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Turkey v Paraguay team news: Guler and Kadioglu start

20 June 2026 74 comments
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Both Turkey and Paraguay will be looking to bounce back from defeats to keep their World Cup hopes alive.

Earlier on, the USA’s win over Australia ensures Mauricio Pochettino’s team will top Group D, given the new head-to-head rule for separating teams who finish level on points.

Kick-off in San Francisco is at 04:00 BST.

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TEAM NEWS

Arda Güler ($7.0m), found in 7.5 per cent of World Cup Fantasy teams, is the only player who doesn’t qualify for Scouting bonus.

The Real Madrid midfielder, who mustered eight shots in the surprise 2-0 reverse against Australia in round 1, poses the greatest attacking threat.

Brighton’s versatile defender Ferdi Kadioglu ($4.3m) starts alongside him.

He’ll be facing a former team-mate in Julio Enciso ($6.6m) and a current team-mate in Diego Gómez ($6.8m), who both start for the Paraguayans.

Sunderland’s Omar Alderete ($4.1m) retains his place at centre-back while former Newcastle United winger Miguel Almiron ($6.0m) starts again in midfield.

Fabian Balbuena ($4.0m), once of West Ham, and Nottingham Forest’s ex-player Ramon Sosa ($5.3m), warm the bench.

LINE-UPS

Turkey XI: Uğurcan Çakır, Mert Müldür, Merih Demiral, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, İsmail Yüksek, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Yunus Akgün, Arda Güler, Kenan Yıldız, Kerem Aktürkoğlu

Subs: M. Gunok, A. Bayindir, Z. Celik, C. Soyuncu, S. Ozcan, O. Kokcu, D. Gul, E. Elmali, O. Kabak, I. Kahveci, B. Yilmaz, K. Ayhan, O. Aydin, S. Akaydin, C. Uzun

Paraguay XI: Orlando Gill, Juan José Cáceres, Gustavo Gómez, Omar Alderete, Júnior Alonso, Diego Gómez, Andrés Cubas, Matías Galarza Fonda, Miguel Almirón, Isidro Pitta, Julio Enciso

Subs: G. Fernandez, G. Olveira, G. Velazquez, F. Balbuena, R. Sosa, A. Sanabria, P. Mauricio, J. Canale, D. Bobadilla, A. Romero, A. Arce, B. Ojeda, G. Avalos, G. Caballero, A. Maidana

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  1. FOREST FOREVER 2
    • 1 Year
    17 hours, 50 mins ago

    Turkish Delight for Paraguay.

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    1. panda07
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      17 hours, 12 mins ago

      There's going to be red cards in this one.

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      1. panda07
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        17 hours, 5 mins ago

        ....and there we go....

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  2. Kroenius
      15 hours, 49 mins ago

      And I predicted Turkey to win that group and have Kadioglu in my Fantasy team. That didn't age well at all

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      1. The Mentaculus
        • 4 Years
        12 hours, 26 mins ago

        I picked Türkiye ahead of USA in a team draft game 😡

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    • FOREST FOREVER 2
      • 1 Year
      15 hours, 48 mins ago

      This corner gvien fro delaying goal kick is new to me. what about Free Kicks, corenrs or Throw ins. Will these be reveresed in case of dealys ?

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    • AAAFootball
        15 hours, 46 mins ago

        Wow turkey out

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        1. PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          14 hours, 35 mins ago

          Turkey stuffed

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      • fenixri
        • 10 Years
        15 hours, 44 mins ago

        Early WC3 team

        Bouno Courtuis
        Meunier Singo Kolasinac VVd Hakimi
        Saibari KDB Vini Yamal Eze/Rogers/Rash
        Jackson Malen Diomande

        Gives good C options for every day. Still too early but it was made with prediction that all popular players qualified in MD2.

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        1. The Mentaculus
          • 4 Years
          12 hours, 23 mins ago

          Anyone but Malen... rest looks alright

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      • GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        15 hours, 17 mins ago

        https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/groups-how-teams-qualify-tie-breakers

        Tie-breaking criteria for World Cup groups:

        If two or more teams in the same group are equal on points after the completion of the group stage, the following criteria, in the order below, shall be applied to determine the ranking:

        Step one-
        greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
        superior goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
        greatest number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned
        If no decision can be made through this procedure, the criteria below shall apply as follows to the two or more teams still equal on points:

        Step two-
        superior goal difference in all group matches
        greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
        highest team conduct score (players and team officials) relating to the number of yellow and red cards obtained
        If no decision can be made through the procedures of step one and two above, the following shall apply:

        Step three-
        the two or more teams still equal on points shall be ranked according to the most recent published edition of the FIFA/Coca‑Cola Men’s World Ranking

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        1. PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          14 hours, 46 mins ago

          Could be useful for Ireland next tournament

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      • circusmonkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        15 hours ago

        Miggy Almiron, naughty boy. I recall that hot streak he had and looked it up. He was Premier League player of the month in October 2022.

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      • Assisting the assister
        • 10 Years
        14 hours, 58 mins ago

        Stick with Vini on 12 or twist to Valencia/Mbappe/Kane later on?

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      • SpaceCadet
        • 12 Years
        14 hours, 55 mins ago

        Decent day in wc fantasy with bounou, santos, saibari and vini.

        Vini cap stick or twist? Tempted to twist with Oyarzabal, kdb, neto, mbappe, kane still to play.

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        1. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          14 hours, 50 mins ago

          I'm twisting with Mbappe, Messi and Kane still left.

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          1. SpaceCadet
            • 12 Years
            14 hours, 46 mins ago

            Makes sense, cheers. And hope for a Davidesque return.

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          2. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            14 hours, 44 mins ago

            Raphinha, Elvedi & Coufal have killed me

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        2. PartyTime
          • 4 Years
          14 hours, 45 mins ago

          Rubbish wildcard for me. Already hate this game!

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          1. SpaceCadet
            • 12 Years
            14 hours, 44 mins ago

            Who are your flops so far?

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            1. PartyTime
              • 4 Years
              14 hours, 41 mins ago

              Elvedi, Raphinha, Coufal. I have Rice on the bench which looks like a safe 2 pts when I should have Saibari or Diaz. Paid little attention to the scouting bonus & getting punished for it. Heck! I need another wildcard

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              1. SpaceCadet
                • 12 Years
                14 hours, 39 mins ago

                Elvedi and raphina were good picks, just bad luck.

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                1. PartyTime
                  • 4 Years
                  14 hours, 37 mins ago

                  The latter wasn't 100% fit & I was skeptical in case he gets subbed off early. Decided to stick with the plan because Haiti pose little to no threat. Pain!!!

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        3. Mozumbus
          • 4 Years
          13 hours, 4 mins ago

          Good for you
          I got Bounou as well for Rachet this round, but preferred to stick with Rangel
          Disaster elsewhere so far including Raphinha
          All hopes now on Messi, Haaland, and 12th man Mbappe

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        4. Mozumbus
          • 4 Years
          13 hours, 3 mins ago

          And I'd stick

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      • Supernova
        • 15 Years
        14 hours, 24 mins ago

        Stick with Dest(c) on 24 points? Have Wirtz > Enner Valencia > Yamal > Mbappe > Haaland > Bruno still to go so I'm thinking no..

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        1. Mozumbus
          • 4 Years
          14 hours, 3 mins ago

          Stick

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        2. Kroenius
            13 hours, 51 mins ago

            I've switched with Messi,Mbappe,Kane,Bruno,Luis Diaz behind. 12 points is right on the line though but I'm expecting at least 2 goal contributions for Mbappe.

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          • The real Chief
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            13 hours, 50 mins ago

            I'm sat with 24 from Vini with Wirtz/Kimmich - Olise/Mbappe - Enner Valencia - Oyarzabal - Bruno still to play. Had Raphinia or Elvedi or Coufal came good, or even close to good, I wouldn't think twice and would stick. Trouble is I have 30 points and 24 have come from Vini. Move the captaincy on and I'm sat on 18 which drops me well down my mini league. Still thinking about moving it but what a change from Round 1 - took forever to get a trawl from Mbappe which I thought was a real pain. This round getting a haul early hasn't made it any easier. Oh well, given my track record with this world cup whatever choice I make will be the wrong one. Good luck.

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            1. Kroenius
                13 hours, 47 mins ago

                I you switch do it right now and captain everybody in between Mbappe and now. Maybe somebody random goes off (like Dest and I had Xhaka captain first and was doubting that all ready)

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          • TheBiffas
            • 5 Years
            13 hours, 49 mins ago

            Wow Raphinha over Vini has been disastrous

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            1. Holmes
              • 12 Years
              13 hours, 47 mins ago

              It was double up or just Vini

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              1. JBG
                • 8 Years
                13 hours, 44 mins ago

                This, went Vini and Alisson(got 8pts from him)

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          • FC Hakkebøf
            • 9 Years
            13 hours, 28 mins ago

            Stick or twist on Viinnie (C)?

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            1. JBG
              • 8 Years
              13 hours, 22 mins ago

              Wondering that myself with players like Mbappe. Kane and Messi left

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              1. FC Hakkebøf
                • 9 Years
                13 hours, 13 mins ago

                One of them has to score two goals … not sure if the odds are in your favour. Same goes for me with Oyarzal, Mbappe and Bruno as my captain options.

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              2. Kroenius
                  13 hours, 9 mins ago

                  I've switched (from Dest but he had the same amount of points)

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              3. Mozumbus
                • 4 Years
                13 hours, 7 mins ago

                I'd stick

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              4. Miro
                • 15 Years
                12 hours, 40 mins ago

                Im sticking

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              5. z13
                • 1 Year
                11 hours, 48 mins ago

                Stick but the upside is there, Spain vs Saudi and needing something, France vs Iraq and Portugal also needing something against Uzbekistan.

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            2. JBG
              • 8 Years
              13 hours, 25 mins ago

              Yet again Turkiyes issues infront of goal came back to haunt them. They have no proper goalscorer, haven't had one since Hakan Sukur probably and that's like 20+ years ago. All their "strikers" are actually wingers. Shame they crashed out in a imo, embarrassing way, cause they have some proper good and exciting players.

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              1. The Knights Template
                • 12 Years
                13 hours, 10 mins ago

                I went to SUBWAY today and ordered a turkey sandwich!

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              2. Mozumbus
                • 4 Years
                13 hours, 8 mins ago

                Yes, they're now almost out of the worldcup
                It was a decent team overall and should have done better

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              3. Holmes
                • 12 Years
                13 hours, 5 mins ago

                would be fun if they can beat USA by 6-0 or something

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                1. JBG
                  • 8 Years
                  13 hours, 4 mins ago

                  Agree for both Turkiyes sake and just for the world's sake 😛

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                2. Mozumbus
                  • 4 Years
                  10 hours, 59 mins ago

                  Yes

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              4. x.jim.x
                • 11 Years
                12 hours, 51 mins ago

                Swear they get pegged as “dark horses” every tournament, then go on to do sod all

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                1. The Knights Template
                  • 12 Years
                  12 hours, 45 mins ago

                  Where does that term come from I wonder?

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                  1. x.jim.x
                    • 11 Years
                    12 hours, 40 mins ago

                    Katy Perry

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                    1. The Knights Template
                      • 12 Years
                      12 hours, 17 mins ago

                      I don’t think you should know this, x.Jim.x!

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                2. Kroenius
                    12 hours, 41 mins ago

                    Yeah happened twice now,with Euro's 2021 and now. The actual tournament they're good,the expectations were lower

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                    1. x.jim.x
                      • 11 Years
                      12 hours, 36 mins ago

                      I only remember them scoring bangers at the last Euros too, but what can you do when you’ve got Cenk Tosun up top

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                  • JBG
                    • 8 Years
                    12 hours, 14 mins ago

                    It's so silly imo. Because they never are "dark horses" in my head, because they don't have the mentality or discipline for it. They get way too big for their boots far too easily and that just fcks it up for themselves. Not to mention having no goalscorer.

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              5. The Knights Template
                • 12 Years
                12 hours, 44 mins ago

                What sort of sandwiches do they eat in Paraguay?

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                1. The Knights Template
                  • 12 Years
                  12 hours, 15 mins ago

                  They eat lomito TKT, a loaded steak sandwich!

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              6. The Knights Template
                • 12 Years
                12 hours, 21 mins ago

                Miguel ‘Eyebrow’ Almiron will not be able to play against the mighty Subway Socceroos come next match! Woohoo!

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              7. FPL Sanky
                • 2 Years
                12 hours, 17 mins ago

                How is this WC team looking? The one in caps are scouting bonus pics

                Courtois VASILJ
                MAZRAOUI AGBADOU KIM DIOUF O'Reilly
                Vinious SAIBARI SUMMERVILLE Kdb Doku
                JACKSON Alvarez DIOMONDE

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                1. Kroenius
                    11 hours, 28 mins ago

                    I'd rather have Seol than Kim from Korea's defence,cheaper & more attacking. It's Diomande btw and him Saibari,Diomande & Summerville won't be under 5% owned when it's M3 cuz those are obvious wildcard picks

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                  • lewisbigwcffs
                      11 hours, 18 mins ago

                      Looks solid to me. I’d probably keep Courtois and the KDB/Doku/Vini core, but I’d be slightly nervous doubling too much on Kim/Diouf if chasing scouting bonus; Mazraoui plus one of the cheaper attacking defenders feels the safer balance.

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                  • CoracAld2831
                    • 5 Years
                    11 hours, 17 mins ago

                    Wow... Just seen Turkey could not beat and not even score vs a 10 men Paraguay. Pretty pathetic i'd say.

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                    1. CoracAld2831
                      • 5 Years
                      11 hours, 12 mins ago

                      And i do not see them beating even a heavy rotated US team.

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                    2. PartyTime
                      • 4 Years
                      11 hours, 12 mins ago

                      Osimhen couldn't even score for Turkey. Such an overrated striker

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                  • The real Chief
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    11 hours, 10 mins ago

                    It is about time Scout removed all the old articles fro the site. Trying to find anythis relevant is vitually impossible without scrolling through loads of what is now old news. Will def not be renewing my subscription if this continues.

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                    1. Skonto Rigga
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • Has Moderation Rights
                      • 8 Years
                      11 hours, 4 mins ago

                      Which old articles?

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                      1. Skonto Rigga
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • Has Moderation Rights
                        • 8 Years
                        11 hours, 4 mins ago

                        And what are you trying to find?

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                  • PartyTime
                    • 4 Years
                    11 hours, 7 mins ago

                    Captain Wirtz or Havertz? I'm trying not to be biased, but honestly can't see cote d'ivoire stopping my country. Think it ends 4-1. 🙂

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                    1. The Polymath
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      10 hours, 43 mins ago

                      Tough choice, Havertz seems on form but could be Wirtz's turn

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                    2. Assisting the assister
                      • 10 Years
                      10 hours, 37 mins ago

                      Havertz for form

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                    3. Holmes
                      • 12 Years
                      10 hours, 28 mins ago

                      Havertz. Writz wasn't as involved against Curacao.

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                    4. PartyTime
                      • 4 Years
                      10 hours, 13 mins ago

                      Thanks guys

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                  • The Polymath
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 10 Years
                    10 hours, 48 mins ago

                    Stick with Vinícius Júnior Captain or swap with Mbappe?

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                    1. Assisting the assister
                      • 10 Years
                      10 hours, 41 mins ago

                      Same dilemma - probably twist in the end

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                  • lewisbigwcffs
                      10 hours, 40 mins ago

                      @PartyTime I’d probably captain Wirtz if you want the higher involvement floor; Havertz is fine if you’re chasing goals, but 4-1 feels a bit hot. The model page I checked has Germany as the lean, with 1-1 still the top exact-score path — useful reminder not to overrate one scoreline: https://www.seeles.ai/features/tools/world-cup-match-predictor?utm_campaign=world_cup_prediction_2026&utm_source=ffs&utm_medium=community_reply&utm_term=germany-cote-divoire&utm_content=soft_link_20260620_ffs_germany_civ_captaincy

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                      1. PartyTime
                        • 4 Years
                        10 hours, 12 mins ago

                        Thank you

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