We look ahead to Sunday’s FIFA World Cup Group D clash at BC Place, Vancouver, with our Australia vs Türkiye prediction and preview. Can the 2002 semi-finalists make a winning return?
Australia vs Türkiye: The Key Insights
Türkiye have won all four of their World Cup matches against teams from the AFC confederation, and are the Opta supercomputer’s favourites for victory here (55.3%). Australia have lost more matches than any other nation across the last five World Cups (ten of 17). The Socceroos have also lost their opening game in five of their six World Cup appearances.Türkiye look to mark their return to the World Cup finals with victory over Australia in this Group D clash in Vancouver.
Despite qualifying for six of the last eight European Championship tournaments, it is just under a quarter of a century since the Türkiye last graced the global stage.
That was back in 2002 when the likes of Ümit Davala, Hasan Şaş and İlhan Mansız lit up the tournament in Japan and Korea, helping their nation reach the semi-finals.
Şenol Günes’ side eventually secured a bronze medal, with Hakan Şükür’s goal just 11 seconds into the third-place play-off victory over South Korea still the fastest in World Cup history.
Vincenzo Montella was part of the Italy squad beaten by the co-hosts in the round of 16. Fast forward 24 years and the former striker is only the second coach – after Günes – to lead Türkiye at both the European Championship and World Cup.
After finishing second behind European champions Spain in their qualifying group, Montella’s side came through the play-offs via a pair of 1-0 victories over Romania and Kosovo to seal only their third appearance at the finals.
Türkiye’s charge was mainly led by Kenan Yildiz also impressed with a joint-leading three goals, though the Juventus winger is in a race to be fit after suffering a calf injury during the closing stages of the Serie A season.
Though they do not boast a great deal of World Cup experience, Türkiye certainly have pedigree. West Germany and Brazil are the only teams to beat them at the finals, with both going on to win the respective tournaments – in 1954 and 2002.
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1 week ago David SegarSimilarly, Australia have faced the eventual winners in four of their six previous appearances – West Germany in 1974, Italy in 2006, France in 2018 and, most recently, Argentina in 2022 – losing on each occasion.
The Socceroos did match their best performance at the finals last time out by reaching the round of 16, while also recording multiple victories in a single edition for the first time (two).
Head coach Tony Popovic was part of the other Australia squad that reached the second round under Guus Hiddink in 2006 – finishing second in their group behind Brazil, before succumbing to a late Francesco Totti penalty against Italy.
The Socceroos’ 10 defeats in 17 World Cup games since the start of that year’s tournament are the most by any nation and, since 2014, long-standing number one
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