Uruguay v Saudi Arabia - Preview and possible lineups

Uruguay: There are no injury concerns for Oscar Tabarez, but he is expected to make a couple of changes to the side that scraped past Egypt.

Cristian Rodriguez and Carlos Sanchez are both expected to play from the start against Saudi Arabia, having come off the bench in the opener against Egypt on Friday.

Saudi Arabia: Like Uruguay, the 'Green Falcons' have a full squad, and are likely to make a few tweaks. Abdullah Al Mayouf is expected to replace Mohammed Al Owais, while Muhannad Assiri could take Mohammed Al Sahlawi's spot in the starting lineup.

Uruguay boss Oscar Tabarez:

Tabarez is set to name a very experienced team, but he played down suggestions of his side being old.

"It's not about being young or experienced it's due to the needs of the team for this game," he said. "And according to my information this is the line-up which will best suit us,"

"I have a lot of confidence in the team I'm going to put out tomorrow, they have a lot of experience." 

"If I've learned one thing from being at the World Cup it's that anything can happen. In South Africa, we used all of our players apart from the reserve goalkeepers. And just because I took some players off in the first game it doesn't mean their tournament is over."

Saudi Arabia boss Juan Antonio Pizzi​: 

Pizzi will be making changes for this game, saying each game requires a different approach.

"Every game is different and tactics differ depending on the opponent," he said. "Uruguay is a very different team to Russia."

"Uruguay have two players who are world class. But we have other priorities that are more important than Suarez and Cavani. We need to show we are capable of competing."

Did you know?

If Luis Suarez starts on Wednesday, he will become the sixth player in history to win 100 caps for Uruguay. The Barcelona forward has scored 51 international goals for his country, and is Uruguay's all-time top scorer.

Possible lineups:

Uruguay: Muslera; Varela, Gimenez, Godin, Caceres; Nandez, Vecino, Bentancur, Rodriguez; Suarez, Cavani.

Saudi Arabia: Alowais; Alburayk, Hawsawi, Albulayhi, Alshahrani; Aldawsari, Otayf, Alfaraj, Aljassam, Alshehri; Almuwallad.