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Brazil and Uruguay meet at Emirates Stadium, in a friendly match. This will be the 9th of the year for Brazil, after the previous ones played against Argentina, Saudi Arabia, El Salvador, the United States, Austria, Croatia, Germany and Russia. In the case of Uruguay, this is their 5th friendly of the year, after having already faced Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico and Uzbekistan. There is only record of 2 recent direct matches between these two teams: on 03-23-2017, which ended with the victory of Brazil by (1-4), and on 26-03-2016, which ended with a draw by (2) -two). In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Brazil:
The team of the house disputes its 9th friendly of the year. In the previous friendlies it registered the following markers: Argentina (0-1) Brazil, Saudi Arabia (0-2) Brazil, Brazil (5-0) El Salvador, United States (0-2) Brazil, Austria (0-3) Brazil, Brazil (2-0) Croatia, Germany (0-1) Brazil and Russia (0-3) Brazil. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 12 wins and 3 draws as a visitor, with 30 goals scored and 3 conceded; against 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses at their stadium, with 32 goals scored and 6 suffered. In their last 10 home matches Brazil has 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
In this competition, he won the last 8 matches he played. The team has presented great defensive solidity, as they have not suffered a goal in the last 8 games, and their attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 8 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 8 of its last 8 games for the Friendly, of these 8 came to rest in advantage in 5 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. In the last 11 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 9 of their 22 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Brazil has tried to recover, after a campaign below expectations in the World Cup, which ended up being eliminated in the quarterfinals. After that, he played 4 friendlies and beat everyone with ease, now looking for a win to continue rising production and prepare for the Copa América next year. The local team is characterized by an excellent balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, has a very strong defense, midfielders who defend well and support the attack with quality, as well as a quite powerful attack, which creates innumerable goal opportunities and has main reference Neymar, one of the best players in the world. For the confrontation with Uruguay, coach Tite has significant absences, both offensive and defensive, as he will not be able to count on Marcelo, with Casemiro and with midfielder Philippe Coutinho, but he must keep the team in a balanced 4-3-3 .
Uruguay:
The visiting team disputes their 5th friendly of the year. In the previous friendlies he registered the following markers: Japan (4-3) Uruguay, Republic of Korea (2-1) Uruguay, Mexico (1-4) Uruguay and Uruguay (3-0) Uzbekistan. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 18 goals scored and 27 conceded; against 11 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last 10 games played away for all competitions, Uruguay won 3, drew 2 and lost 5. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 3 of the last 4 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but its attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 4 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 11 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 games, they only got 1 comeback in the 5 games in which they suffered the first goal.
Uruguay made a good campaign in the World Cup, which reached the quarterfinals, a result compatible with the quality of its staff, since it was only eliminated by the very strong France, which would become champion. After the World Cup, he began a process of reformulation, as he had a selection with a high average age and has been encountering certain coordination difficulties. The visiting team comes from 2 defeats in friendlies, against medium-sized teams, like Japan and South Korea, when they acted very well offensively, but the defense has encountered enormous difficulties and suffered 6 goals in these 2 games, something that needs to be corrected. The team is characterized by a style of play in which everyone plays based on their strong attack, formed by Cavani and Suarez, 2 world-class gunners, but it takes a while to rebuild defensively and has found enormous difficulties in sustaining the counterattacks of the rivals. For the game against Brazil, coach Tabárez has as main absence captain Diego Godin, because of an injury, a great absence in the defensive sector, which has been acting wrong a few games ago.
Uruguay vs Brazil head to head matches
23.03.17 WC Uruguay Brazil 1 : 4
26.03.16 WC Brazil Uruguay 2 : 2
26.06.13 CC Brazil Uruguay 2 : 1
06.06.09 WC Uruguay Brazil 0 : 4
21.11.07 WC Brazil Uruguay 2 : 1