Saturday , 14 November 2026

Uruguay vs Cape Verde Islands, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2026
Uruguay
2 – 2
Full Time
Cape Verde Islands
Sun 21 Jun 2026 · 22:00 UTC Hard Rock Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 21' Kevin Pina
Maximiliano Araujo 44' 1–1
Agustin Canobbio 45+6' 2–1
2–2 61' Helio Varela
Y 5' Sidny Lopes Cabral
Rodrigo Bentancur 20' Y
Mathias Olivera 58' Y
Y 90' Diney Borges

Overview

Match Preview

Uruguay vs Cape Verde Islands — Worldcup at Hard Rock Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Espen Eskas (Norway)
  • Assistant 1 Jan Erik Engan
  • Assistant 2 Isaak Bashevkin
5 games this season 🟨 4.6/game ⚽ 12.4 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Uruguay 1 games · Avg 4.0 goals Cape Verde Islands
Last 5 meetings
2026-06-21 Uruguay 2–2 Cape Verde Islands

Recent Form

Uruguay
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jun Cape Verde Islands H 2–2 D
15 Jun Saudi Arabia A 1–1 D
02 Dec Ghana A 2–0 W
28 Nov Portugal A 0–2 L
24 Nov South Korea H 0–0 D
03 Jul Colombia H 2–4 L
Cape Verde Islands
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jun Uruguay A 2–2 D
15 Jun Spain A 0–0 D

Season Stats

Uruguay Cape Verde Islands
#31 Position #30
2 Points 3
3 Played 3
0 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 0 / 3 / 0
3 Scored 2
4 Conceded 2
-1 GD +0
0.67 PPG 1.00
0% Win % 0%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Uruguay this season
50% Clean Sheets
Cape Verde Islands this season

Uruguay are 31st (2 pts). Cape Verde Islands are 30th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Uruguay
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
2/2
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/1
76+
1/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Cape Verde Islands
0-15
–/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
1/–
61-75
1/–
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Uruguay
Maximiliano Araujo 2 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Uruguay welcome Cape Verde Islands for this crunch clash at Hard Rock Stadium.
  • 5' Cape Verde Islands player sees a card in front of him.
  • 10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Uruguay and Cape Verde Islands are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 15' Federico Vinas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 20' That looks like a foul for a card for Rodrigo Bentancur.
  • 21' What composure from Kevin Pina! The Cape Verde Islands international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 26' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-1-4-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 31' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 36' It looks surprising Cape Verde Islands does not make any changes. Nuno Da Costa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 41' Cape Verde Islands started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
  • 44' A goal from the Uruguay international Maximiliano Araujo! He fires home on 44 to make it 1-1!
  • 46' The crowd applauds Telmo Arcanjo as he leaves the pitch. Deroy Duarte steps in for Cape Verde Islands.
  • 51' The deadlock is broken! Agustin Canobbio gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
  • 56' The home supporters are growing impatient. Uruguay must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 58' Mathias Olivera is having his name booked by the referee on 58.
  • 59' Cape Verde Islands manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nuno Da Costa is hanging Gilson Tavares on the field on 59 minute.
  • 61' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Helio Varela makes it 2-2.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 70' A tactical swap from Uruguay — Nicolas de la Cruz on, Manuel Ugarte off on 70 minutes.
  • 75' Uruguay are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Cape Verde Islands's 4-1-4-1 shape.
  • 80' Cape Verde Islands manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yannick Semedo is hanging Jamiro Monteiro on the field on 80 minute.
  • 82' The Uruguay bench stirs into life. Maximiliano Araujo is withdrawn and Brian Rodriguez gets his opportunity.
  • 87' Yannick Semedo has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 90' Diney Borges is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Uruguay Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marcelo Bielsa

Cape Verde Islands Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bubista

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
0 / 4
1.06 Uruguay xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.17 Cape Verde Islands xG
I would bet for: Uruguay or Cape Verde Islands 69% + Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Uruguay35% Draw31% Cape Verde Islands34%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.23
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 65%
35%
± 2.5 38%
62%
± 3.5 19%
81%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Uruguay or Draw
66%
Draw or Cape Verde Islands
65%
Uruguay or Cape Verde Islands
69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Uruguay22% Draw52% Cape Verde Islands26%
Actual: Uruguay win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14.3%
0 – 0
13.1%
0 – 1
11.3%
1 – 0
10.2%
1 – 2
7.5%
0 – 2
7%
2 – 1
6.8%
2 – 0
5.8%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 3
3%
0 – 3
2.7%
3 – 1
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Uruguay

Handicap Uruguay covers Push Cape Verde Islands covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 9% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 19% 69%
-0.5 31% — 69%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 21% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 11% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Uruguay keeps clean sheet
32% ✓
Cape Verde Islands keeps clean sheet
35% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.