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South Africa vs Uruguay Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

FT · HT 0–10 – 3

1st

3rdDiego Forlán Corazo 24′, 80′ (pen)Álvaro Pereira 90′

Player of the matchDiego Forlán CorazoURU · 2 goals · 90′ · 5 shots (2 on target) · 4 key passes · 33/43 passes

8.7
Possession
58%42%
Shots · on target in brackets
11 (3)19 (6)
Corners
33
Table · 1 v 4 pts
1st → 4th3rd → 1st

World CupMatchday 2Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Events

ZAF 0–3 URU · 2–0 yellow · 1–0 red
  1. Full time 0–3
  2. W. Garganofor Diego Pérez Aguado
  3. Álvaro Pereira0–3Goal · assist Luis Suárez
  4. S. Fernándezfor Edinson Cavani
  5. Diego Forlán Corazo0–2Penalty goal
  6. Moeneeb Josephsfor Steven Pienaar
  7. Itumeleng KhuneRed card
  8. Á. Fernándezfor Jorge Fucile
  9. Surprise Moririfor Reneilwe Letsholonyane
  10. Half-time 0–1
  11. K. DikgacoiYellow card
  12. Diego Forlán Corazo0–1Goal · assist Diego Pérez Aguado
  13. Steven PienaarYellow card

Lineups

Starting XIs · ratings at full time
South Africa6.80 avg rating 7.60Uruguay
  1. 165.8Itumeleng KhuneRC
  2. 26.4Siboniso Gaxa
  3. 37.2Tsepo Masilela
  4. 46.9Aaron Mokoena
  5. 206.4Bongani Khumalo
  6. 86.9Siphiwe Tshabalala
  7. 106.4Steven PienaarYC ↓79′
  8. 117.0Teko Modise
  9. 127.2Reneilwe Letsholonyane↓57′
  10. 137.1K. DikgacoiYC
  11. 97.1Katlego Mphela
  1. 17.5Fernando Muslera
  2. 27.1Diego Lugano
  3. 37.7Diego Godín
  4. 46.9Jorge Fucile↓71′
  5. 167.6M. Pereira
  6. 117.8Álvaro PereiraG
  7. 157.5Diego Pérez AguadoA ↓90′
  8. 177.5E. Arévalo
  9. 77.5Edinson Cavani↓89′
  10. 98.1Luis SuárezA
  11. 108.7Diego Forlán Corazo2G
  1. 1Moeneeb JosephsGK · ↑79′5.7
  2. 19Surprise MoririMF · ↑57′6.6
  3. 5Anele NgcongcaDF
  4. 6Ntuthuko SibayaMF
  5. 7Lance DavidsMF
  6. 14Matthew BoothDF
  7. 15Lucas ThwalaDF
  8. 17Bernard ParkerMF
  9. 18Siyabonga NomvetheFW
  10. 21Doctor SangweniDF
  11. 22Shu-Aib WaltersGK
  12. 23Thanduyise KhuboniMF

SubstitutesG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off

  1. 5W. GarganoMF · ↑90′
  2. 20Á. FernándezMF · ↑71′6.7
  3. 21S. FernándezFW · ↑89′
  4. 6Mauricio VictorinoDF
  5. 8Sebastián Eguren LedesmaMF
  6. 12Juan Castillo IriartGK
  7. 13S. AbreuFW
  8. 14Nicolás LodeiroMF
  9. 18Ignacio GonzálezMF
  10. 19Andrés Scotti Ponce de LeónDF
  11. 22Martín CáceresDF
  12. 23Martín SilvaGK

Matchday 2

World Cup · the other 10 games
  1. Argentina4–1Korea Republic
  2. Greece0–0Nigeria
  3. France0–2Mexico
  4. Serbia1–3Germany
  5. United States0–1Slovenia
  6. England0–0Algeria
  7. Netherlands2–2Japan
  8. Ghana1–1Australia
  9. Cameroon1–2Denmark
  10. Slovakia1–1Paraguay
World Cup fixtures and results →

What stands out

  • 4thfrom 1st

    South Africa moved from 1st to 4th in the World Cup table with this result.1 → 1 points after 2 matches; order by points, goal difference, goals scored.

  • 1stfrom 3rd

    Uruguay moved from 3rd to 1st in the World Cup table with this result.1 → 4 points after 2 matches; order by points, goal difference, goals scored.

Team stats

22 figures
South Africafull timeUruguay
  1. 58%Possession42%
  2. 11Shots19
  3. 3Shots on target6
  4. 3Corners3
  5. 514Passes379
  6. 13Fouls10
All 22 stats
  1. Attack
  2. 3Accurate crosses2
  3. 24Crosses14
  4. 13Dribble attempts16
  5. 3Offsides2
  6. 27%Shot accuracy32%
  7. 3Shots blocked4
  8. 4Shots inside box9
  9. 5Shots off target9
  10. 7Shots outside box10
  11. 6Successful dribbles8
  12. Passing
  13. 434Accurate passes295
  14. 84%Pass accuracy78%
  15. Defence
  16. 45Duels won46
  17. 21Interceptions26
  18. 3Saves3
  19. 22Tackles18

Top ratings

XI avg 6.80 v 7.60
  1. Diego Forlán CorazoURU8.7
  2. Luis SuárezURU8.1
  3. Álvaro PereiraURU7.8
  4. Diego GodínURU7.7
  5. M. PereiraURU7.6

Player leaders

this match

Shots

  1. Diego Forlán CorazoURU5 (2)
  2. Luis SuárezURU5 (2)
  3. Edinson CavaniURU4 (1)

Passes

  1. K. DikgacoiZAF65/71
  2. Teko ModiseZAF61/67
  3. Siboniso GaxaZAF51/62

Key passes

  1. Diego Forlán CorazoURU4
  2. Luis SuárezURU3
  3. M. PereiraURU3

Duels won

  1. Luis SuárezURU10/20
  2. M. PereiraURU6/8
  3. K. DikgacoiZAF6/11

Tackles

  1. Álvaro PereiraURU4
  2. E. ArévaloURU4
  3. Aaron MokoenaZAF4

Clearances

  1. Diego GodínURU9
  2. Diego LuganoURU6
  3. Aaron MokoenaZAF6

Saves

  1. Fernando MusleraURU3
  2. Itumeleng KhuneZAF2
  3. Moeneeb JosephsZAF1

Table after full time

World Cup 2010
#TeamPW-D-LGoalsGDPtsBefore
1Uruguay21-1-03:0+343rd ▲2
2Mexico10-1-01:1012nd
3France10-1-00:0014th ▲1
4South Africa20-1-11:4-311st ▼3
South Africa
1st → 4th1 → 1 pts
Uruguay
3rd → 1st1 → 4 pts
Order: points, goal difference, goals scored. “Before” is the position at kick-off. Full table

Match info

Competition
World Cup
Season
2010 · Matchday 2 of 5
Stage
Group stage
Kick-off
Venue
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Tshwane
Capacity
51,762 · grass

Match summary

Uruguay beat South Africa 3-0 in the World Cup, Group stage.

South Africa had gone 13 matches unbeaten before this one.

Diego Forlán Corazo (24', 80') and Álvaro Pereira (90') scored the goals for Uruguay.

South Africa — live results and scheduleUruguay — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this

Form

last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off
South Africa5d restequal rest · old → new5d restUruguay
  1. 1-1D3 Mar
  2. 1-1D31 Mar
  3. 0-0D22 Apr
  4. 2-0W28 Apr
  5. 4-0W16 May
  6. 1-1D24 May
  7. 2-1W27 May
  8. 5-0W31 May
  9. 1-0W5 Jun
  10. 1-1D11 Jun

5-5-0goals 18:52.00pts/game

Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below

  1. 3-1W18 Jul
  2. 1-1D22 Jul
  3. 2-1W25 Jul
  4. 1-0W4 Sep
  5. 0-0D11 Oct
  6. 1-0W16 Nov
  7. 0-1L15 Nov
  8. 3-2W25 May
  9. 2-2D28 May
  10. 0-0D11 Jun

5-4-1goals 13:81.90pts/game

  1. HMexico1–1
  2. HDenmark1–0
  3. HGuatemala5–0
  4. HColombia2–1
  5. HBulgaria1–1

latest 5

  1. HFrance0–0
  2. ANorway2–2
  3. ATurkey3–2
  4. AAustralia0–1
  5. HParaguay1–0
Show older matches
  1. HThailand4–0
  2. HJamaica2–0
  3. HKorea DPR0–0
  4. AParaguay1–1
  5. HNamibia1–1

older

  1. ABolivia0–0
  2. HEcuador1–0
  3. AColombia2–1
  4. ABrazil1–1
  5. AParaguay3–1

Season comparison

as the teams came into the match
South Africaall competitionsUruguay
  1. Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
  2. 1.87Goals per game (both sides)2.8
  3. 60%Over 1.567%
  4. 27%Over 2.560%
  5. 13%Over 3.540%
  6. 33%Both teams scored60%
  7. 53%Clean sheets27%
  8. 33%Failed to score27%
  9. South Africa at home v Uruguay away
  10. 12Played10
  11. 6Won3
  12. 6Drawn4
  13. 0Lost3
  14. 20-4Goals (for-against)15-19
  15. 2Points per game1.3
  16. 33%Over 2.570%
  17. 67%Clean sheets10%
  18. 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 v 12 games
  19. 7-31st-half goals (for-against)6-4
  20. 14-42nd-half goals (for-against)10-12
  21. 67%Goals after half-time63%
  22. 33%Goal before half-time42%
  23. 2-12-1Half-time W-D-L2-10-0
How we calculate this

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