Thursday , 2 July 2026

Uruguay vs Japan, Copa Sudamericana 2024 GROUP STAGE

Copa America · 2024
Uruguay
2 – 2
Full Time
Japan
Thu 20 Jun 2019 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45+7'
Y 31' Naomichi Ueda
Y 78' Shoya Nakajima

Overview

Match Preview

Uruguay vs Japan — Copa Sudamericana .

  • Uruguay 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)
  • Japan 0 games · 0 pts (2024/24)

Match Details

  • Referee Alexander Guzman
  • Referee Diego Haro
  • Referee Nicolas Gallo
  • Referee Andres Rojas
  • Referee Wilmar Navarro

Head-to-Head

1
Uruguay 1 games · Avg 4.0 goals Japan
Last 5 meetings
2019-06-20 Uruguay 2–2 Japan

Recent Form

Uruguay
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Jun Japan H 2–2 D
16 Jun Ecuador H 4–0 W
06 Jul France H 0–2 L
30 Jun Portugal H 2–1 W
25 Jun Russia H 3–0 W
20 Jun Saudi Arabia H 1–0 W
Japan
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Jun Uruguay A 2–2 D
17 Jun Chile H 0–4 L
02 Jul Belgium A 2–3 L
28 Jun Poland H 0–1 L
24 Jun Senegal H 2–2 D
19 Jun Colombia A 2–1 W

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Uruguay gets underway.
  • 5' Daiki Sugioka needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 15' It looks surprising Japan does not make any changes. Jose Maria Gimenez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 20' It’s high time Hajime Moriyasu made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 25' What a strike from Koji Miyoshi! The score is 0-1.
  • 28' It is a substitution in Uruguay team. Diego Laxalt is replaced by Giovanni Gonzalez on 28 minute.
  • 31' The referee shows Japan player a Yellow card on 31.
  • 32' Goal! Luis Suarez scores his 141 goal in 513 matches.
  • 37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ayase Ueda, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 47' Japan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 47.
  • 52' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 57' 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.
  • 59' Koji Miyoshi with the second goal in the match!
  • 60' Giorgian De Arrascaeta has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nahitan Nandez on 60 minute.
  • 65' It looks like no one’s ball. Japan is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 66' Goal! Jose Maria Gimenez scores his 12 goal in 523 matches.
  • 67' Ayase Ueda has so much to prove this time. He replaces Hiroki Abe on 67 minute.
  • 72' Uruguay is showing some good football. However, Uruguay are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 73' Uruguay manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Federico Valverde is hanging Nicolas Lodeiro on the field on 73 minute.
  • 78' A meaty challenge results in booking for Shoya Nakajima on 78.
  • 83' Time for substitution for Japan. Koji Miyoshi is replaced by Takefusa Kubo.
  • 87' Time for substitution for Japan. Tomoki Iwata is replaced by Yugo Tatsuta.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Uruguay Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oscar Tabarez

Japan Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hajime Moriyasu

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.72 Uruguay xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.4 Japan xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Uruguay46% Draw25% Japan29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.12
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Uruguay or Draw
71%
Draw or Japan
54%
Uruguay or Japan
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Uruguay33% Draw43% Japan24%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.5%
2 – 1
8.8%
1 – 2
7.2%
1 – 0
6.8%
2 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
6.1%
0 – 1
5.4%
3 – 1
5%
0 – 2
4.3%
3 – 0
3.6%
3 – 2
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Uruguay

Handicap Uruguay covers Push Japan covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 13% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 20% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 16% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Uruguay keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
Japan keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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