Given both nations can approach their final Group D assignment with a relaxed attitude, I’m keen to back both teams to score.
The USA did manage a clean sheet in their 2-0 win over Australia, but before that, BTTS had been a recurring theme in their fixtures. Indeed, seven of the Stars and Stripes’ eight friendly matches leading into the World Cup saw both sides find the net. That trend also carried into their opening game against Paraguay, a 4-1 victory.
Turkey, meanwhile, have failed to score in each of their opening two matches, but they may find goalscoring opportunities easier to come by against the USA, who are unlikely to sit deep and adopt the same cautious approach shown by both Australia and Paraguay against the Crescent Stars.
It is also worth noting that both teams scored in four of Turkey’s six World Cup qualifiers during the group stage of their campaign. The same was true of their final warm-up fixture before the tournament, a 2-1 win over Venezuela.