Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia — Worldcup .
- Uruguay 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
- Saudi Arabia 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Daniele Orsato
- Referee Clement Turpin
- Referee Nicolas Danos
- Referee Cyril Gringore
- Referee Szymon Marciniak
- Referee Pawel Sokolnicki
- Referee Pawel Gil
- Referee John Pitti
- Referee Gabriel Victoria
4 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 15.5 goals/game 🟥 1 totalHead-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jun Saudi Arabia H 1–0 W 15 Jun Egypt A 1–0 W 19 Aug BFC Dynamo H 0–3 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Mohammed Al Burayk suffering a number of foals already.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Saudi Arabia that had 7 games and scored 6 goals.
- 23' Luis Suarez puts Uruguay on the lead.
- 28' has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 33' Uruguay is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 38' 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.
- 43' It’s high time Pizzi made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 44' The whistle greets Taiseer Al Jassim as he departs to be replaced by Hussain Al Moqahwi.
- 49' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 54' It looks surprising Uruguay does not make any changes. Hussain Al Moqahwi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 59' Diego Laxalt is replacing Cristian Rodriguez for the Uruguay side.
- 64' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 64 minutes.
- 69' It looks like no one’s ball. Saudi Arabia is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 74' Salman Al Faraj needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 75' The supporters are chanting for Mohamed Kanno. He replaces Hattan Babhri on 75 minute.
- 78' Another substitution for Saudi Arabia to replace Fahad Al Muwallad by Mohammed Al Sahlawi on 78 minute.
- 82' The whistle greets Carlos Sanchez as he departs to be replaced by Nahitan Nandez.
- 87' The travelling Saudi Arabia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Uruguay players.
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Lineups
Uruguay Lineups
Starting XI
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- 9
- 6
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15
Matias Vecino ↓ Lucas Torreira 59'
- 22
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- 4
- 7
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5
Carlos Sanchez ↓ Nahitan Nandez 82'
Bench
- 10
- 23
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14
Lucas Torreira ↑ 59'
- 18
- 11
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17
Diego Laxalt ↑ 59'
- 19
- 16
- 12
- 13
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Nahitan Nandez ↑ 82'
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Coach Oscar TabarezSaudi Arabia Lineups
Starting XI
- 22
- 13
- 6
- 3
- 4
- 7
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9
Hattan Babhri ↓ Mohamed Kanno 75'
- 18
- 14
- 17
- 19
Bench
- 23
- 11
- 20
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16
Hussain Al Moqahwi ↑ 44'
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- 2
- 21
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10
Mohammed Al Sahlawi ↑ 78'
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- 8
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Mohamed Kanno ↑ 75'
- 15
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H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.4 Uruguay xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.73 Saudi Arabia xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Uruguay winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.13Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 63% 37% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Uruguay or Draw 81%Draw or Saudi Arabia 47%Uruguay or Saudi Arabia 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Uruguay win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual0 – 0 14.2%1 – 1 13%2 – 0 11.2%2 – 1 8.3%0 – 1 7.5%3 – 0 5.1%1 – 2 4.3%3 – 1 3.9%2 – 2 3.1%0 – 2 3%4 – 0 1.8%Asian Handicap — Uruguay
Handicap Uruguay covers Push Saudi Arabia covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 16% 74% -1.5 26% — 74% -1 26% 26% 49% -0.5 51% — 49% +0.5 82% — 18% +1 82% 13% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Uruguay keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Saudi Arabia keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.