The story

Cape Verde Islands are unbeaten in 12 of their last 14 matches, though they have failed to win in 9 of their 11 most recent away fixtures. Benchimol leads Cape Verde Islands with an average xG of 0.83 across their last 10 matches, while Federico Viñas tops Uruguay's corresponding figure at 0.36, with Giorgian de Arrascaeta absent from the Uruguayan squad. Both sides have not been first to score in four of their last five matches respectively, and under 2.5 goals have been scored in each of the last five World Cup meetings between these two teams.