Uruguay-Russia played for Group A leader

Both teams have secured the transition to the next round.

But today's confrontation will determine who will be the winner of Group A. Russia would suffice to draw, seeing that there is a better margin of goals.

Meanwhile, no representatives of Russia (or the Soviet Union) have ever succeeded in winning all group matches, and this will be a historic opportunity for locals, who have little chance of showing up to them in the future. These two nationals have been faced only once in the past, in a friendly 1-1 match, in May 2012.

Calculating the matches played against representatives of the Soviet Union, Uruguay has won 1 victory, 1 draw and 7 losses, including two World Cup confrontations (1 defeat, 1 defeat).

Usually, the group's victory guarantees a slight confrontation in the next round, but it is not worth it, seeing that the Russians and the South American face one between Spain and Portugal at 1/8.

The two are the players to be kept under surveillance at this meeting: Denis Cherysev, who will seek to become the first Russian to win the Golden Shoe of the World Cup after Oleg Salenko (winner along with Hristo Stoichkov in 1994), and Luis Suarez, who has had little difficulty so far but has been unblocked against Saudi Arabia.

Figures and Facts

Uruguay's performance against European teams in the World is 4 wins, 3 draw, 6 defeats.

Russia has suffered no losses in the last three matches, and five out of their last seven meetings have brought over 2.5 goals.

Umugwai scored first and didn't get a goal in the last five matches.