The story

Türkiye have won 5 of their 6 most recent home matches, keeping 3 clean sheets in their last 5 and conceding zero goals across their two most recent home fixtures. Arda Güler carries the highest average rating of any player in the head-to-head series at 7.88, while Folarin Balogun leads United States in both average rating (8.13) and average xGOT (1.53) across their last 10 World Cup matches. Four of the last five meetings between these sides have finished under 3.5 goals, with both teams scoring in just two of those encounters.