Bolivia vs Uruguay Match Analysis and Prediction

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Uruguay are looking up to improve thier position in South American World Cup 2022 Qualifiers on Tuesday, when they travel to take on Bolivia.

La Celeste currently find themselves just outside of the qualification positions, while the hosts are four points worse off in ninth place.

Collecting only six points from their first ten qualifying games, Bolivia’s chances of reaching a first World Cup since 1994 seemed to have vanished, La Verde managed to put two consecutive victories together to keep thier hopes alive.

Cesar Farias’ side attained a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Peru, as Ramiro Vaca scored an 82nd-minute goal to win after they had been reduced to 10 men.

They then came to back-to-back wins in style, beating Paraguay 4-0 with goals scored by Victor Abrego,Moises Villarroel, Rodrigo Ramallo and Roberto Fernandez.

The one-time Copa America champions met Peru in the opening game and were on the wrong side of a 3-0 loss, with goals from Gianluca Lapadula, Christian Cueva and Sergio Pena all in the first half.

With Farias’ men sitting ninth in the ten-team group, they are just four points behind both Chile in position four and Columbia in the playoffs, meaning they are capable of getting an unlikely qualification if the can regain the form they demonstrated in October.

They come into an encounter with Uruguay who are desperate to break back into the top five after a difficult run of form.

Oscar Tabarez’s appeared to perform well in qualification, having won four of their nine away games and collecting 15 points to comfortably occupy a space at the top end of the table, but they have since underperformed.

Despite the concerning drop, La Celeste are at level points with Chile and Columbia – meaning a victory could see them move quickly back into the automatic qualification places, and they will most likely fancy their chances against the perennial strugglers on Tuesday.

Bolivia vs Uruguay head to head

Here we can all agree that Uruguay is a better team over Bolivia because they have outplayed the hosts gaining victory both home and away across all competitions, while Bolivia have managed to pick only three victories at home in all their 18 encounters.

Bolivia 4-1 Uruguay 16/10/12

Bolivia 0-2 Uruguay 08/10/15

Uruguay 4-2 Bolivia 11/10/17

Bolivia 0-1 Uruguay 25/06/21

Uruguay 4-2 Bolivia 06/09/21

Bolivia latest home form

Bolivia have shown some kind of a gradual improvement in their form at the home game. In their last five matches at home, they came from two losses to Uruguay and Argentina both in Copa America games, then to a draw and two victories all in the World Cup Qualifiers.

Bolivia 0-2 Uruguay 25/06/21

Bolivia 1-4 Argentina 29/06/21

Bolivia 1-1 Colombia 02/09/21

Bolivia 1-0 Peru 10/10/21

Bolivia 4-0 Paraguay 14/10/21

Bolivia latest away form

Despite recently getting a 1-0 victory on the road against El Salvador, Bolivia seem to be on thier worst of form when they travel, which means they really need to work hard to improve their squad so as to give at least their supporters something impressive.

Uruguay 4-2 Bolivia 06/09/21

Argentina 3-0 Bolivia 10/09/21

Ecuador 3-0 Bolivia 08/10/21

El Salvador 0-1 Bolivia 06/11/21

Peru 3-0 Bolivia 12/11/21

Uruguay latest home form

Uruguay have had a somewhat good form at home, though not so impressive, as we never expected them to lose their last game to Argentina after they had gone three games unbeaten. However, they have balanced their performance in their last five matches.

Uruguay 0-0 Colombia 04/07/21

Uruguay 4-2 Bolivia 06/09/21

Uruguay 1-0 Ecuador 10/09/21

Uruguay 0-0 Colombia 08/10/21

Uruguay 0-1 Argentina 13/11/21

Uruguay latest away form

It has not been a rosy affair for Uruguay for how they have failed to register good results and they seem to have been overwhelmed. Out of their five latest matches, they have managed to register one win against Bolivia in the Copa America competition.

Argentina 1-0 Uruguay 19/06/21

Bolivia 0-2 Uruguay 26/06/21

Peru 1-1 Uruguay 03/09/21

Argentina 3-0 Uruguay 11/10/21

Brazil 4-1 Uruguay 15/10/21

Bolivia news

Bolivia continue to depend Marcelo Moreno and Jua Carlos Arce’s experience at the top end of the pitch. Farias is likely going to stick with a back three against a dangerous Uruguay side, with established trio Adrian Jusino, Jose Sagredo and Jairo Quinteros expected to feature.

Uruguay news

Giorgian De Arrascaeta and Darwin Nunez will not make it to the squad, with Edinson Cavani ruled out due injury issues. Tabarez will stick with experienced defensive pairing of Jose Gimenez and captain Diego Godin, with the pair boasting 224 combined appearances for La Celeste.

Prediction and Odds

Despite their poor form recently and the squad being hit by injuries,Uruguay still have more than enough quality to seal all three points in Bolivia. With the need of victory to improve their group standing, we expect La Celeste to use their experience to get themselves over the line.

Odds: 1 2.95 X 3.01 2 2.25