The USA will look to rediscover their early event kind once they face Bosnia and Herzegovina within the World Cup spherical of 32 tonight.
Mauricio Pochettino’s males clinched qualification from Group D with wins over Australia and Paraguay earlier than a dead-rubber defeat to Turkey final day out.
Pochettino’s facet have a pleasant look to them, combining excessive depth in midfield, aptitude in assault and solidity on the again.
Bosnia and Herzegovina received’t be overawed although having seen off Wales and Italy to achieve the World Cup. They certified for the knockout phases by taking 4 factors from Group B clashes with Canada, Qatar and Switzerland.
The place to observe USA v Bosnia and Herzegovina: TV channel, dwell on-line streams
The USA versus Bosnia and Herzegovina kicks off at 1am within the early hours of Thursday morning within the UK.
You possibly can watch it on BBC One and stream through the BBC iPlayer.
World Cup 2026: USMNT v Bosnia and Herzegovina stats
- Ermin Mahmic has scored from the bench in his two appearances at these finals and with each of his makes an attempt
- The USA are enjoying a World Cup knockout match on dwelling soil for the second time, having met Brazil within the final 16 when the USMNT had been the only real hosts of the competitors in 1994
- They misplaced 1-0 on that event, enjoying a lot of the second half with 10 gamers in Stanford, California and failing to have an try on the right track all through
- Having crushed Paraguay 4-1 and Australia 2-0 to win their group with a recreation to spare, the USA have received consecutive World Cup matches for the primary time for the reason that 1930 version
- Throughout their eight World Cup knockout-stage matches, the USA have misplaced seven occasions and conceded 22 objectives. Their victory got here towards Mexico within the 2002 spherical of 16, successful 2-0 by means of objectives from Brian McBride and Landon Donovan
- The Stars and Stripes are unbeaten within the three editions of this fixture (W2 D1) – all in friendlies, from 2013 to 2021 – however have received considered one of their final 21 World Cup conferences with European nations (D7 L13) and are winless of their final 13 such matches (D6 L7) since a 3-2 victory over Portugal in 2002
- Bosnia and Herzegovina have by no means saved a clear sheet of their six World Cup matches; no facet has ever performed extra on the finals with out one
- They’ve the tallest squad on the event, with a mean top of 6ft 1in, and have scored three objectives from corners, which is essentially the most by a staff at a single version since England netted 4 by the tactic in 2018
- Of their 3-1 win over Qatar to seal their place within the knockout stage, Bosnia and Herzegovina completed on an anticipated objectives complete of 0.68
- Esmir Bajraktarevic was born within the US in 2004 after his household emigrated, having fled the Bosnian Conflict. The winger determined to characterize his dad and mom’ birthplace regardless of receiving his first worldwide cap for USA in a 2024 pleasant towards Slovenia
