Brazil vs. Uruguay: antecedents prior to the qualifying match

Brazil and Uruguay They will close with a flourish the triple date of October with a real match for the 12th day of the Qualifying Qatar 2022. The chosen setting is the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus. The meeting is scheduled for 19:30 (local time) and the team of Oscar Tabárez will seek to keep the three points.

Brazil (1) is the absolute leader of the Qualifying Qatar 2022 with 28 points and his presence at the next World Cup is almost guaranteed. The ‘Canarinha’ of Tite does not know of defeats in this process and only registers a tie registered last weekend against Colombia.

On the sidewalk in front is Uruguay (5°) with 16 units, which comes to this meeting after falling thrashed (3-0) at the hands of Argentina. The ‘Celeste’ is obliged to get the victory to continue in the playoff zone of the Qualifying Qatar 2022, but the ‘Maestro’ Tabárez is aware that tonight he will have a tough rival.

Brazil vs. Uruguay: background

– Uruguay has only defeated Brazil in qualifiers once: on July 1, 2001 in Montevideo, 1-0.

– By qualifying, Brazil and Uruguay register eleven games and the statistics favor Scratch (1V 5E 5D).

– Brazil has ten consecutive victories playing at home in Qualifying and nine games without conceding goals.

– In Uruguay’s last four outings in qualifying matches, ‘Celeste’ lost and went to Argentina. La Albiceleste thrashed it 3-0.

– 59% of Brazil’s goals in these Qualifiers come in the final half hour of the matches: the Brazilians scored 13 goals in the closing 30 minutes.

– Uruguay scored five penalty goals, more than any other selected in the current Qualifiers: Luis Suárez scored four and Giorgian De Arrascaeta the remaining.