2024 Copa America: Uruguay Vs Brazil, Duel Candidates That Are Too Early

Uruguay will face Brazil's strong opponents in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Copa America (Instagram/@aufoficial).

JAKARTA The quarter-finals of the 2024 Copa America present a duel of winning candidates between Uruguay vs Brazil.

This hot match will take place at the Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, United States, on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at 08.00 WIB.

Uruguay is one of the most prominent teams in the 2024 Copa America. They were successful through the group stage with perfect results, winning all three matches.

The goal statistics of the team nicknamed La Celeste in the group stage is also very impressive. They scored nine goals and conceded only once to secure the top position of Group C.

Marcelo Bielsa's squad started the tournament with a 3-1 win over Panama, finished Bolivia 5-0 in the second match, and won 1-0 to keep the perfect record against the hosts of the United States.

Bielsa was banned from being on the sidelines when Uruguay got rid of The Yanks. However, he is now able to find his team in a super hot match against the Samba Team later.

The 68-year-old tactician has won 10 of 15 games as Uruguay coach. The former Leeds United coach took over the coaching chair in May 2023.

Uruguay and Argentina are the two most title-winning countries in the Copa America (15 trophies). However, La Celeste has not won this tournament since the last time it did so in 2011.

La Celeste has advanced to the quarter-finals in three of the last four Copa America tournaments. However, all of those three occasions they were eliminated in the last eight, losing to Chile (2015), Peru (2019), and Colombia (2021).

Meanwhile, Brazil reached the knockout stages of the Copa America for the third time in a row. However, they failed to secure the top position of the group standings this year.

Dorival Junior's team were only able to finish as runners-up in Group D after winning just one in three games and sharing points with their opponents in the other two matches.

Brazil has not lost since Dorival filled the coaching chair in January 2024. However, they have now won four draws from seven of the latest international matches.

According to 11v11 records, Brazil has beaten Uruguay 40 times, 17 series, and 22 defeats in all competitions.

If you take the last decade, Brazil is also still ahead of Uruguay. The Samba team has drawn four times, drew once and lost once.

Brazil's defeat to Uruguay came at their last meeting before the 2024 Copa America, which was in the Conmebol Zone 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. In the October 17, 2023 match, Selecao lost 0-2.

Brazil may excel in the record of encounters, but regarding the latest performance, Uruguay is more convincing. In other words, nothing is superior.

There was a big chance the match ended in a draw at normal time and the winner was on penalties. No wonder this duel was predicated for clashes with the winning candidate who was too early.

Formation Forecast

Uruguay (4-2-3-1): Sergio Rochet; Nahitan Nandez, Ronald Araujo, Mathias Olivera, Matias Vina; Manuel Ugarte, Valverde; Facundo Pelistri, De la Cruz, Cristian Olivera; Darwin Nunez

Brazil (4-2-3-2): Alisson Becker; Danilo, Eder Militao, Marquinhos, Guilherme Arana; Bruno Guimaraes, Joao Gomes; Raphinha, Lucas Paqueta, Rodrygo Goes; Endrick Felipe