Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay confirmed teams and full lineups, TV channel, online live streaming and stats
Saudi Arabia and Uruguay named their squads for their 2026 World Cup opener in Miami on Monday.
The Green Falcons produced one of the biggest finals ever in their first match at the 2022 tournament, defeating Argentina who would go on to lift the trophy.
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Uruguay lifted the trophy in 1930 and 1950 and reached the semi-finals twice, but their campaign ended at the group stage four years ago.
This match is the second in Group H, which started with Spain playing against Cape Verde in Atlanta this morning.
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— Saudi National Team (@SaudiNT_EN) June 15, 2026
2026 World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed the group against Uruguay
Al-Nassr goalkeeper Nawaf Al Aqidi is out with a hamstring injury for Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia starting XI: Alowais; Alamri, Altambakti, Abdulhamid, Alharbi, Abu Alshamat; Aljuwayr, Alkhaibari, Kanno; Albrikan, Aldawsari
Saudi Arabia instead of: Alaqidi, Alkassar, Majrashi, Lajami, Bu Washl, Kadish, Thikri, Aldawsari, Aljohani, Alhajji, Yahya, Alshehri, Alghannam, Alhamddan, Mandash
2026 World Cup: Uruguay to face Saudi Arabia
Ronald Araujo (calf) and Giorgian de Arrascaeta (calf) are out of the matchday squad and Jose Gimenez (ankle) should settle on the bench. Matias Vina (hamstring) and Sebastian Caceres (head) were cleared and started.
Top scorer Luis Suarez had indicated he would be open to coming out of international retirement but was not called up, making this the first time Uruguay has entered the World Cup without an Inter Miami player since 2002.
Uruguay starting XI: Muslera; Caceres, Varela, Olivera, Vina; Ugarte, Bentancur, Valverde, Araujo; Nunez, Vinas
Uruguay instead of: Rochet, Mele, Gimenez, Bueno, De la Cruz, Canobbio, Martinez, Piquerez, Sanabria, Zalazar, Pellistri, Rodriguez, Aguirre
Where to watch Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off is on Monday at 23:00 BST (18:00 ET / 15:00 PT). In the UK, broadcast live on ITV1.
Fans can stream the action via the ITV website and the ITVX app, available on a range of devices for viewing on the go.
World Cup 2026: Statistics of Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay
- Saudi Arabia have advanced to the first round in one of their last six World Cup appearances, at the 1994 tournament in the US.
- They have lost 68% of their World Cup games (13/19), the highest defeat rate of any country that has played 15 or more games in the tournament.
- In their 19th appearance in the finals, Saudi Arabia won 1-0 against Belgium in 1994 in the group stage.
- Only Iraq and Japan (12 each) have bettered Saudi Arabia’s 10 clean sheets in Asian qualifiers, including four in the last six games of the campaign, which drew 0-0 with Japan in March 2025.
- Salem Al Dawsari is one of four players to win the AFC Player of the Year award twice (2023 & 2025), alongside Hidetoshi Nakata (1997 & 1998), Server Djeparov (2008 & 2011), and Akram Afif (2019 & 2023) – and the only Saudi player.
- Herve Renard is in his third World Cup as head coach, having previously led Morocco in 2018 and Saudi Arabia in 2022. That win over Argentina was the Frenchman’s only win in the finals (D1 L4).
- First champions in 1930 and in 1950, Uruguay is one of only six teams to have won.
- FIFA World Cup multiple times, alongside Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina and France.
- This is Uruguay’s 15th participation in the World Cup and the fifth in a row, the best performance since they last won in 1950 when they finished fourth in 1954, 1970 and 2010.
- Uruguay recorded 147 top results in South American qualifiers, at least 26 more than any other country, ahead of Argentina’s 121 in second.
- Darwin Nunez was involved in the most goals for Uruguay during the qualifiers (5 goals, 2 assists) and only Colombia’s James Rodriguez (7) provided more assists than Maxi Araujo (4)
- This will be Marcelo Bielsa’s third World Cup as coach, with a third different nation: Argentina in 2002 (eliminated in the group stage) and Chile in 2010 (eliminated by Brazil in the round of 16)
- Only Bora Milutinovic and Carlos Alberto Parreira (5 each) and Henri Michel (4) have managed more teams in this tournament.
