MONDAY NIGHT’S World Cup clash sees Saudi Arabia look to build on wealthy, domestic success when their national team hosts Uruguay.

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Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay preview

Their domestic football has been on a major trajectory in the past four years plus.

So while the fruits of that incredible outlay will likely be seen years down the line, a good run for Saudi Arabia here could do even more to propel football in the country.

The attraction of the SPL is clearly, solely financially but without that financial backing, they’ll be hoping for more backpage headlines.

A narrow defeat for dark horse candidates Ecuador was followed by a win over Puerto Rico and draw with Senegal in the build-up to the World Cup, showing they could well be in decent form and may well be underestimated in the push for second spot behind Spain.

For Uruguay, they recorded back-to-back friendly draws at England and Algeria in the spring time but haven’t shown much in terms of form outwith that.

They finished ahead of Brazil on goal difference in qualifying, scoring 22 in their 18 games and conceding 12 – so goals in their games aren’t always guaranteed.

The pair met in the 2018 World Cup with the South Americans taking a slender 1-0 win on that day and another tight fixture is anticipated.

Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay odds

Odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.

Tight

Not sure there will be many goals here.

Saudi Arabia arrive as clear underdogs in this but the Uruguayans aren’t built as a side that will blow teams away with plenty of goals. Only once in the last seven games have they scored more than once and that was in a narrow 2-1 win over Uzbekistan.

As a result, Saudi Arabia can keep things tight and pinch what could be a price result.

Bet: Double chance – Saudi Arabia and draw at 9/5 with Betfair

First goalscorer and correct score prediction

Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay

  • First goalscorer: Enner Valencia at 23/10 with Sky Bet

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