In a stop-start game fraught with wayward tackles and poor finishing, it was the Socceroos who had most of the chances, with Cristian Volpato and Jackson Irvine forcing saves from the keeper and Jordan Bos twice going painfully close late in the game.

Paraguay was pedestrian and had its only real chance in the dying moments when a Mauricio Magalhaes strike was saved, with the talented Julio Enciso and his constant slaloming runs the only source of trouble for the Socceroos.

United States, already through as Group D winner, suffered a shock 3-2 loss to already-eliminated Turkiye. Paraguay sits third, its fate resting in other results.