Tuesday , 25 August 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' It’s Showtime! The match between Uruguay and Japan is underway.
  • 5' It looks surprising Uruguay does not make any changes. Shoya Nakajima has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' Luis Suarez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Uruguay tonight.
  • 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 20' Japan international Koji Miyoshi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 25' A goal from the Japan international Koji Miyoshi! He fires home on 25 to make it 0-1!
  • 28' Giovanni Gonzalez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Laxalt on 28 minute.
  • 31' Naomichi Ueda picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 32' The deadlock is broken! Luis Suarez gets on the scoresheet on 32 minutes.
  • 37' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 42' Both keepers have barely been tested. Uruguay and Japan are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 47' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 47 minutes.
  • 52' Rodrigo Bentancur has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 57' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 59' GOAL! Koji Miyoshi scores on 59.
  • 60' Uruguay make a change. Nahitan Nandez trudges off to be replaced by Giorgian De Arrascaeta on 60 minutes.
  • 65' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 66' What a moment for Jose Maria Gimenez! That strike on 66 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 67' Time for substitution for Japan. Hiroki Abe is replaced by Ayase Ueda.
  • 72' Japan fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 73' A change in the Uruguay ranks — Nicolas Lodeiro exits the field as Federico Valverde enters on 73.
  • 78' Japan receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 78.
  • 83' Takefusa Kubo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Koji Miyoshi at the 83 minute mark.
  • 87' It is a substitution in Japan team. Tomoki Iwata is replaced by Yugo Tatsuta on 87 minute.
  • 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.