Betting tips for Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia 20.06.2018

The second day of Group A closes with the duel between Uruguay and Saudi Arabia that gave a disastrous image in the debut against Russia.

Uruguay finished second in the South American qualifying group, adding 31 points in 18 matches to 10 in Brazil. The Charrúas made history in the first phase, which ended up winning all matches at home, something that no selection had done before.

La Celeste won on their debut in Bolivia (0-2), before beating Colombia at Estadio Centenario 3-0. Despite the stumble in Ecuador, at that time the surprising leader of the group (2-1), the win against Chile (3-0) and the draw in Brazil (2-2) placed him in the lead. A victory by the minimum against Peru (1-0) and the thrashing against Paraguay (4-0) and Venezuela (3-0) left the defeat in Argentina in a simple anecdote.

Despite losing the lead and the advantage, Uruguay always remained in the top positions, reaching the last game with all facts, after having won in Paraguay (1-2) and tied in Venezuela (0-0). The victory against Bolivia (4-2) left him in second position, a fair reward for his great regularity.

Edinson Cavani, with his 10 goals in 15 games, made up for the problems of Luís Suárez, who finished with only 5 in 13 games. In addition, the PSG forward surpassed Diego Forlán as the all-time top scorer of the Uruguayan National Team, competing with Lewandowski for being the top scorer in the World Cup qualifiers.


Saudi Arabia won the ticket for the World Cup, placing second in the Asian qualifying group. The former Chilean coach Juan Antonio Pizzi has been chosen to take the Arab team back to a World Cup, with a record of 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in 10 games played against Japan (which ended up leader), Australia, United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

After finishing leader of the previous Group, winning 6 of their 8 matches, the Saudis started this final phase with a victory Thailand at home (1-0) and a victory in Iraq (1-2). Australia took a draw in Saudi Arabia, before the defeat to the United Arab Emirates (3-0) and the first defeat, in Japan (2-1). Another defeat to Thailand (0-3) and the hard-fought victory at home against Iraq (1-0) left the first place to shot. However, the two defeats against Australia (3-2) and the United Arab Emirates (2-1) left everything in the air before receiving Japan in the final match. A new triumph for the minimum (1-0) was worth to re-classify the team for the World Cup, marking a milestone in the history of Saudi football.

Nawaf Al Abid was, with 5 goals in 9 games (4 penalties) Bauza's top scorer, in which only three more players (Al Muwabad, Al Sahlawi and Al Shehri) have scored more than one goal each.

The Arabia Saudí have played three friendlies in this 2018, winning 3-0 over Moldova, falling 4-1 in Iraq and conceding a draw in Ukraine to 1. Then lost 4-0 in Belgium, won 2-0 to Algeria and Greece , fell to Italy (2-1), was overwhelmed by Peru (0-3) and competed with Germany (2-1).


Although the South Americans did not play a good match against Egypt, they are clearly superior to the Saudis. The forecast is that Uruguay will score more than two goals in this match.