turkey manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Can Uzun is hanging Ismail Yuksek on the field on 60 minute.
- 63' Vincenzo Montella was booked on 63.
- 67' Time for substitution for Paraguay. Diego Gomez is replaced by Gustavo Velazquez.
- 71' Turkey player sees a card in front of him.
- 71' Evren Eren Elmali is replacing Ferdi Kadioglu for the Turkey side.
- 76' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Turkey that had 153 games and scored 13 goals.
- 81' The Paraguay manager makes a substitution. Juan Caceres departs to be replaced by Alexandro Maidana.
- 86' Time for substitution for Turkey. Abdulkerim Bardakci is replaced by Orkun Kokcu.
- 90' The whistle greets Matias Galarza as he departs to be replaced by Jose Canale.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Paraguay players.
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Lineups
Turkey Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 23
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19
Yunus Akgun ↓ Deniz Gul 60'
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- 3
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16
Ismail Yuksek ↓ Can Uzun 60'
- 7
- 14
- 8
- 11
Bench
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6
Orkun Kokcu ↑ 86'
- 2
- 5
- 22
- 15
- 1
- 12
- 24
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21
Baris Yilmaz ↑ 46'
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13
Evren Eren Elmali ↑ 71'
- 25
- 17
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26
Can Uzun ↑ 60'
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9
Deniz Gul ↑ 60'
Coach Vincenzo MontellaParaguay Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 12
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 15
- 10
- 14
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23
Matias Galarza ↓ Jose Canale 90'
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8
Diego Gomez ↓ Gustavo Velazquez 67'
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19
Julio Enciso ↓ Gabriel Avalos 90'
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25
Isidro Pitta ↓ Damian Bobadilla 46'
Bench
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- 22
- 5
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13
Jose Canale ↑ 90'
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26
Alexandro Maidana ↑ 81'
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2
Gustavo Velazquez ↑ 67'
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16
Damian Bobadilla ↑ 46'
- 17
- 11
- 20
- 18
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Gabriel Avalos ↑ 90'
- 24
- 9
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Coach Gustavo Alfaro -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.3 Turkey xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.19 Paraguay xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 81% + Under — clean sheet likely 80%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Paraguay winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.49Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 75% 25% ± 1.5 44% 56% ± 2.5 19% 81% ± 3.5 7% 93% ± 4.5 2% 98% Double Chance
Turkey or Draw 49%Draw or Paraguay 84%Turkey or Paraguay 67%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Paraguay win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 1 Actual0 – 0 24.9%0 – 2 15.1%1 – 1 8.6%0 – 3 5.9%1 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 5%1 – 3 2.2%0 – 4 1.8%2 – 1 1.1%2 – 2 0.8%2 – 0 0.8%Asian Handicap — Turkey
Handicap Turkey covers Push Paraguay covers -2.5 0% — 100% -2 0% 1% 99% -1.5 1% — 99% -1 1% 7% 92% -0.5 8% — 92% +0.5 42% — 58% +1 42% 31% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 17% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
Turkey keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Paraguay keeps clean sheet 74% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.