{"id":671035,"date":"2026-06-18T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=671035"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:49:14","slug":"canada-vs-qatar-team-news-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/06\/18\/canada-vs-qatar-team-news-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada vs Qatar: Team News and Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada is ready to take on Qatar on matchday 2 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, they are still aiming to top their group, and a win would secure passage to the knockout stage. Here is how both teams will line up for this matchup in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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Canada vs Qatar<\/h2>\n

Date: Thursday, June 18th, 2026
\nVenue: BC Place, Vancouver
\nKick Off: 18:00 local time in Vancouver
\nReferee: Cristian Marcelo Garay Reyes
\nCurrent Odds: Canada 1.33, Draw 5.50, Qatar 10.00<\/p>\n

Canada Team News<\/h3>\n

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Canada has Alphonso Davies off the bench, but not starting for this second group stage match.<\/p>\n

Manager Jesse Marsch said, “He’ll be available tomorrow, and we’ll see how the match goes, and then make a decision on how we would choose to use (him),<\/em><\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond that, Canada lines up as expected. Cyle Larin the starting striker alongside Jonathan David after being a substitute who scored on matchday 1. Ali Ahmed steps into the midfield role over Liam Millar.<\/p>\n

Qatar Team News<\/h3>\n

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Qatar went without changes to an XI that drew with Switzerland on matchday 1. Manager Julen Loptegeui is confident in his team as assembled.<\/p>\n

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Canada Confirmed Lineup (4-4-2)<\/h3>\n

GK; Maxime Crepeau<\/p>\n

Defenders: Alistair Johnston, Luc De Fougerolles, Derek Cornelius, Richie Laryea<\/p>\n

Midfield: Tajon Buchanan, Ismael Kone, Stephen Eustaquio, Ali Ahmed<\/p>\n

Forwards: Jonathan David, Cyle Larin<\/p>\n

Qatar Predicted Lineup (4-3-3)<\/h3>\n

GK: Meshaal Ibrahim Abunada<\/p>\n

Defenders: Ayoub Al Oui, Pedro Miguel, Boualem Khoukhi, Homam Al-Amin<\/p>\n

Midfield: Jassem Gaber Abdulsallam, Assim Madibo, Issa Laye<\/p>\n

Forwards: Edmilson Junior, Yusuf Abdurisag, Akram Afif<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Smartframe Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada is ready to take on Qatar on matchday 2 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, they are still aiming to top their group, and a win would secure passage to the knockout stage. Here is how both teams will line up for this matchup in Vancouver. Read More:\u00a02026 World Cup Matchday 8 Predictions Including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":671037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9541,2,161,1831,2132],"tags":[798,2212,32867,8585,2411,32625],"class_list":["post-671035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canmnt","category-featured","category-international-football","category-starting-line-up","category-world-cup","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-canada","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-jesse-marsch","tag-julen-lopetegui","tag-qatar"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671038,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671035\/revisions\/671038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}