World Cup Group D guide

World Cup Group D sees co-hosts the United States of America play the first fixture in their home country against Paraguay before facing Australia and Turkey.

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World Cup Group D fixtures

All kick-off times are BST

World Cup Group D table

Who qualifies for the next round?

• The top two sides in each group progress to the round of 32
• The eight-best third-placed sides across the 12 groups also qualify for the last 32
• If teams are level on points, the side with the most points obtained in matches between those sides finishes highest
• If teams are still tied, goal difference from the matches between those sides, and then goals scored in those matches, are used as tie-breakers

World Cup Group D supercomputer prediction

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World Cup Group D stats

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USA guide

USA facts:

• Manager: Mauricio Pochettino
• Route to World Cup: Co-hosts
• Last time qualified: 2022
• Best World Cup result: Third place (1930)
• FIFA world ranking: 16

USA fixtures

All kick-off times are BST

Saturday June 13: USA vs Paraguay, kick-off 2am - Los Angeles, USA

Friday June 19: USA vs Australia, kick-off 8pm - Seattle, USA

Friday June 26: Turkey vs USA, kick-off 3am - Los Angeles, USA

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USA squad

Goalkeepers: Chris Brady (Chicago Fire), Matt Freese (New York City FC), Matt Turner (New England Revolution).

Defenders: Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew), Sergino Dest (PSV), Alex Freeman (Villarreal), Mark McKenzie (Toulouse), Tim Ream (Charlotte FC), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati), Joe Scally (Borussia Monchengladbach), Auston Trusty (Celtic).

Midfielders: Tyler Adams (Bournemouth), Sebastian Berhalter (Vancouver Whitecaps), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Gio Reyna (Borussia Monchengladbach), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen).

Forwards: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds), Folarin Balogun (Monaco), Ricardo Pepi (PSV), Christian Pulisic (AC Milan), Tim Weah (Marseille), Haji Wright (Coventry). Alejandro Zendejas (Club America).

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

USA kits

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Paraguay guide

Paraguay facts:

• Manager: Gustavo Alfaro
• Route to World Cup: CONMEBOL sixth place
• Last time qualified: 2010
• Best World Cup result: Quarter-finals (2010)
• FIFA world ranking: 40

Paraguay fixtures

All kick-off times are BST

Saturday June 13: USA vs Paraguay, kick-off 2am - Los Angeles, USA

Saturday June 20: Turkey vs Paraguay, kick-off 4am - Santa Clara, USA

Friday June 26: Paraguay vs Australia, kick-off 3am - Santa Clara, USA

Paraguay squad

Goalkeepers: Roberto Junior Fernandez (Cerro Porteno), Orlando Gill (San Lorenzo), Gaston Olveira (Olimpia).

Defenders: Omar Alderete (Sunderland), Junior Alonso (Atletico Mineiro), Fabian Balbuena (Gremio), Juan Jose Caceres (Dinamo Moscow), Jose Canale (Lanus), Gustavo Gomez (Palmeiras), Alexandro Maidana (Talleres), Gustavo Velazquez (Cerro Porteno).

Midfielders: Damian Bobadilla (Sao Paulo), Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth), Andres Cubas (Vancouver Whitecaps), Matias Galarza (Atlanta United), Diego Gomez (Brighton), Mauricio Magalhaes (Palmeiras), Briaian Ojeda (Orlando City), Alejandro Romero (Al Ain).

Forwards: Miguel Almiron (Atlanta United), Gabriel Avalos (Independiente), Alex Arce (Independiente Rivadavia), Julio Enciso (Strasbourg), Isidro Pitta (Bragantino), Antonio Sanabria (Cremonese), Ramon Sosa (Palmeiras).

Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

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Australia guide

Australia facts:

• Manager: Tony Popovic
• Route to World Cup: AFC Group C runners-up
• Last time qualified: 2022
• Best World Cup result: Round of 16 (2006, 2022)
• FIFA world ranking: 27

Australia fixtures

All kick-off times are BST

Sunday June 14: Australia vs Turkey, kick-off 5am - Vancouver, Canada

Friday June 19: USA vs Australia, kick-off 8pm - Seattle, USA

Friday June 26: Paraguay vs Australia, kick-off 3am - Santa Clara, USA

Australia squad

Goalkeepers: Maty**** Ryan (Levante), Paul Izzo (Randers), Patrick Beach (Melbourne City).

Defenders: Aziz Behich (Melbourne City), Jordan Bos (Feyenoord), Cameron Burgess (Swansea City), Alessandro Circati (Parma Calcio 1913), Milos Degenek (APOEL FC), Jason Geria (Albirex Niigata), Lucas Herrington (Colorado Rapids), Jacob Italiano (Grazer AK), Harry Souttar (Leicester City), Kai Trewin (New York City).

Midfielders: Cameron Devlin (Hearts), Ajdin Hrustic (Heracles Almelo), Jackson Irvine (St Pauli), Connor Metcalfe (St Pauli FC), Aiden O'Neill (New York City), Paul Okon-Engstler (Sydney FC).

Forwards: Nestory Irankunda (Watford), Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City), Awer Mabil (CD Castellón), Mohamed Toure (Norwich City), Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory), Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo), Tete Yengi (Machida Zelvia).

Manager: Tony Popovic

Australia kits

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Turkey guide

Turkey facts:

• Manager: Vincenzo Montella
• Route to World Cup: UEFA play-offs winners
• Last time qualified: 2002
• Best World Cup result: Third place (2002)
• FIFA world ranking: 22

Turkey fixtures

All kick-off times are BST

Sunday June 14: Australia vs Turkey, kick-off 5am - Vancouver, Canada

Saturday June 20: Turkey vs Paraguay, kick-off 4am - Santa Clara, USA

Friday June 26: Turkey vs USA, kick-off 3am - Los Angeles, USA

Turkey squad

Goalkeepers: Ugurcan Cakir (Galatasaray), Altay Bayindir (Man Utd), Mert Gunok (Besiktas).

Defenders: Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton), Merih Demiral (Al Ahli), Zeki Celik (Roma), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Mert Muldur (Fenerbahce), Abdulkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray), Eren Elmali (Galatasaray), Caglar Soyuncu (Fenerbahce), Samet Akaydin (Rizespor).

Midfielders: Arda Guler (Real Madrid), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), Orkun Kokcu (Besiktas), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Ismail Yuksek (Fenerbahce), Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray), Salih Ozcan (Borussia Dortmund).

Forwards: Kenan Yildiz (Juventus), Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray), Kerem Akturkoglu (Fenerbahce), Yunus Akgun (Galatasaray), Oguz Aydin (Fenerbahce), Deniz Gul (Porto), Irfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahce).

Manager: Vincenzo Montella

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