Argentina enter Uruguay contest as hot favourites

Argentina and Uruguay go head-to-head at the Estádio Alberto Jacinto Armando (La Bombonera) this Thursday in the World Cup Qualifying (CONMEBOL). Currently, Argentina's national team are 1st in the table with 12 points, while Marcelo Bielsa's team are 2nd with 7 points.

Argentina head into this clash on the back of a 0x2 win against Peru (World Cup Qualifying (CONMEBOL) 2023), whilst the visitors edged past Brazil with a 2x0 win (World Cup Qualifying (CONMEBOL) 2023). Going into the encounter, Lionel Scaloni's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 4 matches in the WC2026 CONMEBOL. On the other hand, Uruguay are on a sequence of scoring at least one goal each match for the past four, in the WC2026 CONMEBOL. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Lionel Scaloni's team and Marcelo Bielsa's team have faced each other two hundred eight times, with Argentina holding the advantage: 94 victories, against 61 victories of Marcelo Bielsa's team. Specifically in the Estádio Alberto Jacinto Armando (La Bombonera), Argentina's national team has the advantage in the duels against Uruguay: 54 wins in 87 games. Marcelo Bielsa's team has 11 wins.

In the World Cup Qualifying (CONMEBOL), fourteen games were played between the two teams, with 8 wins for Argentina, 4 draws and 2 wins for Uruguay.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Argentina winning 1x0. Argentina's national team is given the favouritism to win this match.