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Who will win United States vs Paraguay?

Onside's model gives United States a 50% win probability (26% draw, Paraguay 24%). We publish every prediction before kickoff and grade it after full time. See every graded prediction. Full match breakdown below.
MODEL PREDICTION · GROUP D · MD1

United States vs ParaguayWin Probability & Model Prediction

Saturday, 13 June 2026 · 01:00 UTC · Inglewood

Onside's AI model gives United States 50%, draw 26%, and Paraguay 24%. United States is the model favourite (moderate confidence) for this World Cup 2026 Group D fixture on Saturday.

UNITED STATES WIN
50%
DRAW
26%
PARAGUAY WIN
24%
SCORELINE DISTRIBUTION · BIVARIATE POISSON

Top 5 likely scorelines · model receipts

EXPECTED GOALS
1.851.24
★ MODE
11
11.7%
21
9.7%
20
7.8%
10
7.2%
12
6.5%
OVER 2.5 GOALS
59%
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
61%

Pre-tournament prior model — posterior updates as the group stage plays. Scorelines computed from the model's bivariate Poisson with low-score (Dixon-Coles) correction. The mode is the single most likely result; the full grid sums to 100%.

QUICK FACTS · MODEL OUTPUTS

United States vs Paraguay World Cup 2026 prediction

Onside's model gives United States 50%, draw 26%, and Paraguay 24% — united states favoured. Calibrated against the rolling tournament hit-rate; every call is publicly graded after full-time on the model record.

United States vs Paraguay prediction score

Expected scoreline: 21 — rounded from the bivariate-Poisson expected goals (United States 2, Paraguay 1). The full top-five most-likely scorelines are on this page below.

United States vs Paraguay head to head

Group D fixture at Inglewood, kickoff Sat 13 Jun, 01:00 UTC. Model anchors: FIFA rank (USA #16 vs PAR #40), confederation, and live MD1+ form learned from this tournament's results.

United States vs Paraguay line up

Probable XIs and confirmed lineups land at the match centre as soon as managers release them — typically ~1 hour before kickoff. Onside's player-projection engine pre-computes the most-likely scoring threats per side from current tournament form.

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MODEL RATIONALE

Ranking gap is the story

United States sit 24 places above Paraguay in the FIFA ranking (#16 vs #40) — a gap of that size is hard for the underdog to close in a one-off match. United States comes out at 50%, Paraguay at 24%, with the rest on the draw. Treated as a moderate call rather than a foregone conclusion.

MATCH CONTEXT

How the teams compare

WORLD RANKING
United States
#16
Paraguay
#40
PREMIER LEAGUE PRESENCE
United States
4
Paraguay
1
HOME SOIL
United States
YES
Paraguay
REGION
United States
CONCACAF
Paraguay
CONMEBOL
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The PL names in each squad

United States4 PL
  • Chris RichardsCrystal Palace
  • Antonee RobinsonFulham
  • Tyler AdamsBournemouth
  • Brenden AaronsonLeeds
Paraguay1 PL
  • Diego GómezBrighton
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