Canada vs Uzbekistan - prediction, team news, lineups

In what is the penultimate lucifer for some sides earlier the World Cup, Canada volition look Uzbekistan successful a affable astatine Commonwealth Stadium successful Edmonton connected Monday.

The past clip they played successful March, Canada drew 0-0 with Tunisia, arsenic did the Uzbeks successful a affable versus Venezuela earlier beating them in a shootout 5-4.

Match preview

As they hole to co-host the World Cup for the archetypal time, determination is plentifulness of uncertainty surrounding this Canadian team.

Despite each the endowment this procreation has, they volition marque their 3rd quality successful that contention with plentifulness of wounded concerns arsenic they question to gain their first-ever constituent connected that large stage.

Even with the presumption of immoderate cardinal players successful doubt, Jesse Marsch’s radical are successful bully form, unbeaten successful their past six competitory fixtures.

At the back, they person been airtight successful caller outings, posting 5 cleanable sheets successful their past six planetary affairs, portion conceding a extremity oregon less successful 13 of their past 14 matches.

The upcoming World Cup co-hosts are winless successful their erstwhile 4 matches played successful Canada, but person suffered conscionable 1 decision successful their past 9 games played successful the Great White North, losing 1-0 to Australia successful Montreal past October.

Les Rouges won their lone erstwhile contention against Uzbekistan, arsenic a precocious ain extremity successful a 2016 affable enabled them to assertion a 2-1 triumph successful Austria.

Uzbekistan volition marque past this summer, appearing astatine the World Cup for the archetypal clip and becoming the archetypal Central Asian federation to scope the finals.

With arguably the top defender of each clip astatine the helm, they person looked highly stingy astatine the backmost of late, without a extremity conceded successful 3 of their past 4 fixtures nether 2006 World Cup victor Fabio Cannavaro.

The White Wolves person suffered lone 1 decision since losing to Qatar successful a November 2024 World Cup qualifying lucifer (3-2), with Uruguay beating them successful a affable past October (2-1).

While they are unbeaten successful their past 3 planetary matches arsenic the visiting team, they person won lone 1 of those 4 games, defeating North Korea 1-0 successful 2024.

The 50th-ranked squad according to FIFA person not fixed up a second-half onslaught successful immoderate of their past 4 planetary encounters.

Monday volition people their archetypal lucifer successful North America since 2023, erstwhile they were beaten 3-0 by the USA successful St. Louis.

Canada International Friendlies form:

Uzbekistan International Friendlies form:

Team News

Canadian skipper Alphonso Davies is recovering from a hamstring strain and volition not diagnostic successful his hometown connected Monday, Richie Laryea appears to person recovered from a thigh issue, portion Luc de Fougerolles could beryllium backmost from a concussion.

Meanwhile, Moise Bombito missed astir of the run astatine Nice with a breached limb but volition beryllium connected the World Cup roster, Stephen Eustaquio has recovered from a sore thigh and Alistair Johnston should beryllium disposable aft missing immoderate clip owed to a thigh strain.

Cyle Larin, the nationalist team’s second-leading goalscorer, is 1 headdress down Jonathan Osorio for 3rd all-time, portion Marcelo Flores made a monolithic betterment pursuing a teardrop successful his near limb but is improbable to play connected Monday arsenic his nine broadside Tigres diagnostic successful the CONCACAF Champions Cup last connected Saturday.

As for Uzbekistan, Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev has been ruled retired of the finals this summertime due to the fact that of an ankle injury, Jaloliddin Masharipov has recovered from a erstwhile wounded and Husniddin Aliqulov has besides been ruled retired of the World Cup.

Both Sherzod Esanov and Avazbek Ulmasaliev volition beryllium seeking their archetypal caps for the elder squad connected Monday, portion Manchester City’s Abdukodir Khusanov reached the quarter-century people for appearances successful their erstwhile outing.

Igor Sergeev tin determination into a necktie for 5th successful all-time goals for the nationalist squad should helium find the backmost of the nett for the 25th time, which is good beneath grounds goalscorer and skipper Eldor Shomurodov, who has netted 44 times for the White Wolves.

Canada imaginable starting lineup:

Crepeau; Johnston, Cornelius, Waterman, Laryea; Buchanan, Eustaquio, Kone, Ahmed; J. David, Larin

Uzbekistan imaginable starting lineup:

Yusupov; Eshmurodov, Khusanov, Ashurmatov; Alijonov, Hamrobekov, Shukurov, Sayfiev; Masharipov, Shomurodov, Fayzullaev

We say: Canada 1-0 Uzbekistan

Even though they volition beryllium missing immoderate cardinal players, Canada person plentifulness of options who tin play astatine a precocious level, and we spot that their extent players volition measurement up and find a mode to gain a triumph for them connected Monday.

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