Having been drawn alongside hosts Russia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Uruguay will certainly fancy their chances of securing their place in the next round of the World Cup as group winners no less.
Oscar Tabarez’s side comfortably guaranteed their spot at Russia 2018 having finished second to Brazil in CONMEBOL qualifying and while their away from was iffy - they won only two of nine matches - they have the means to breeze into the last-16 stage in Russia.
They kickstart their quest to live up to their dark horse tag with a meeting with Egypt in Friday’s early kick off. Uruguay are the overwhelming favourites to defeat the Pharaohs and are as short as 1.53 with Blacktype to secure all three points. Egypt, meanwhile, can be found at 7.68 with Matchbook to defeat Uruguay, while the draw is 3.75 with Unibet, Betfred and SpreadEx. Indeed, the punters fully expect La Celeste to come away victorious in this one.
Egypt have their attacking talents, however, with Mohamed Salah expected to be fit for this one, but it’s another goalscorer who is worth a dabble that could prove a handy moneymaker to kick start your Friday. Edinson Cavani scored more goals (10) than any other player in CONMEBOL qualifying and comes into the World Cup on the back of campaign that saw him score 28 league goals for French champions PSG.
The 31-year-old has scored four goals in his last six Uruguay appearances and will be confident of putting Egypt to the sword in the 1pm kick off. Despite his expert form for club and country, Cavani can still be found at 2.5 to score anytime with SpreadEx. Not only should this help get you off to a winning start, but throw this into a Friday acca and you could stand to win some serious money ahead of the day’s World Cup action.
