URUGUAY AND BOLIVIA will close at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford from 10 pm (Buenos Aires time) second date of Group C of the Copa América 2024.
The match will feature the arbitration of Paraguayan Juan Benitez, while Rodrigo Carvajal (Chile) will be the in charge of the VAR. Below are ten pieces of information from the previous match.
1 – Uruguay dominates the history against Bolivia after 16 crosses in the Copa América with 13 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. La Celeste scored 50 goals in previous matches against La Verde (achieved 100% wins as host).
2 – In addition, he beat him in the 3 recent duels in the competition, all in the group stage: 1-0 (Ernesto Chevantón) in Colombia 2001, 1-0 (Vicente Sánchez) in Venezuela 2007 and 2-0 (Carlos Lampe e/c and Édinson Cavani) in Brazil 2021.
3 – Bolivia’s last victory against Uruguay in the Copa América was in 1997 as host: 1-0 (Julio Baldivieso).
4 – The only victory on neutral ground was in Brazil 1949, 3-2 in Rio de Janeiro.
5 – La Verde defeated the Charrúas at the end of 2021 when they met in the CONMEBOL Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: 3-0 (Juan Carlos Arce x2 and Marcelo Moreno Martins).
6 – Uruguay has not started a Copa América with two wins since 1995. On that occasion they defeated Venezuela and Paraguay in the Montevideo Centennial.
7 – La Celeste has gone 5 games without losing in regulation time at the Copa América (3PG-2PE) and did not lose the last 8 times where he managed to open the scoring.
8 – Matías Viña was directly involved in 2 of the 3 goals scored by Bielsa’s team against the CONCACAF team (1 assist and 1 headed goal). For his part, Darwin Núñez has been on the scoreboard for 6 games in a row with Uruguaya period in which he celebrated 9 goals.
9 – La Verde won one of the last 31 matches in the Copa América. His last victory was 3-2 against Ecuador in Chile 2015 (Ronald Raldes, Smedberg and Marcelo Martins; Enner Valencia and Miller Bolaños), in Valparaíso.
10 – Bolivia has 13 consecutive defeats in the CONMEBOL Copa América being the worst streak in its history in the competition. Guillermo Vizcarra was one of Bolivia’s figures in the premiere of the Copa América 2024 with 6 saves and 2 clearances.
BOLIVIA’S LAST 31 GAMES IN THE AMERICAN CUP
| # | DATE | EDITION | WORKING DAY | BOLIVIA | RIVAL | GF | GC |
| 1 | 06/26/1997 | Copa America Bolivia 1997 | 1 | Lost | Brazil | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 06/29/1999 | Copa America Paraguay 1999 | 1 | Tied | Paraguay | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 02/07/1999 | Copa America Paraguay 1999 | 2 | Lost | Peru | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 05/07/1999 | Copa America Paraguay 1999 | 3 | Tied | Japan | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 13/07/2001 | Copa America Colombia 2001 | 1 | Lost | Uruguay | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 16/07/2001 | Copa America Colombia 2001 | 2 | Lost | Honduras | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | 07/19/2001 | Copa America Colombia 2001 | 3 | Lost | Costa Rica | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 07/06/2004 | Copa America Peru 2004 | 1 | Tied | Peru | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 07/09/2004 | Copa America Peru 2004 | 2 | Lost | Colombia | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | 07/12/2004 | Copa America Peru 2004 | 3 | Tied | Venezuela | 1 | 1 |
| eleven | 06/26/2007 | Copa America Venezuela 2007 | 1 | tied | Venezuela | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 06/30/2007 | Copa America Venezuela 2007 | 2 | Lost | Uruguay | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 07/03/2007 | Copa America Venezuela 2007 | 3 | tied | Peru | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 01/07/2011 | Copa America Argentina 2011 | 1 | Tied | Argentina | 1 | 1 |
| fifteen | 07/07/2011 | Copa America Argentina 2011 | 2 | Lost | Costa Rica | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 10/07/2011 | Copa America Argentina 2011 | 3 | Lost | Colombia | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | 06/12/2015 | Copa America Chile 2015 | 1 | tied | Mexico | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 06/15/2015 | Copa America Chile 2015 | 2 | Won | Ecuador | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | 06/19/2015 | Copa America Chile 2015 | 3 | Lost | Chili | 5 | 0 |
| twenty | 06/25/2015 | Copa America Chile 2015 | 1 | Lost | Peru | 1 | 3 |
| twenty-one | 06/06/2016 | America’s Cup USA 2016 | 1 | Lost | Panama | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | 06/10/2016 | Copa America USA 2016 | 2 | Lost | Chili | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | 06/14/2016 | Copa America USA 2016 | 3 | Lost | Argentina | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | 06/14/2019 | Copa America 2019 | 1 | Lost | Brazil | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | 06/18/2019 | Copa America 2019 | 2 | Lost | Peru | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | 06/22/2019 | Copa America 2019 | 3 | Lost | Venezuela | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | 06/14/2021 | Copa America 2021 | 1 | Lost | Paraguay | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | 06/18/2021 | Copa America 2021 | 2 | Lost | Chili | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | 06/24/2021 | Copa America 2021 | 4 | Lost | Uruguay | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | 06/28/2021 | Copa America 2021 | 5 | Lost | Argentina | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | 06/23/2024 | Copa America 2024 | 1 | Lost | USA | 0 | 2 |
COVER PHOTO: AMERICA’S CUP
COLLABORATION: DATA FACTORY
