The story

The United States head into this match having won 4 of their 5 most recent World Cup games, with Malik Tillman carrying the highest average xG among their players across those fixtures at 0.84 per match. Australia opened the scoring in 4 of their last 5 World Cup appearances, though they have failed to win 4 of their 5 most recent away World Cup matches. Christian Pulisic is absent from the United States squad, while Folarin Balogun leads the American attack in xGOT with an average of 1.53 across their last 10 World Cup matches.