Group H · Matchday 1
أقوى مواجهة في اليوم بحسب مجموع تصنيف الفيفا متاحة مجانًا للجميع: التوقعات الكاملة وأداة المتابعة المباشرة الكاملة. كل المباريات الأخرى تتطلب Standard Pass. اطّلع على الـPass
Live descriptive stats
Predicted = the pre-match model's expected goals; actual = xG created so far. A calibration read, not a forecast.
Descriptive only — the pre-match probability tile above does not change during the match.
Analysis
How it plays out
Both sides run a balanced system, so this becomes a test of who executes the same ideas better on the day.
What decides it
Darwin Núñez's 8.3% scoring probability is the highest in this fixture. Containing that output is Saudi Arabia's primary defensive task.
Off the pitch
No major off-pitch asymmetries. This one is decided by the football.
The angle
The model gives Saudi Arabia just 12.3% to win. Every World Cup produces group-stage upsets; the question is whether this fixture is one of them.
Latest news & match context
No recent headlines for Saudi Arabia or Uruguay.
- Stage:
- Group H · Matchday 1
- Date:
- 15 Jun
Ranked by likely importance. None of these feed the forecast: the probabilities rest on team strength, venue conditions and the style matchup.
- 1.Squad availability: 1 carrying a fitness doubt across the two squads, 1 of them projected starters. The forecast does not adjust for who is missing: its lineup channel currently contributes zero, so this is context the probabilities do not include.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia come in at close to full strength.
Uruguay
Uruguay: 1 carrying a fitness doubt.
- DoubtGiorgian de Arrascaeta, the second-choice midfielder, is recovering from Muscle injury and is a fitness watch item; if unavailable the projected XI shifts.
Availability runs in Saudi Arabia's favour here: Uruguay are managing a fitness concern over Giorgian de Arrascaeta, while Saudi Arabia's projected XI looks intact.
Availability from the predicted squads and injury feed; forecast adjustments from the model's own decomposition. See /docs/methodology/.
Chance-creation momentum
rolling 10-minute xG · delayedExpected goals created in the trailing 10 minutes, Saudi Arabia minus Uruguay: a description of recent chances, not a forecast. Built from the same delayed snapshot as the rest of this page.
Live commentary & events
- GoalA. Al AmriA. Al Amri scores for Saudi Arabia.41'
- Yellow cardA. Al Amri· RoughingA. Al Amri is booked — Roughing.44'
- 46'SubstitutionM. Vina· J. SanabriaUruguay change: J. Sanabria.
- 46'SubstitutionD. Nunez· A. CanobbioUruguay change: A. Canobbio.
- SubstitutionM. Al Juwayr· N. Al DawsariSaudi Arabia change: N. Al Dawsari.63'
- 72'SubstitutionM. Ugarte· N. de la CruzUruguay change: N. de la Cruz.
- 80'GoalM. AraujoM. Araujo scores for Uruguay.
- 81'SubstitutionM. Araujo· B. RodriguezUruguay change: B. Rodriguez.
- SubstitutionM. Abu Al Shamat· N. BoushalSaudi Arabia change: N. Boushal.81'
- 90'SubstitutionF. Vinas· R. AguirreUruguay change: R. Aguirre.
- SubstitutionS. Abdulhamid· A. LajamiSaudi Arabia change: A. Lajami.90'+3
- SubstitutionM. Al Harbi· A. Al HamdanSaudi Arabia change: A. Al Hamdan.90'+3
- SubstitutionF. Al Buraikan· A. HejjiSaudi Arabia change: A. Hejji.90'+3
Player involvement
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay
Pre-match forecast
goals
الاحتمالية المنشورة لهذه المباراة تُثبَّت عند تأكيد التشكيلة (قبل ضربة البداية بساعة تقريبًا) ولا تتحدَّث بعدها. هذا هو الرقم الذي تحاسبه المراجعة بعد المباراة. احتمالية الفوز المباشرة في قسم البث المباشر تقدير منفصل ومتأخر ووصفي؛ ولا تحل محل التوقع المنشور.
Most likely scorelines
- 0–120.8%
- 0–216.2%
- 0–014.7%
- 1–110.1%
- 0–38.2%
From the Dixon-Coles joint Poisson with the low-score correction. Scorelines are listed in probability order; this is a description of the model's distribution, not a recommendation.
Post-match calibration
Pre-match probability vs realised outcome
- Saudi Arabia win9.1%
- Draw· realised25.5%
- Uruguay win65.5%
Brier and log-loss on a single fixture are noisy; the calibration plot in the post-tournament research note aggregates these across every match.