World Cup 2010 Qualification: Uruguay vs Costa RicaUruguay made a giant step towards South Africa after the 1:0 win in Costa Rica but they cannot afford to take this game lightly since Costa Rica have shown they can be very dangerous even when playing with ten men. Nevertheless, the hosts remain hot favourites to go through.
Just one more game
Despite boasting some great players in the past two decades, Uruguay qualified for just one of the last four World Cups, having been knocked out at the group stage in World Cup 2002. Oscar Tabarez’s men are determined to improve on that record and they are now very close to securing a place in South Africa. The boss cannot be completely satisfied with 1:0 win over Costa Rica since his side failed to profit from having an extra man for the bigger part of the second half. La Celeste have, nevertheless, shown they were the better team here and we are sure they’ll be looking to win this match as well. Boylesports is paying 1.67 on Uruguay to score over 1.5 goals.
Boss Oscar Tabarez is set to field a 3-4-1-2 formation, with young Nicolas Lodeiro, who was surprisingly handed a debut in the first leg against Costa Rica, keeping his place in the side and playing just behind strikers Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez. Andreas Scotti, Maxi Pereira and Diego Perez are the new players in the starting line-up. Even though the hosts have a one-goal advantage from the first leg, they are likely to adopt attacking approach and try to put the game beyond doubt. Hence, we see a good value in backing Uruguay to score the first goal at 1.40 offered by Stan James.
Costa Rica squandered their chance against the United States
Costa Rica were always rated as underdogs in this play-off tie and nobody was too surprised to see them lose the first leg at home. Rene Simoes’ team failed to outplay Uruguay even though the visitors struggled to cope with the artificial pitch and it is more than clear Costa Rica missed their chance to qualify when they squandered a two-goal lead in the final World Cup qualifier against USA. Now, their chances of beating Uruguay in front of 60,000 home fans in Montevideo are next to none. If they concede an early goal, even a heavy defeat is possible. Maybe you should try backing Uruguay to beat -1 European handicap at odds of 2.38 offered by Blue Square.
Costa Rica clearly face a mountain to climb but Rene Simoes’ men are still not ready to give up. The Brazilian coach believes in his team, although he has announced he would be making some changes to the starting line-up in order to bring some fresh legs. Defender Cristian Montero is still rated doubtful but he could find his place on the team sheet, while Randall Azofeifa is suspended after picking up a red card in the first leg.
Betting verdict
We cannot see how Uruguay will fail to win this game. The hosts are in better spirits, have superior technical skills and play in front of 60,000 home fans in what is one of the most important games in the history for the players. Therefore, home win is banker here.
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