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Group H · Matchday 1 · NRG Stadium, Houston · Jun 15, 22:00 UTC

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabiavs🇺🇾 Uruguay
10.9%draw 20.0%69.1%

Expected goals: KSA 0.75 · URU 2.45

SourceKSA winDrawURU win
Model8.9%17.1%74.1%
Market (Pinnacle)11.8%21.3%66.9%
Blend (published)10.9%20.0%69.1%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows KSA, columns URU

0123450
5.5%
8.8%
11.4%
9.3%
5.7%
2.8%
1
3.0%
9.5%
8.6%
7.0%
4.3%
2.1%
2
1.4%
3.5%
4.1%
2.6%
1.6%
0.8%
3
0.9%
1.1%
0.8%
4
5
02 11.4%11 9.5%03 9.3%01 8.8%12 8.6%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🇸🇦KSA1700effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1700
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Salem Al-Dawsari, Firas Al-Buraikan, Saud Abdulhamid.

🇺🇾URU1925effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1925
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Federico Valverde, Darwin Núñez, Ronald Araújo.