Football Previews
Nigeria under 20’s face Uruguay under 20’s at the Turk Telekom Arena this Tuesday evening in an intriguing match that sees the runners up of Group B and Group F go head to head.
Nigeria lost their opening group match against Portugal 3:2 after coming back from 2:0 down before conceding immediately after leveling the game at 2:2. They went on to defeat Cuba 3:0 and South Korea 1:0.
Uruguay lost their opening match 1:0 to Croatia before going on to defeat New Zealand 2:0 and Uzbekistan 4:0.
Recent form:
Nigeria U20 – W W L L D D L
Uruguay U20 – W W L W L W L
Nigeria U20 have won just two of their last seven while Uruguay have won four of their last seven.
The last 16 draw looks like this:
Greece vs Uzbekistan and Spain vs Mexico take place at 16:00 CET on Tuesday while France vs Turkey and Nigeria vs Uruguay take place at 19:00 CET on Tuesday evening. The remaining games take place on Wednesday.
Nigeria and Uruguay have not met at under 20 level in recent years so there is no form to go on.
Bookmakers favour Uruguay in this tie.
Current betting odds: Nigeria U20 (15/8) Draw (11/5) Uruguay U20 (6/4)
Gamingtips Prediction – Nigeria U20 2:2 Uruguay U20
This is a very difficult match to weigh up on paper. Nigeria have scored 4 goals in their last 2 games and conceded 0 while Uruguay have scored 6 goals and conceded 0 so we’re either going to see a classic 0:0 or something has to give.
Both sides have looked strong and comfortable in possession and this match will come down to which team can hold their nerve and take chances when they are presented.
Uruguay looked especially good against Uzbekistan in their last outing when they won 4:0.
An alternative value bet is over 2.5 goals at odds of 43/40.
This match gets underway at 19:00 CET and can be viewed live on Eurosport.
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