Uruguay vs Venezuela Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 30/01/2022, 03:10  by Indran | Modified on 30/01/2022 at 04:10 in World Cup Predictions

Uruguay welcomes Venezuela to the Estadio Centenario for this World Cup qualifier. The hosts are in 15th position with 19 points while the visitors are in 10th place with 10 points. Uruguay broke their win drought with an excellent 1-0 win away to Paraguay thanks to a Luis Suarez strike. Before the last match they were without a win in five matches, losing four matches in a row. Uruguay are just a point behind off the automatic qualifying positions and victory in this match could see them enter the top four. They were on a four game unbeaten run at home before losing their last match against Argentina. Uruguay have struggled to find the back of the net and have only scored three goals in their last six matches. Their goal scoring at home is not much better having scored just a single goal in their last three home matches.

Venezuela have had a woeful qualifying campaign but will be buoyed by their last match where they thrashed Bolivia 4-1. Their points tally of 10 leaves them 9 points behind the playoff positions and with three games left to play, it's impossible for them to qualify. They will want to end their campaign off on a high but it won't be easy against a Uruguay team chasing qualification. Venezuela have the worst away record in the qualifiers and have lost all seven of their away matches. They have conceded 14 goals at an average of two goals per match and have only scored two goals in these seven matches.