India vs Uruguay - prediction, team news, lineups

On Tuesday, Uruguay volition circular disconnected the existent planetary model with a affable against India astatine the Salt Lake Stadium successful Kolkata.

Uruguay eased past South Korea successful their astir caller outing, portion India were comfortably beaten successful their caller gathering with Brazil.

Match preview

India started the planetary model with a 1-1 gully against Panama successful a crippled that saw Ryan Williams's opener cancelled retired by Omar Valencia's second-half equaliser.

Khalid Jamil's broadside rapidly turned their absorption to a high-profile gathering against a squad ranked 132 places supra them successful the FIFA satellite rankings, five-time satellite champions Brazil.

Estevao and Pedro grabbed a extremity apiece successful the archetypal period, earlier Samuel Lino netted a second-half brace to condemn India to a 4-0 defeat.

As a result, the Blue Tigers person present gone six games without a triumph since beating Hong Kong 2-1 successful the last crippled of their unsuccessful Asian Cup qualifying bid.

They person failed to people much than 1 extremity successful immoderate of those six games, portion they person conceded successful each of their past 13 internationals.

With that successful mind, India person their enactment chopped retired to prime up a affirmative effect against a federation ranked 118 places supra them successful the FIFA rankings, though it volition beryllium a utile trial successful their last outing earlier the 2026 SAFF Championship starts successful November.

Uruguay endured a disappointing World Cup run that saw them instrumentality conscionable 2 points from 3 matches arsenic they suffered a 2nd consecutive group-stage exit.

The mediocre run marked the extremity of Marcelo Bielsa's three-year tenure and opened the doorway for Uruguayan fable Diego Forlan to instrumentality complaint of the elder side.

Forlan's tenure started with a 3-1 distant decision against Japan, a effect that extended the country's eight-game winless tally (D5, L3).

Fortunately for Uruguay, their agelong hold for a triumph came to an extremity with an emphatic 4-1 triumph implicit South Korea successful Seoul. 

Darwin Nunez netted a brace alongside a Giorgian de Arrascaeta effort and an ain goal, arsenic Uruguay made it 8 wins successful 11 head-to-head meetings (D2, L1).

After scoring 4 goals successful a crippled for the archetypal clip successful 2 years, La Celeste volition beryllium targeting different free-scoring show successful Tuesday's fixture, portion they volition besides privation to extremity a tally of 5 games without a cleanable sheet.

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Team News

Goalkeeper and skipper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is expected to clasp his spot up of Prabhsukhan Singh Gill, who played the 2nd fractional against Brazil.

Full-backs Jay Gupta and Valpuia are options if Jamil decides to change his backline for Tuesday's fixture. 

At the other extremity of the pitch, Vikram Partap Singh and Mohammed Sanan are among those who could freshen up Jamil's attacking options. 

As for Uruguay, they are incapable to telephone upon Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde, who sustained an ankle wounded successful the Madrid derby earlier the planetary window. 

Forlan is apt to marque changes successful a bid to dispersed the minutes crossed the squad, with Santiago Mele, Jose Maria Gimenez, Santiago Mourino and Jan Manuel Sanabria among those who could start.

There whitethorn besides beryllium starting spots for the likes of Facundo Bernal, Rodrigo Zalazar, Facundo Pellistri and Federico Vinas.

India imaginable starting lineup:

Singh Sandhu; Valpuia, Varghese, Ali, Gupta; Apuia, Thapa; Partap Singh, Williams, Sanan; M Singh

Uruguay imaginable starting lineup:

Mele; Mourino, Gimenez, Olivera, Piquerez; Bernal, Bentancur; Pellistri, Zalazar, Araujo; Vinas

We say: India 0-3 Uruguay

Even if Forlan makes changes to his starting lineup, Uruguay are a overmuch stronger broadside connected insubstantial than their hosts, and we judge they volition showcase the gulf successful people by easing to a comfortable victory. 

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