Argentina will travel to Montevideo this weekend to face Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers.
Venue: Campeón del Siglo
Key Statistics
Uruguay have won none of their last three games (D1, L2).
They have kept six clean sheets in six of their last ten home games (90 minutes only).
Uruguay have taken 16 points from their 12 WCQ games (W4, D4, L4).
Argentina are unbeaten in 25 games (W17, D8).
Argentina have not conceded before half-time in 13 straight games.
They have scored 19 goals and conceded six in this WCQ campaign.
Head to head
Argentina have a good record against Uruguay and have won 89 out of 194 official matches played between the two South American sides.
Uruguay have managed 59 victories in the Clasico del Rio de la Plata, while 46 of the meetings have ended in a draw.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Uruguay: L-L-D-W-W
Argentina: W-W-D-W-W
Uruguay
Two big losses in the last two games against Brazil and Argentina has put Uruguay’s chances of World Cup qualification in jeopardy.
The home team are occupying the sixth spot in the group but are level on points with Chile and Colombia, who occupy the last qualifying spots.
They will be desperate to win this game and avoid dropping further down the table.
However, they have not won Argentina in eight years (D2, L4), failing to score in five of those games, including a 3-0 reverse loss.
They will be encouraged by their home record though, as they have won 69% of their WCQ points in home matches this campaign.
Possible Uruguay starting line-ups
Fernando Muslera; Nahitan Nandez, Diego Godin, Jose Gimenez, Matias Vina; Federico Valverde, Rodrigo Bentancur, Matias Vecino, Giorgian de Arrascaeta; Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani.
Argentina
Argentina will look to continue their near-perfect start to the World Cup qualifiers campaign when they play their great rivals in the 197th edition of the
The Albicelestes enter this tie on a 25-game-unbeaten run and will be looking to come out of this tie with that record intact.
They are also unbeaten in this WCQ campaign and have won seven of their opening eleven games (D4).
Lionel Scanoli’s men are sitting in second place in the group standings. They remain unbeaten in WCQs since March 2017 (W8, D7) and haven’t conceded for four games in a row.
Possible Argentina starting line-ups
Emiliano Martinez; Gonzalo Montiel, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico; Guido Rodriguez, Rodrigo De Paul, Giovani Lo Celso; Angel Di Maria, Lautauro Martinez, Angel Correa.
Prediction
Uruguay 1-2 Argentina
