Uruguay 2–2 Cape Verde Islands
Uruguay
2–2HT 2–1
Cape Verde Islands
Uruguay played Cape Verde Islands in the World Cup on 21 June 2026 at Hard Rock Stadium. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 5'Sidny Lopes Cabral — Yellow card
- 20'Rodrigo Bentancur — Yellow card
- 21'K. Lenini
- 44'M. Araujo
- 45'A. Canobbio (assist by M. Araujo)
- 58'Mathías Olivera — Yellow card
- 61'H. Varela
- 90+3'Diney Borges — Yellow card
Line-ups
Uruguay 4-1-4-1
- F. Muslera
- G. Varela
- S. Caceres
- M. Olivera
- J. Sanabria
- M. Ugarte
- A. Canobbio
- R. Bentancur
- F. Valverde
- M. Araujo
- F. Vinas
- SUBSTITUTES
- S. Rochet
- S. Mele
- J. Gimenez
- M. Vina
- D. Nunez
- B. Rodriguez
- E. Martinez
- R. Aguirre
- N. de la Cruz
- S. Bueno
- J. Piquerez
- R. Zalazar
- F. Pellistri
- COACHES: Marcelo Bielsa
Cape Verde Islands 4-1-4-1
- Vozinha
- S. Moreira
- R. Lopes
- D. Borges
- S. Lopes Cabral
- K. Lenini
- R. Mendes
- T. Arcanjo
- J. Monteiro
- G. Rodrigues
- Benchimol
- SUBSTITUTES
- M. Rosa
- dos Santos CJ
- L. Duarte
- D. Duarte
- L. Costa
- K. Pires
- Joao Paulo
- H. Varela
- Stopira
- N. Da Costa
- J. Cabral
- W. Semedo
- Y. Semedo
- D. Livramento
- W. Pina
- COACHES: Pedro Leitao Brito
Match statistics
| Uruguay | Cape Verde Islands | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Shots on goal | 4 |
| 8 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 17 | Total shots | 12 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 9 | Shots inside box | 2 |
| 8 | Shots outside box | 10 |
| 11 | Fouls | 4 |
| 11 | Corners | 4 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 65% | Possession | 35% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 0 |
| 511 | Total passes | 278 |
| 420 | Accurate passes | 205 |
| 82% | Pass accuracy | 74% |
| 2.32 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.88 |
| -0.35 | goals_prevented | -0.35 |