Paraguay beat Turkey 1-0 in the group stage (Group D) match of the 2026 World Cup played on JUN 19 at Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, USA), with a capacity of 68 827. Goals from M. Galarza (2′). The VAR reviewed a card to Miguel Almirón (45′). Juan Cáceres was named player of the match (rating 8.3).
⚽ Goalscorers
- 2'M. Galarza· assist J. Enciso
🟨 Cards
- 4'Matías Galarza
- 45+3'Miguel Almirón
- 71'Eren Elmalı
📺 VAR
- 45+2' · Miguel Almirón
- 45+2'Card reviewed · Miguel Almirón
Line-ups
Turkey4-2-3-1
Coach: Vincenzo Montella
- 23Uğurcan ÇakırG
- 18Mert MüldürD
- 3Merih DemiralD
- 14Abdülkerim BardakcıD
- 20Ferdi KadıoğluD
- 16İsmail YüksekM
- 10Hakan ÇalhanoğluM
- 19Yunus AkgünM
- 8Arda GülerM
- 11Kenan YıldızM
- 7Kerem AktürkoğluF
Substitutes
21 Barış Alper Yılmaz · 26 Can Uzun · 9 Deniz Gül · 13 Eren Elmalı · 6 Orkun Kökçü · 12 Altay Bayındır · 1 Mert Günok · 22 Kaan Ayhan · 15 Ozan Kabak · 25 Samet Akaydın · 2 Zeki Çelik · 4 Çağlar Söyüncü · 24 Oğuz Aydın · 5 Salih Özcan · 17 İrfan Can Kahveci
Paraguay4-4-2
Coach: Gustavo Alfaro
- 12Orlando GillG
- 4Juan CáceresD
- 15Gustavo GómezD
- 3Omar AldereteD
- 6Junior AlonsoD
- 10Miguel AlmirónM
- 14Andrés CubasM
- 8Diego GómezM
- 23Matías GalarzaM
- 25Isidro PittaF
- 19Julio EncisoF
Substitutes
16 Damián Bobadilla · 2 Gustavo Velázquez · 26 Alexandro Maidana · 13 José Canale · 21 Gabriel Ávalos · 22 Gastón Olveira · 1 Roberto Fernández · 5 Fabián Balbuena · 11 Mauricio · 20 Braian Ojeda · 24 Gustavo Caballero · 17 Alejandro Romero · 7 Ramón Sosa · 9 Antonio Sanabria · 18 Alex Arce
Match stats
TurkeyParaguay
- 79%Possession21%
- 32Total shots7
- 5Shots on target2
- 12Corners0
- 14Fouls15
- 2Offsides3
- 1Saves5
- 89%Pass accuracy53%
- 2.10Expected goals (xG)0.32