The best US gambling sites favor Portugal versus Uruguay in this Group H World Cup matchup.
Uruguay vs. Portugal Odds by BetOnline
| Team | SP/RL | TOTAL | ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | +0.5 -141 | +250 O 2.5 | +118 |  |
| Portugal | -0.5 +110 | +114 U 2.5 | -151 | |
| Draw | – | – | +226 | |
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Betting Uruguay
Uruguay is the underdog of the best online sportsbooks. Will Uruguay’s mix of young and experienced soccer players prove to be a force to be reckoned with? The Uruguayans have placed their confidence in the Edinson Cavani-Luis Suarez tandem for a very long time. The squad lived and died by their offensive attack, but the two players are now 35-years-old.
Edinson Cavani has never failed to produce wherever he has gone and he is doing just that with his new club Valencia. The seasoned striker scored 4 goals in 7 appearances in his first La Liga campaign. Suarez decided to go back home with Nacional following his fallout with Atletico Madrid.
He went on to help his boyhood team win the league title with 8 goals in 20 games, but he will already set to leave the team on a free transfer in January. Together with center-back Diego Godin, they will be heading into a fourth World Cup. This will most likely be thelast go for the offensive duo. They will need the assistance of the younger soccer players to get things done.
Uruguay’s last match of the group stage is going to be a re-match of the notorious 2010 World Cup quarterfinal against Ghana. Luis Suarez was flagged for a handball on the goal line that would earn him a red card. His unfair play did help the Uruguayans advance to the next stage, since Asamoah Gyan hit the crossbar on his penalty kick. It also prevented Ghana from going to become the first African country to make it to the semifinals.
Speaking of the youth movement, Darwin Nunez is all ready to make his long-awaited World Cup debut in Qatar. The 23-year-old is the one who made an 80-million Euro transfer to Liverpool in the summer. He scored 5 goals in his first ten Premier League games.
Uruguay Conclusion
Nunez has scored three more goals for his new club in the Champions League. With Uruguay now passing the torch in between generations in this here World Cup, Nunez is a reflection of where La Celeste is heading moving forward.
Manchester United supporters may or may not be familiar with Facundo Pellestri. The Red Devils signed the winger from Uruguayan club Penarol back in 2020. The 20-year-old has not pierced the lineup yet, but Diego Alonso nonetheless called him up to the national team. The young soccer player will not be of the starting lineup, but he could become a good substitute off the bench.
Betting Portugal
Portugal is the favorite according to the gambling sites. What is Portugal going to do with Cristiano Ronaldo? The timing of Ronaldo’s incendiary interview could not have been worse. It might have been a good move for his own agenda, not so much for his national team.
Portugal are a rather solid side with very skilled soccer players. They should manage to go through to the next round. This will most surely be Ronaldo’s last World Cup. Why is he ranting about his own personal crap? That’s a way of riding off into the sunset straight out of Zinade’s book.
By conducting this interview now, it seems as if Ronaldo cares more about his next club move in the January transfer window than about the tournament in Qatar. Which of couse he does; what else is new? That doesn’t come across as fair to his Portuguese teammates, since this story is bound to loom over the national team at the World Cup.
It doesn’t seem fair either to his Red Devil teammates, in particular Fernandes, who got stuck in the middle of a tense moment with Ronaldo when he arrived to the Portuguese camp for the first time. Midfielder Joao Mario tried to diffuse the situation in a press conference. He said, “It was a joke between them because Bruno was one of the last to arrive and Cristiano asked if he had come by boat.” Ha ha?
Rafael Leao enters the World Cup on a tear. The 23-year-old player helped AC Milan win their first Serie A title since the 2010-11 season. He has scored seven goals and notched eight assists in all tournaments in the 2022-23 seasons. Can he add some offence, especially since Liverpool forward Diogo Jota out with injury?
Uruguay vs. Portugal 2022 FIFA World Cup Pick
Uruguay for sure.
