MUNDIAL·26

First Stage · Group D · Sunday, June 14 · BC Place Vancouver, Vancouver · 52,497 in the stands

kickoff 21:00 local · 22°C · 56% humidity · roofed stadium

Australia

27′ Nestory IRANKUNDA (pen)

75′ Connor METCALFE (pen)

2:0

Türkiye

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Australia5-4-1
Türkiye4-2-3-1
Patrick BEACH8.1Alessandro CIRCATI7.6Jacob ITALIANO7.2Jordan BOS6.9Harry SOUTTAR8.1Cameron BURGESS7.2Connor METCALFE8.1Aiden ONEILL7.1Paul OKON-ENGSTLER8.2Mohamed TOURE6.5Nestory IRANKUNDA7.9Ugurcan CAKIR6.1Zeki CELIK6.2Merih DEMIRAL7.0Abdulkerim BARDAKCI7.4Ferdi KADIOGLU7.4Orkun KOKCU7.2Hakan CALHANOGLU8.2Ismail YUKSEK6.9Kerem AKTURKOGLU6.3Arda GULER7.8Baris Alper YILMAZ6.3
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′AUSTUR

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 27′Irankunda0.40 xG
  • 75′Metcalfe0.03 xG
AUS 0:0 TUR0'kickoff
3' Çalhanoğlu — xG 0.02 · Blocked4' Yüksek — xG 0.06 · Blocked7' Güler — xG 0.03 · Missed17' Circati — xG 0.51 · Missed19' Kadioglu — xG 0.04 · Missed27' Güler — xG 0.05 · Saved27' Irankunda — xG 0.40 · Goal30' Bardakci — xG 0.03 · Saved30' Çalhanoğlu — xG 0.02 · Missed36' Kökçü — xG 0.07 · Missed39' Bos — xG 0.03 · Missed42' Güler — xG 0.03 · Missed45' Irankunda — xG 0.05 · Saved46' Çalhanoğlu — xG 0.02 · Saved48' Bos — xG 0.05 · Blocked45 + 4' Aktürkoğlu — xG 0.10 · Blocked49' Italiano — xG 0.02 · Missed50' Çalhanoğlu — xG 0.06 · Blocked50' Yüksek — xG 0.06 · Blocked51' Aktürkoğlu — xG 0.02 · Missed54' Souttar — xG 0.04 · Saved54' Touré — xG 0.05 · Missed57' Güler — xG 0.04 · Saved57' Yüksek — xG 0.03 · Missed60' Yıldız — xG 0.06 · Blocked63' Yıldız — xG 0.02 · Blocked65' Güler — xG 0.02 · Blocked66' Yıldız — xG 0.02 · Blocked66' Yıldız — xG 0.05 · Blocked72' Celik — xG 0.10 · Saved74' Güler — xG 0.01 · Missed75' Metcalfe — xG 0.03 · Goal77' Yıldız — xG 0.04 · Blocked78' Aktürkoğlu — xG 0.17 · Saved82' Güler — xG 0.03 · Missed86' Çalhanoğlu — xG 0.06 · Saved89' Güler — xG 0.05 · Saved90 + 1' Demiral — xG 0.02 · Missed90 + 5' Yıldız — xG 0.05 · Blocked

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The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

AUS 0:0 TUR
0.51.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′27' Irankunda — GOAL75' Metcalfe — GOAL1.181.38

On paper vs as played — formation sheet vs heatmap reality

AUS 5-4-1 attack →, ← TUR 4-2-3-1 attack. The teamsheet, as announced.

18Patrick BEACHPatrick BEACH3Alessandro CIRCATIAlessandro CIRCATI4Jacob ITALIANOJacob ITALIANO5Jordan BOSJordan BOS19Harry SOUTTARHarry SOUTTAR21Cameron BURGESSCameron BURGESS8Connor METCALFEConnor METCALFE13Aiden ONEILLAiden ONEILL24Paul OKON-ENGSTLERPaul OKON-ENGSTLER9Mohamed TOUREMohamed TOURE17Nestory IRANKUNDANestory IRANKUNDA23Ugurcan CAKIRUgurcan CAKIR2Zeki CELIKZeki CELIK3Merih DEMIRALMerih DEMIRAL14Abdulkerim BARDAKCIAbdulkerim BARDAKCI20Ferdi KADIOGLUFerdi KADIOGLU6Orkun KOKCUOrkun KOKCU10Hakan CALHANOGLUHakan CALHANOGLU16Ismail YUKSEKIsmail YUKSEK7Kerem AKTURKOGLUKerem AKTURKOGLU8Arda GULERArda GULER21Baris Alper YILMAZBaris Alper YILMAZ

The duel — team data, FIFA tracking included

27%
Possession
63%
0.99
Expected goals
1.66
19
Threat
81
9
Shots
30
4
On target
7
224
Passes completed
663
35
Forced turnovers
30
23.6s
Ball recovery time
10.7s
1.11
High-press phases
10.64
4
Fouls committed
12
1
Offsides
3
117 km
Distance covered
112 km
36.7 km/h
Top speed
34.7 km/h

Territory — where each team lived

Every player's heatmap, minutes-weighted and stacked per team. Australia attack →, ← Türkiye attack. Brighter is more presence; where the colors meet is the contested ground.

How it happened

  1. 27′Nestory IRANKUNDA (Australia) scores!!
  2. ′Before the second half begins Kenan YILDIZ (in) comes off the bench to replace Baris Alper YILMAZ (out) (Türkiye)
  3. 61′Nishan VELUPILLAY (in) comes off the bench to replace Nestory IRANKUNDA (out) (Australia)
  4. 62′Yunus AKGUN (in) comes off the bench to replace Orkun KOKCU (out) (Türkiye)
  5. 74′Tete YENGI (in) comes off the bench to replace Mohamed TOURE (out) (Australia)
  6. 74′Jason GERIA (in) comes off the bench to replace Jacob ITALIANO (out) (Australia)
  7. 75′Connor METCALFE (Australia) scores!!
  8. 80′Salih OZCAN (in) comes off the bench to replace Ismail YUKSEK (out) (Türkiye)
  9. 80′Mert MULDUR (in) comes off the bench to replace Zeki CELIK (out) (Türkiye)
  10. 83′Jackson IRVINE (in) comes off the bench to replace Paul OKON-ENGSTLER (out) (Australia)
  11. 83′Aziz BEHICH (in) comes off the bench to replace Jordan BOS (out) (Australia)
  12. 85′Deniz GUL (in) comes off the bench to replace Kerem AKTURKOGLU (out) (Türkiye)
  13. 86′Yunus AKGUN (Türkiye) is booked by the referee.

The morning-after column · AI-written from the match data

Australia Smothers Turkish Ambition

Australia suffocated Türkiye with a disciplined 5-4-1 block. Ceding 63 per cent possession and 30 shots, the Australians compressed space ruthlessly, leaving Calhanoglu and Güler starved of room. The first goal arrived at 27 minutes—worth just 0.40 xG—and killed Türkiye's tempo entirely. By the 75th minute, when a second arrived at 0.03 xG, the visitors' ambitions lay exhausted.

Türkiye's 1.66 expected goals outweighed Australia's 0.99, yet the numbers lied. Paul Okon-Engstler (8.2) and Patrick Beach (8.1)—Australia's defensive anchors—proved unbreachable. Türkiye pressed relentlessly (10.6 phases to Australia's 1.1) but lacked composure; only seven of 30 shots found the target. When Australia attacked, finishing proved clinical: goals at 27 and 75 minutes sealed the result. Türkiye's clearest chance—a 0.17 xG effort saved in the 78th minute—came too late to matter.

Türkiye's 30 shots and 1.66 xG were silenced by Australia's defensive suffocation and 0.99 xG resolve.

27′

Australia's opening goal silenced Türkiye's press and rewrote the script entirely.

What Australia needed

Defensive discipline and clinical execution outran Turkish possession.

  • 5-4-1 strangled Türkiye's attack: 30 shots, 7 on-target. Formation compression was decisive.
  • Survived early miss (0.51 xG, 17') but finished ruthlessly: 2 goals, 0.03 xG combined.
  • Forced 35 turnovers on 27% possession—suffocation over possession speed.

What Türkiye needed

Possession without finishing is merely prolonged agony.

  • 30 shots, 7 on-target: finishing was the difference. One conversion changes the script entirely.
  • 10.6 press phases exhausted your team; Australia forced 35 turnovers from 27% possession—intensity backfired.
  • Calhanoglu and Güler (rated 8.2, 7.8) never found decisive moments—midfield brilliance didn't translate.