Portugal vs. Uruguay: 2022 World Cup Odds and Prediction

Payton Matthews
November 28, 2022

The marquee match of Group H stage play from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is Monday at 2 p.m. Eastern time as Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal face a good Uruguay side. Portugal is -109 on the World Cup odds with Uruguay +285 and a draw +233.

Portugal -130
Draw +258
Uruguay +350

Portugal vs. Uruguay Betting Odds

On the draw no bet odds, Portugal is -250 and Uruguay +170. The total is set at 2.5 goals with the under a -156 favourite. To score first, Portugal is -149, Uruguay +150 and no goals +800. That only Portugal scores is +210, only Uruguay +560, both teams -101 and no goals +860.

To win Group H, Portugal is -351 and Uruguay +367. That the group winner is Portugal is -369 with no at +255. That it’s Uruguay is +391 with no at -661. The favoured Group H straight forecast is Portugal first and Uruguay second at +111. That it’s flipped is +409. That both countries advance is -154. To finish bottom, Uruguay is +747 and Portugal +6200.

The last meeting between the countries was in the 2018 World Cup, a 2-1 win by Uruguay in the Round of 16. Edinson Cavani had both goals for the winners.

Team Portugal

Portugal was the only team in Group H to win its opening-round match, 3-2 over Ghana despite all the commotion surrounding superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s release from club side Manchester United. Ronaldo put his side ahead in the 65th minute with a penalty, which made him the first male player to score at five World Cups. It was his 118th career goal for Portugal. The 37-year-old is the most prolific goal scorer in men’s international soccer and has made a record 18 appearances for Portugal at a World Cup. He has eight career World Cup goals, one from equaling the country’s record in the competition, set by Eusebio. Ronaldo is +155 for an anytime goal here. Joao Felix (78th minute) and Rafael Leao (80th) also scored. A win here would see Portugal into the Round of 16.

Team Uruguay

Uruguay can neither be eliminated nor advance regardless of this result after drawing with South Korea 0-0 in its opening match. Diego Godin and Fede Valverde both hit the post for Uruguay but neither team recorded a shot on target during the match according to FIFA — the first time that has happened in a World Cup game this century. Godin became the oldest player ever to represent Uruguay at a FIFA World Cup. At 36 years and 281 days, he broke Obdulio Varela’s record by two days (36 years and 279 days in a game against England in 1954). Uruguay did largely dominate by holding possession 56 per cent of the time and had 10 shots overall. Luis Suarez is the Uruguay favourite for an anytime goal at +245. He is Uruguay’s all-time top scorer with 67 goals but was pulled after 65 minutes in the opener and is slowing down at age 35.