Picture : Arda Güler became the youngest Turkish footballer (21 years 120 days old) to score in World Cup history, surpassing Emre Belözoğlu (21 years 275 days old vs Costa Rica in 2002).
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 15 (June 25)
Turkey vs USA 3-2 (Group D)
*Turkey won a World Cup match after falling behind for the first time in their history.
*After failing to score from any of their first 62 shots in the 2026 World Cup (in the games of two first match-days), Turkey have converted their first two shots against the USA into goals (Orkun Kökçü, Arda Güler).
*USA became the fifth team to score a goal in the opening four minutes of both the first and second half of a World Cup match and the first since Nigeria did so vs Argentina in 2014.
*Sebastian Berhalter becomes the 2nd USA player to record a goal and an assist in the same World Cup match. The first was Bert Patenaude, on 13 July 1930, against Belgium.
*Arda Güler became the youngest Turkish footballer (21 years 120 days old) to score in World Cup history, surpassing Emre Belözoğlu (21 years 275 days old vs Costa Rica in 2002).
*Kaan Ayhan’s goal for Turkey is the second-latest winning goal in the World Cup (97 minutes 50 seconds) after Iran’s Roozbeh Cheshmi’s goal vs Wales in 2022 (97 minutes 56 seconds), excluding extra time.
*Kaan Ayhan became the second-oldest Turkish player (31 years, 228 days) to score in World Cup history, behind Bülent Korkmaz (33 years, 201 days vs China in 2002).
*Turkey maintain their perfect historical record against World Cup hosts: 3 matches played against host nations, 3 victories (including two wins in 2002, 1-0 vs Japan and 3-2 vs South Korea).
*United States have won only one of its 21 matches against European nations in World Cup history (7 draws, 13 losses). That only victory was against Portugal in 2002 (3-2).
*United States have scored 8 goals at the 2026 World Cup, a record for the team in a single edition of the tournament (previous highs were 7 in 1930 and 7 in 2002).
*A total of 177 goals have been scored in 60 World Cup matches in total, setting a record for a single edition of the tournament (surpassing the 172 goals scored in 64 matches in 2022).
*Panama remain the only national team that have not yet scored a goal in this edition of the World Cup.
Paraguay vs Australia 0-0 (Group D)
*Australia finished second in the group stages for the third time after progression at the 2006 and 2022 World Cups.
*Lucas Herrington became the youngest Socceroo (18 years 293 days) to start at a World Cup game, eclipsing the national record set by Nestory Irankunda against Turkey in the first match-day (20 years 124 days).
*Paraguay are still unable to win a match after the score was 0-0 at halftime. It has happened to them 9 times: 4 losses and 5 draws (including a penalty shootout victory over Japan in 2010).