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Italy v Uruguay
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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 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 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).
