Uruguay vs South Korea: Records, Stats, Goals, Head to Head & everything to know

Uruguay have a tricky South Korea test awaiting them in their FIFA World Cup opener on Thursday at the Education City Stadium. It will be difficult to call a winner in this match despite the South American nation being the favourites on paper. Uruguay might be favoured by many due to their superior quality of players on the pitch and their experience at this level. After all, Uruguay have won the World Cup twice but both triumphs happened several decades ago. Besides, the Asian nation’s form of late is not bad, giving them an outside chance of producing an upset on Thursday.

The South American country had to dig deep to qualify for the World Cup. They won four successive matches in their last four qualifiers to seal their place in the showpiece event. Overall, they managed 28 points from 18 games to finish third. Uruguay have secured victories in two of their last three games. Meanwhile, South Korea had their ups and downs recently. They finished second in the third round Group A of World Cup qualifiers with 23 points from 10 games. However, the Asian side won their last two matches against Cameroon and Iceland.

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Uruguay vs South Korea: Records, Stats & Goals

These two countries have not come up against each other frequently but have still taken to the field together on a few noticeable occasions. Out of the seven matches played between them, Uruguay – unsurprisingly – have won six of them, while South Korea tasted success on one occasion. They famously faced each other in the round-of-16 stage of the 2010 World Cup when Uruguay triumphed 2-1.

Uruguay vs South Korea Head-to-Head Record