Di match between Uruguay and Cabo Verde for World Cup 2026 don set stage for plenty drama. Both teams dey Group H, and after first round of matches, each side don collect one point. Uruguay draw 1-1 with Saudi Arabia, while Cabo Verde hold Spain to goalless draw.
Uruguay, wey Marcelo Bielsa dey manage, get one win from last five matches. Dem draw three and lose one. Di most recent outing na 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia for June 15. Dem also draw 1-1 with England and 0-0 with Algeria and Mexico for pre-tournament friendlies. Di only defeat for dat run na 5-1 loss to United States for November 2025. Across all five matches, Uruguay score three goals and concede seven.
Cabo Verde, wey Bubista dey lead, arrive with better form. Dem win three of last five. Dem beat Bermuda 3-0 and Serbia 3-0 for friendlies during June, before drawing 0-0 with Spain for World Cup opener on June 15. Di only defeat na 4-2 loss to Chile for March. Di Blue Sharks score seven goals and concede five across these matches. Dem back-to-back 3-0 wins before tournament show say dem dey confident.
No previous meeting between Uruguay and Cabo Verde for available data. Dis fixture on June 21, 2026, be first encounter between di two nations at any level.
For Group H, Uruguay currently dey first place, while Cabo Verde dey fourth after opening round of fixtures.
For di match, Uruguay try 34 crosses from open play for MD1 – di most of any team across Groups A to H. But only nine succeed. Maxi Araújo equalise for 80th minute and create five chances from set-pieces – di most by Uruguay player for World Cup game since Diego Forlán for 2010.
Mathías Olivera, wey play as centre-back for first time for dis tournament, make di most line-breaking passes (11), progressive carries (31) and win di most duels (8) for Uruguay on MD1.
But Bielsa fit dey vex with Fernando Muslera after di goalkeeper spill Mohamed Kanno tame header, wey allow Abdulelah Al Amri to open scoring for Saudi Arabia. If Muslera play again, e go surpass Edinson Cavani (17) and take outright record for most Uruguay appearances for World Cup history.
Uruguay don only lose one of last nine group games for World Cup (W6 D2), na 2-0 defeat to Portugal for Qatar 2022.
Cabo Verde hold Spain to draw despite facing 27 shots. Dem concede only one foul – di fewest by any team for World Cup match on record since 1966 – even though Spain get over 74% possession. Goalkeeper Vozinha make seven saves, di most by goalkeeper keeping clean sheet against Spain for any competition since October 2020.
Pico Lopes make 11 clearances on MD1, di most by debutant for World Cup for African team since Karim Haggui for 2006.
Uruguay don play against African teams five times for World Cup, wey dem win three and draw two. Dem don face Ghana twice, Senegal, South Africa and Egypt. Cabo Verde be di fifth CAF nation for di competition.
Cabo Verde lose dem only two matches against CONMEBOL sides – 1-0 defeat to Ecuador four years ago and 4-2 loss to Chile for March dis year.
Sunday match go be first encounter between dis pair. While Uruguay dey favourite, Cabo Verde historic draw with Spain show say anything fit happen.
