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Australia vs Turkey Head-to-Head — FIFA World Cup 2026

⚽ Group Stage, Match 1
FT2–0
Sunday 14 June 2026  ·  04:00 UTC  ·  BC Place, Vancouver

Match Report

Match Events ?
27'N. Irankunda (P. Okon-Engstler)Australia
75'C. Metcalfe Australia
86'🟨Y. Akgun Turkey
Match Statistics ?
Australia
Turkey
28%
Possession
72%
4
Shots on Target
8
9
Total Shots
30
5
Corners
8
12
Fouls
4
0.77
xG
1.33
Player Ratings ?
Australia
9.5Patrick BeachG
7.9Connor MetcalfeM
7.7Alessandro CircatiD
Turkey
7.5İsmail YüksekM
7.2Hakan ÇalhanoğluM
7.2Kenan YıldızF
Starting Lineups ?
Australia · 5-4-1
18GPatrick Beach
4DJacob Italiano
3DAlessandro Circati
19DHarry Souttar
21DCameron Burgess
5DJordan Bos
8MConnor Metcalfe
13MAiden O'Neill
24MPaul Okon-Engstler
17MNestory Irankunda
9FMohamed Touré
Turkey · 4-2-3-1
23GUğurcan Çakır
2DZeki Çelik
3DMerih Demiral
14DAbdülkerim Bardakcı
20DFerdi Kadıoğlu
16Mİsmail Yüksek
10MHakan Çalhanoğlu
8MArda Güler
6MOrkun Kökçü
21MBarış Alper Yılmaz
7FKerem Aktürkoğlu

Predictions

Match Prediction ?
Favoured: No clear favourite
Expected: Very even matchup
Confidence: Low
Australia 40%Draw 27%Turkey 33%
xG: 1.29Expected goalsxG: 1.16

Australia vs Turkey looks like a balanced matchup based on our pre-tournament model. There is no clear favourite from our model data, so this fixture is better treated as a tight game. This prediction should be used as general match context rather than a guaranteed outcome.

Win Probability (Market) ?
57%
Turkey to Win
Home: 18%  Draw: 26%  Away: 57%
Model Rating Edge ?
Evenly Matched
Evenly Matched
Australia: 1545 (#18)  ·  Turkey: 1523 (#23)
H2H Record ?
0–0–2
Turkey leads
Avg 2.5 goals/game · 2 meetings
Australia
Turkey
#2
Position ?
#3
3
Points ?
0
1W 0D 0L
Record ?
0W 0D 1L
2
Goals For ?
0
0
Goals Against ?
2
+2
Goal Diff
-2
#27
FIFA Rank ?
#22
0.5%
Win Prob ?
0.3%
W
Form ?
L

Head-to-Head History

Previous World Cup Meetings
No previous meetings found in our data.
Last 2 Meetings (All Competitions)
0Australia
0Draw
2Turkey
24 May 2004FriendlyAustralia0–1Turkey
21 May 2004FriendlyAustralia1–3Turkey
💡 Betting Angles
Key Angles for this Match
📊Closely matched: model gives Australia 40% vs Turkey 33%. Draw is a realistic outcome at 27%.
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