United States vs Australia, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
United States vs Australia — Worldcup at Lumen Field.
- United States 2 games · 6 pts (2026/26)
- Australia 2 games · 3 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Assistant 1 Robert Kempter
- Assistant 2 Christian Dietz
34 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 6.9 goals/game 🟥 1 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 2 6 18 Ivory Coast 2 3 19 Ecuador 2 1 20 Curacao 2 1 21 Netherlands 2 4 22 Japan 2 4 23 Sweden 2 3 24 Tunisia 2 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
United States Australia #13 Position #14 6 Points 3 2 Played 2 2 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 1 6 Scored 2 1 Conceded 2 +5 GD +0 3.00 PPG 1.50 100% Win % 50% Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history100% Clean Sheets
United States this season50% Clean Sheets
Australia this seasonUnited States are 13th (6 pts). Australia are 14th (3 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
United States0-15–/–16-30–/–31-451/–46-60–/–61-75–/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ ConcededAustralia0-15–/–16-301/–31-45–/146-60–/–61-751/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: United States gets underway.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Australia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' Australia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 11' GOAL! Cameron Burgess scores on 11.
- 16' That looks like a foul for a card for Jordan Bos.
- 21' It’s high time Mauricio Pochettino made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 26' The travelling Australia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 31' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 32' Australia receives a card for a hard tackle on 32.
- 37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with United States winning 100% of all matches.
- 42' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 42 minutes.
- 43' Goal! Alex Freeman scores his 7 goal in 283 matches.
- 46' The Australia manager makes a substitution. Cameron Burgess departs to be replaced by Jason Geria.
- 51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 56' United States receives a card for a hard tackle on 56.
- 61' Cristian Volpato has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mathew Leckie on 61 minute.
- 66' United States looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Alex Freeman scoring 1 goals.
- 71' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering United States that had 6 games and scored 11 goals.
- 74' Time for substitution for United States. Ricardo Pepi is replaced by Sebastian Berhalter.
- 78' The supporters are chanting for Jackson Irvine. He replaces Paul Okon-Engstler on 78 minute.
- 80' It is a substitution in United States team. Sergino Dest is replaced by Joseph Scally on 80 minute.
- 85' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jacob Italiano made 209 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 89' Australia player sees a card in front of him.
- 90' United States manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Haji Wright is hanging Folarin Balogun on the field on 90 minute.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Chris Richards.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for United States players.
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Lineups
United States Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Weston McKennie ↓ Gio Reyna 90'
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- 24
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Sergino Dest ↓ Joseph Scally 80'
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Folarin Balogun ↓ Haji Wright 90'
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- 17
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Bench
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Haji Wright ↑ 90'
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Auston Trusty ↑ 80'
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- 15
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Joseph Scally ↑ 80'
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- 11
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Gio Reyna ↑ 90'
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Sebastian Berhalter ↑ 74'
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Coach Mauricio PochettinoAustralia Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
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- 5
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Cameron Burgess ↓ Jason Geria 46'
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- 19
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- 13
- 24
- 9
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Bench
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Jason Geria ↑ 46'
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- 15
- 14
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Jackson Irvine ↑ 78'
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Connor Metcalfe ↑ 46'
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Nestor Irankunda ↑ 46'
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Cristian Volpato ↑ 61'
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Coach Tony Popović -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.02 United States xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.3 Australia xGI would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 77% + United States to win 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: United States winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.32Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 40% 60% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
United States or Draw 91%Draw or Australia 29%United States or Australia 80%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: United States win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 19.7%2 – 0 Actual3 – 0 12.9%0 – 0 11.5%4 – 0 6.5%1 – 1 6.1%2 – 1 5.9%3 – 1 4.2%5 – 0 2.7%0 – 1 2.3%4 – 1 2.2%6 – 0 1%Asian Handicap — United States
Handicap United States covers Push Australia covers -2.5 27% — 73% -2 27% 24% 49% -1.5 51% — 49% -1 51% 26% 22% -0.5 78% — 22% +0.5 96% — 4% +1 96% 3% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% — 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
United States keeps clean sheet 74% ✓Australia keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.