Both Canada and USA will be fighting for the top spot of the CONCAFA World Cup qualifying table when they battle at Tim Hortons Field in a chilly matchday 10 of the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Sunday night with kickoff at 23:05.
Both sides have made impressive final round World Cup qualifying campaigns with Canada still remaining unbeaten on the table going into their 10th match, claiming five wins and four draws in from their nine played matches. They currently sit on top of the table with 19 points with a point above their Sunday opponents and are seven points above the fifth-placed Costa Rica.
With five matches remaining to go Canada will be looking to continue their recent impressive run of form as they have only lost one of their last 11 matches across competitions, claiming six victories and four draws in the run and are coming off a four-match winning streak in the World Cup qualifiers.
They are also in a good home form having lost none of their last 13 home matches in all competitions and they wouldn’t want that to change, although they are facing USA a side they have only beaten one in their last 11 meetings.
Meanwhile USA have only lost one of their nine qualifying matches in the final round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, claiming five wins and three draws in the process to collect 18 points which have left them sitting in the second place with a point behind Canada and one above third-placed Mexico.
They also head into the match in a good form having only lost one of their last 20 matches across all competitions including noncompetitive fixtures, claiming 16 wins and three draws in the run and are coming off a four-match unbeaten run in the World Cup qualifiers picking three wins including the 1-0 win against EL Salvador in their previous outing.
USA will therefore be looking to keep the ball rolling as they aim at overtaking Canada to the top spot while staying above Mexico in the process, which makes this a riveting encounter and will be fascinating to see how it unfolds.
Canada vs USA head to head
Both sides have met in 11 encounters since 2005 with USA claiming six victories while Canada have only claimed one win and there have been four draws.
- USA 1-1 Canada 06/09/21
- USA 1-0 Canada 19/07/21
- USA 4-1 Canada 16/11/19
- Canada 2-0 USA 16/10/19
- USA 1-0 Canada 06/02/16
Home
- Honduras 0-2 Canada
- Canada 2-1 Mexico
- Canada 1-0 Costa Rica
- Canada 4-1 Panama
- Jamaica 0-0 Canada
Away
- USA 1-0 El Salvador
- USA 1-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Jamaica 1-1 USA
- USA 2-0 Mexico
- USA 2-1 Costa Rica
Canada team news
Canada will be without Alphonso Davies who hasn’t played since winter break in December due to an injury.
USA team news
Zack Steffen missed out on the previous match due to a back problem and he is a doubt for this one.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Double chance
- Both sides to score
