Copa America 2024: USA vs Uruguay Preview, Odds, Predictions

This week, the 2024 Copa America is back in action with another round of games as the U.S.A. plays Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay team in a pivotal match at Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium. Both sides will want to win this game since they have talented players on their rosters.

Head To Head And Previous Matches

Currently leading Group C in the Copa America 2024 rankings, Uruguay has been playing incredibly well this season. La Celeste will try to match Bolivia's 5-0 victory from their last encounter.

Conversely, the U.S.A. has stepped up over the previous year and is currently in second place in their group. The North American side will have to recover from their devastating 2-1 loss to Panama last week.

With inconsistent play from one game to the next since Gregg Berhalter took over as head coach of the American side, the Yanks are suddenly up against it to advance to the tournament's quarterfinals.

Since surrendering four unanswered goals to Argentina in their opening game in 2007 (4-1 loss), they had never before lost a Copa America game while scoring the opening goal (2-1 loss).

This team has yet to lose consecutive games in 2024 thus far; they drew 1-1 against Brazil after suffering their lone loss of the year (5-1 vs Colombia).

With a goal differential of +1 to Panama's -1, the Americans are in a modest lead for second in this game. Still, considering that the Bolivians have lost their last four games in all competitions by at least two goals, the U.S. could need to win this one more.

While the Stars and Stripes have lost four of their home group stage games in this competition, they defeated Paraguay 1-0 in their last group game when they hosted it in 2016.

Having held the Uruguayans to a 0-0 stalemate in a friendly at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City the previous time out, they are unbeaten in their last four encounters with them across all competitions.

Matchday two of this competition saw Uruguay get out to another fast start, putting them in a solid position to make the last eight for the third time in a row.

With six points in the Group C standings and a goal differential of +7—six more than the U.S. in second—Marcelo Bielsa's team can only be eliminated from the competition by a loss, a victory by Panama on Monday, and a dramatic change in goal differential.

A win on matchday three would guarantee them to finish the Copa America group stage with a 100% record and to top their group for the first time since 2019.

These guys have demonstrated excellent quality this month, outscoring their previous three opponents 12-1 overall.

Since a slender 2-1 victory against Hungary in a friendly in November 2019, Uruguay has yet to win a game when conceding in the first half.

Though they have only defeated the Americans twice, La Charruas defeated them 1-0 in their only previous encounter at this competition in 1993.

Our Predictions

Uruguay to win  @3.00 on Sky247.ng

With Marcelo Bielsa, Uruguay has surpassed expectations and might win this year's competition. Darwin Nunez will try to increase his goal total in this matchup, as he has been outstanding for La Celeste thus far. The U.S.A. has a lot on their plate this week, but they can still deliver a punch on their day. Currently, the superior team, Uruguay, ought to be able to win this match.

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