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Completed 2026 World Cup · Group Stage

Uruguay 2–2 Cape Verde: match result

Match 39 · Group Stage · Group HJune 21, 2026
Uruguay2
  • Maxi Araújo44'
  • Agustín Canobbio45'+6'
2–2

Full time — honours even

Cape Verde2
  • Kevin Pina21'
  • Hélio Varela61'
TimelineURUCPV
0153045607590

21' goal Kevin Pina, 44' goal Maxi Araújo, 45'+6' goal Agustín Canobbio, 61' goal Hélio Varela

65.2%Possession34.8%
17Shots12
2On target4
Miami StadiumMiamiFT
This match
ScorecardAnalysisTeam statsContextNearby matches
UruguayCape Verde
Attendance64,003
RefereeEspen Eskas
URU4-1-4-1
CPV4-1-4-1
Result statusFull time

Match intelligence

What separated the teams

01 · Balance

Neither side created a scoreboard advantage

17Attempts12
02 · Territory

Uruguay controlled more of the ball

65.2%Possession34.8%
03 · Defensive workload

Cape Verde made more recorded interventions

20Saves, interceptions, clearances61

Straight from the completed match report — no xG, tracking or player ratings.

Team comparison

Complete performance breakdown

URUCPV

Attacking output

Volume, accuracy and finishing from the recorded attempts.

17Attempts12
2On target4
7Blocked shots4
11.8%Shot accuracy33.3%
11.8%Goal conversion16.7%

Goals divided by attempts

Possession & passing

Control, circulation and progression of the ball.

65.2%Possession34.8%
420Passes completed205
80%Pass accuracy70%
4Crosses completed2
23Long balls completed18

Defensive work

Interventions made without treating workload as quality by itself.

2Saves0
8Tackles won15
50%Tackle success90%
7Interceptions13
11Clearances48

Discipline & pressure

Fouls, cards, offsides and set-piece pressure.

11Fouls committed4
3Offsides0
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
11Corners4

Player leaders

Who led the recorded actions

1
Goals
MA
Maxi Araújo
AC
Agustín Canobbio
KP
Kevin Pina
1
Assists
MA
Maxi Araújo
7
ShotsFederico ValverdeFederico Valverde
2
On target
LD
Laros Duarte
5
Fouls won
SL
Sidny Lopes Cabral
2
Saves
FM
Fernando Muslera

Minute by minute

Everything that happened, in order

Goals, cards, penalties and substitutions as recorded.

G Goal! CardP Penalty↕ Substitution
Uruguay versus Cape Verde match event timelineGoals, cards, penalties and substitutions plotted by recorded minute for each team.0'15'30'45'60'75'90'URUCPV5' · Yellow Card · Sidny Lopes Cabral!20' · Yellow Card · Rodrigo Bentancur!21' · Goal - Free-kick · Kevin PinaG44' · Goal - Header · Maxi AraújoG45'+6' · Goal · Agustín CanobbioG45' · Substitution · Deroy Duarte↕58' · Yellow Card · Mathías Olivera!58' · Substitution · Nuno da Costa↕58' · Substitution · Hélio Varela↕61' · Goal · Hélio VarelaG70' · Substitution · Darwin Núñez↕70' · Substitution · Nicolás de la Cruz↕71' · Substitution · Laros Duarte↕80' · Substitution · Yannick Semedo↕81' · Substitution · Brian Rodríguez↕90'+3' · Yellow Card · Diney Borges!
Uruguay2 goals·2 cards·3 changes
Cape Verde2 goals·2 cards·5 changes

Key events

Goals, cards and penalties

  1. 5'
    Sidny Lopes CabralYellow Card

    Sidny Cabral (Cabo Verde) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

  2. 20'
    Rodrigo BentancurYellow Card

    Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

  3. 21'
    Kevin PinaGoal - Free-kick

    From a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner

  4. 44'
    Maxi AraújoGoal - Header

    Header from very close range to the centre of the goal

  5. 45'+6'
    Agustín CanobbioGoal

    Right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal

    Assist Maxi Araújo · with a headed pass

  6. 58'
    Mathías OliveraYellow Card

    Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

  7. 61'
    Hélio VarelaGoal

    Right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal

  8. 90'+3'
    Diney BorgesYellow Card

    Is shown the yellow card for a bad foul

Lineup & influence

Uruguay

Uruguay

4-1-4-1Marcelo Bielsa
Confirmed XI
23Muslera13Varela25Sanabria5↓Ugarte3Cáceres16Olivera14Canobbio6Bentancur21↓Viñas8Valverde20↓Araújo
LowerHigher↑ Attacking
FM

Fernando Muslera

URU · #23 · Goalkeeper

Starter
Involvement80%
2Saves
2Conceded
0Shots faced
0Fouls
0Yellow

Influence model uses assigned role plus real ESPN involvement, not fabricated tracking coordinates.

Impact changes

3 used

Tournament path

How both teams reached this match

Uruguay
0W · 2D · 0L · 3–3
M15 · GroupKSAD 1–1
M39 · GroupCPVD 2–2
Cape Verde
0W · 2D · 0L · 2–2
M13 · GroupESPD 0–0
M39 · GroupURUD 2–2

Group H impact

Table immediately after this result

4 of 6 group matches included.

PosTeamPGDPts
1Spain12+44
2Uruguay2202
3Cape Verde3202
4Saudi Arabia42-41

Snapshot ordering uses points, goal difference and goals scored. It is contextual, not a replacement for FIFA's complete tie-break procedure.

All-time World Cup meetings

Uruguay vs Cape Verde, across editions

0URU wins
1Draws
0CPV wins
1meetings
2–2goal balance
0knockout meetings
2026Uruguay 2–2 Cape VerdeGroup Stage

Source: ESPN completed match report, retrieved Aug 18, 2026. Derived percentages are calculated from the displayed source values; missing fields are omitted rather than estimated.

Adjacent archive results

Nearby matches

Match 38 · Group StageBelgium 0–0 IranMatch 40 · Group StageN. Zealand 1–3 Egypt

Archived match data: ESPN completed match report. Tournament context cross-checked against FIFA sources listed in the dataset.