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Venezuela vs Uruguay Prediction & Betting tips
Venezuela and Uruguay measure forces at Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, in a match for this phase of the World Classification South America (1st Round). The history of recent direct confrontations between these two teams indicates total balance, as there was 1 victory for each team in the last 2 matches. In this match the house factor can be decisive, since Uruguay presents considerable differences in its results at home and as a visitor.
Venezuela :
The home team is currently in 10th place, with 8 points conquered, after 1 win, 5 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate game, tied at home against Colombia by (0-0). In the last game, tied outside against Argentina by (1-1). This is a team that presents similar results at home and abroad, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has 2 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; against 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. Venezuela won 1, tied 3 and lost 4 of their last 8 home games for the World Classification South America. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, reason why it has not been very strong defensively. In 16 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in all 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Venezuela is having a poor performance in the qualifiers, because it occupies the last position, did not win 5 days ago and is no longer able to reach the World Cup 2018, leaving only the possibility of enclosing their participation in a dignified way, to give some joy to its fans. The bad campaign can be explained mainly by the poor performance of its defensive system, since it is the weakest defense of the eliminatory ones, with 35 goals suffered, but it is important to point out that its attack also leaves enough to be desired, since it marked only 18 goals and is the fourth team that scored fewer goals. Not even playing at home has achieved good results, as it is the team with the worst campaign at home among the 10 South American teams and also the team that suffered more goals in their domains. For the confrontation with Uruguay, coach Rafael Dudamel has no problems with the starting team and must repeat the eleven that got a surprising draw away from home in the last day, against Argentina.
Uruguay:
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 27 points, after 8 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. In the penultimate game, tied at home against Argentina by (0-0). In the last game, he won outside Paraguay (1-2). This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he has recorded 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats as a visitor; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats in his stadium. In his last 8 games as a visitor to the World Classification South America Uruguay recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. His defense has not been very solid, having suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has marked regularly, as he scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his matches for this competition as a visitor there is a tendency to have goals, since in 7 of his last 8 games there were more than 1.5 goals and in 6 of the last 8 there were more than 2.5 goals. In 16 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 4 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period in the last 11 games as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 8 of his 22 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Uruguay are on their seventeenth day in search of victory to secure qualification for the Russian World Cup, but the World Cup qualification is well-channeled and even a negative result in this match maintains great qualification possibilities. The visiting team has been making a good campaign in the qualifiers, as it is behind Brazil and the performance can be explained by the good balance between the offensive and defensive sectors, since it marked 28 goals, being the one according to best attack of the eliminatory ones, and suffered 18, is the fourth strongest defense. It is also important to note that he scored goals in 8 of the last 9 matches of the competition. Playing away from home, this selection is often difficult, has only 1 victory in the last 7 games away from their domains, has only the sixth best campaign as a visitor and suffered 13 goals in this type of situation, a number a little above the expected. For the confrontation with Venezuela, coach Oscar Tabárez has no problems with injuries or suspensions and is going to field with maximum strength, confident in the quality of the forwards Cavani and Suárez.
Venezuela vs Uruguay head to head matches
07.10.16 WC Uruguay Venezuela 3 : 0
10.06.16 COP Uruguay Venezuela 0 : 1
12.06.13 WC Venezuela Uruguay 0 : 1
02.06.12 WC Uruguay Venezuela 1 : 1
11.06.09 WC Venezuela Uruguay 2 : 2