WORLD CUP GROUP H: The Ultra previews SAUDI ARABIA v URUGUAY with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
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🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia v Uruguay 🇺🇾
11pm Group H wraps up its opening round on Monday night UK time when Saudi Arabia meet Uruguay at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on WORLD CUP 2026 Betdaq Betting Exchange! . As I said in my Group H preview, this Group is all about Spain, so realistically this is the battle for second place and both sides know it. Win here and you have one foot in the knockout stage. Uruguay are obviously very well fancied for that second spot, but remember the last time Saudi Arabia opened a World Cup? They produced one of the greatest upsets in the history of the tournament, beating Lionel Messi and the eventual champions Argentina 2-1 in Qatar!
Given the gulf in class between the sides here, it’s no surprise that Uruguay come into the game as the odds on favourites at 1.47 with Saudi Arabia 8.8 and the draw is 4.7 at the time of writing. Obviously there will be a lot of talk about the Saudi Arabia result against Argentina last time they started a World Cup, but the problem is that almost everything else has changed since then, and not for the better. The manager was sacked in mid-April after a couple of dismal friendly results. The qualifying routes tell their own story too. Saudi Arabia needed the AFC fourth round to get here, beating Indonesia 3-2 before a nervy 0-0 draw with Iraq saw them over the line on goals scored. Uruguay finished fourth in the CONMEBOL round robin, level on points with Brazil, and we all know how competitive South American qualifying is.
Uruguay have Marcelo Bielsa in charge, whom Leeds fans will remember fondly and most Premier League fans. Bielsa hasn’t had it all his own way though; a few poor results brought calls for his dismissal, and the iconic Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani era is over, with Suarez left out of the squad altogether. The baton passes to Federico Valverde of Real Madrid and Darwin Nunez up top. They have a lot of talent in their squad. Uruguay under Bielsa are intense, high-pressing and physically demanding, and that is exactly the sort of test you don’t want when you’ve had a handful of weeks under a new manager. Saudi Arabia were limited going forward even before the upheaval.
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It might be very interesting to see how much Uruguay have in the tank later in the tournament given the demands of Bielsa’s tactics, but for me it would be a surprise if they didn’t get the job done here in their opener. Saudi Arabia are there for the taking. The 2022 Argentina shock will be mentioned plenty in the build-up, and rightly so, but that side had Renard, momentum and a settled plan. This one has none of those things. Uruguay aren’t the most prolific themselves, and Bielsa sides can leave the door open, so I’m not going to go crazy with the stakes here but Uruguay showed enough in CONMEBOL to say that they are levels above Saudi Arabia and I’d have them a few ticks shorter.
The Ultra Says:
Two points win Uruguay to beat Saudi Arabia at 1.47 with BETDAQ BETTING EXCHANGE.
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