please log in to view this image Italy v Uruguay please log in to view this image Head-to-head Italy and Uruguay have played each other nine times. The South Americans lead by three wins to two. Uruguay lost on penalties when they last faced Italy, in the third-place play-off at the 2013 Confederations Cup. Uruguay have met Italy twice at World Cup finals, failing to score on either occasion: 0-0 in 1970 and 0-2 in 1990. Italy Italy have lost only three of 19 World Cup games against South American opposition - a first round game against Chile in 1962, the 1970 final and the 1978 third-place match against Brazil. Italy have been caught offside 18 times in their opening two group games, twice as many times as Uruguay (nine). The Azzurri were eliminated in the group stage at four successive finals between 1950 and 1966; this sequence is the last time they have failed to make it out of back-to-back World Cup groups. Uruguay Uruguay have missed out on the World Cup knockout stages only three times in 11 previous attempts. The last time was back in 2002. This is their 50th game at the World Cup. Only eight countries have played more (W19, D12, L18) Uruguay's win over England was their first against a European team at the World Cup in 44 years since a 1-0 extra-time win over the Soviet Union in 1970. They had gone 15 straight World Cup matches without a victory over a European nation. Uruguay have scored three goals from just five shots on target so far. Luis Suarez has netted five times in his seven World Cup appearances. Edinson Cavani has played a hand in three of Uruguay's last five goals at the World Cup (two goals and one assist).
