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Turkey Australia vs Turkey: time, TV channel and stadium Group Stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 · Sunday, June 14, 2026 · 00:00 ET · BC Place, Vancouver.
Match preview Australia open their World Cup against Turkey at BC Place in Vancouver, in a Group D completed by the United States and Paraguay. The Socceroos have built a reputation as a competitive, well-drilled side, with the round of 16 in 2006 and 2022 as their best showings. They arrive aiming to repeat that step into the knockouts against a quality European rival.
Turkey return to the big stage after years away, with memories of their historic third place in 2002. The Turks blend talent and character, and approach the opener as a chance to reclaim their place among the sides to watch. A clash of styles between Australian intensity and Turkish technical quality to open Group D.
Goals and cards Australia (2) Nestory Irankunda 27' Connor Metcalfe 75' Turkey (0) Goals Australia (0) Turkey (1) Yunus Akgün 86' Cards Match center
Lineups, changes and statistics ESPN 22 starters Australia 5-4-1 Starting XI 18 Patrick Beach G 19 Harry Souttar CD 21 Cameron Burgess CD-L 3 Alessandro Circati CD-R 5 Jordan Bos LB ↓ 4 Jacob Italiano RB ↓ 24 Paul Okon-Engstler CM-L ↓ 13 Aiden O'Neill CM-R 17 Nestory Irankunda LM ↓ 8 Connor Metcalfe RM 9 Mohamed Toure F ↓ Substitutes 1 Mathew Ryan SUB 15 Kai Trewin SUB 14 Cameron Devlin SUB 12 Paul Izzo SUB 20 Cristian Volpato SUB 6 Jason Geria SUB ↑ 11 Awer Mabil SUB 16 Aziz Behich SUB ↑ 7 Mathew Leckie SUB 10 Ajdin Hrustic SUB 26 Tete Yengi SUB ↑ 25 Lucas Herrington SUB 2 Milos Degenek SUB 22 Jackson Irvine SUB ↑ 23 Nishan Velupillay SUB ↑ Turkey 4-2-3-1 Starting XI 23 Ugurcan Çakir G 14 Abdülkerim Bardakçi CD-L 3 Merih Demiral CD-R 20 Ferdi Kadioglu LB 2 Zeki Çelik RB ↓ 6 Orkun Kökçü AM ↓ 10 Hakan Çalhanoglu LM 16 Ismail Yüksek RM ↓ 7 Kerem Aktürkoglu F ↓ 21 Baris Alper Yilmaz AM-L ↓ 8 Arda Güler AM-R Substitutes 19 Yunus Akgün SUB ↑ 9 Deniz Gül SUB ↑ 22 Kaan Ayhan SUB 11 Kenan Yildiz SUB ↑ 24 Oguz Aydin SUB 12 Altay Bayindir SUB 5 Salih Özcan SUB ↑ 26 Can Uzun SUB 15 Ozan Kabak SUB 25 Samet Akaydin SUB 17 Irfan Can Kahveci SUB 4 Çaglar Söyüncü SUB 13 Eren Elmali SUB 18 Mert Müldür SUB ↑ 1 Mert Günok SUB 10 45' 61' 62' 74' 74' 81' 81' 84' 84' 85' 28 Australia Turkey
12 Fouls 4
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 8
8 Saves 2
28.4 Possession 71.6
9 SHOTS 30
4 ON GOAL 8
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
201 Accurate Passes 635
271 Passes 704
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 2
14 Crosses 26
0.3 Cross % 0.1
58 Long Balls 28
16 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.3 Long Balls % 0.7
1 Blocked Shots 12
5 Effective Tackles 8
15 Tackles 12
0.3 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 4
55 Effective Clearances 29
55 Clearances 29
ET (US East) 00:00
Colombia / Peru 23:00 (prev. day)
Mexico City 22:00 (prev. day)
Argentina / Chile 01:00
Spain 06:00
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026.
BC Place
Vancouver, British Columbia · Capacity 48,821
TV channels and streaming vary by country (Telemundo and Fox in the US, RTVC in Colombia, TVA/Azteca in Mexico, RTVE in Spain, and more).
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