Match Report
Spain edged past Uruguay 1-0 at Estadio Akron, Guadalajara on 27 June 2026. Álex Baena opened the scoring in the 42nd minute for Spain, set up by Marcos Llorente, to make it 1-0. Agustín Canobbio (90') was sent off. Álex Baena (46'), Juan Sanabria (54'), Guillermo Varela (58') and Nicolas de la Cruz (90') were booked. The ranking gap was wide: Uruguay sit 2129 of 4449 in our Elo model, Spain 70. The model had favoured Spain at 75.9%, and the match followed the form book. Uruguay came in on 0.67 points per game from 3 (0W 2D 1L, 3 for, 4 against); Spain came in on 2.8 points per game from 10 (9W 1D 0L, 18 for, 3 against). The sides had met 2 times before, 0 going one way, 0 the other and 2 drawn, since 1950-07-09.