Paraguay vs Australia — World Cup 2026

Tale of the tape.

The auto-generated comparison for Paraguay vs Australia. Editorial detail lands closer to kickoff.

Win probability.

A first-pass split off the FIFA rankings — replace with the live model once the form data lands.

The bench faceoff.

Paraguay · Head coach

A. Duscher

Australia · Head coach

T. Popović

Where to watch.

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Both line-ups.

Every name in the frame — tap a player for their dossier, or a crest for the full team.

Paraguay

PAR · Full dossier →

Goalkeepers6

1R. Fernandez1F. Lirussi12O. Gill22G. Olveira22L. Sosa29V. Rojas

Defenders18

2M. Arguello2G. Velázquez3A. Balbuena3O. Alderete4J. Cáceres5F. Balbuena6J. Alonso13J. Canale13D. Ramos14A. Fretes14L. Quintana15G. Gómez15G. Paoli20Ezequiel Duarte22L. Gómez26A. Maidana33A. Morinigo37D. León

Midfield13

6A. Aguayo7R. Sosa8D. Gómez10M. Almirón11Maurício14A. Cubas16D. Bobadilla17G. Aguayo20B. Ojeda23M. Galarza24G. Caballero33Lucas Pablo Guiñazú Fernández39S. Puzzo

Attack12

9A. Sanabria10L. Kmet17A. Romero18A. Arce18C. Miño19D. Fernández19J. Enciso21G. Ávalos23T. Caballero25I. Pitta28A. Legüizamón29O. Alfonso

Australia

AUS · Full dossier →

Goalkeepers3

1M. Ryan12P. Izzo18P. Beach

Defenders8

2M. Degenek3A. Circati4J. Italiano5J. Bos6J. Geria19H. Souttar21C. Burgess25L. Herrington

Midfield9

8C. Metcalfe10A. Hrustic11A. Mabil13A. O Neill14C. Devlin15K. Trewin16A. Behich22J. Irvine24Paul Okon-Engstler

Attack6

7M. Leckie9M. Touré17N. Irankunda20C. Volpato23N. Velupillay26T. Yengi