Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia LIVE World Cup 2018: Luis Suarez scores – latest score, goals and updates from Rostov
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Your support makes all the difference.It's the second round of games in Group A as Saudi Arabia look to regain a semblance of dignity against Uruguay following their opening game embarrassment.
Russia thumped Saudi Arabia 5-0 in the opening game of the tournament at the Luzhniki last week and Uruguay, who are considered one of the strongest teams in the group, will be licking their lips at the prospect of facing that shaky defence.
Uruguay will be looking to maintain their 100 per cent record and make sure of a place in the Round of 16 with victory, after a last-minute win over Egypt last time out.
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What time is it?
Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia kicks off at 4pm.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be shown live on BBC One.
Odds
Uruguay: 1/7
Saudi Arabia: 19/1
Draw: 13/2
Prediction
Uruguay 6-0 Saudi Arabia. It may look extreme but Russia were dubbed the worst team in the tournament going into the World Cup - and they scored five. Uruguay, with Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani et al., are considered the dark horses this summer so, maybe, 6-0 might be fairly conservative.
HALF TIME: Uruguay 1 - 0 Saudi Arabia
Sluggish first half from the South American side, Saudi Arabia have had the most possession but have been unable to create many chances
All that matters though is Uruguay are one up courtesy of Luis Suarez
SECOND HALF: Uruguay get us back underway, more urgency from them in this half could lead to more goals
47 min: Varela gets a poor first touch and the ball goes out for a corner
47 min: It is defended well, but Saudi Arabia keeping coming and Al Muwallad is caught offside
49 min: Sanchez goes down and gets a free kick, it's in a dangerous position and Suarez is lining it up
50 min: Suarez tries to flick it round the wall and Al Owais punches it away
53 min: Al Muwallad is offside again, good play from Al-Mogahwi on the left to feed it to him though
56 min: Brilliant stuff again from Godin, using his body to stop Al Muwallad form getting away from him
58 min: SUBSTITUTION double change for Uruguay Rodríguez and Vecino are off and get replaced with Laxalt and Torreira
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