United States vs Paraguay, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
United States vs Paraguay — Worldcup at SoFi Stadium.
- United States 2 games · 6 pts (2026/26)
- Paraguay 2 games · 3 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Danny Makkelie
- Assistant 1 Hessel Steegstra
- Assistant 2 Jan de Vries
16 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 7.2 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 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
United States Paraguay #13 Position #15 6 Points 3 2 Played 2 2 / 0 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 1 6 Scored 2 1 Conceded 4 +5 GD -2 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 season100% Clean Sheets
Paraguay this seasonUnited States are 13th (6 pts). Paraguay are 15th (3 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
United States0-15–/–16-30–/–31-451/–46-60–/–61-75–/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ ConcededParaguay0-151/–16-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/–76+–/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between United States and Paraguay is underway.
- 5' 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 Christian Pulisic suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' It’s high time Mauricio Pochettino made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. United States is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' Junior Alonso needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' It looks surprising United States does not make any changes. Malik Tillman has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Weston McKennie, as he is very good at scoring at SoFi Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 50' Paraguay is showing some good football. However, Paraguay are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 60' Juan Caceres has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
- 70' Paraguay is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Orlando Gill made 169 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Paraguay needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 85' 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.
- 90' United States seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- The final score is -.
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Lineups
United States Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 13
- 5
- 10
- 8
- 4
- 24
- 2
- 20
- 3
- 17
- 16
Bench
- 21
- 19
- 26
- 1
- 6
- 22
- 15
- 23
- 12
- 11
- 9
- 7
- 14
- 25
- 18
Coach Mauricio PochettinoParaguay Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 12
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 15
- 10
- 16
- 14
- 8
- 19
- 9
Bench
- 1
- 22
- 5
- 13
- 26
- 2
- 23
- 17
- 11
- 20
- 18
- 21
- 24
- 25
- 7
Coach Gustavo Alfaro -
H2H
Head to Head
United States Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 32.67 United States xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.49 Paraguay xGI would bet for: United States to win 71% + Under — clean sheet likely 64%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.16Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
United States or Draw 89%Draw or Paraguay 29%United States or Paraguay 83%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 15.2%3 – 0 13.1%1 – 0 11.5%4 – 0 8.6%2 – 1 7.2%3 – 1 6.4%1 – 1 6%0 – 0 Actual5 – 0 4.7%4 – 1 4.4%5 – 1 2.4%6 – 0 2.2%Asian Handicap — United States
Handicap United States covers Push Paraguay covers -2.5 39% — 61% -2 39% 23% 38% -1.5 62% — 38% -1 62% 20% 18% -0.5 82% — 18% +0.5 96% — 4% +1 96% 3% 1% +1.5 99% — 1% +2 99% 1% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
United States keeps clean sheet 62% ✓Paraguay keeps clean sheet 8% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.