Uruguay vs. Brazil Betting Tips: 1/1 and 5/1 bets for World Cup qualifier

In the early hours of Wednesday morning Uruguay and Brazil meet in the latest World Cup 2026 CONMEBOL qualifier.

Both teams shared honours in their last outings - Uruguay contested a 2-2 draw with Colombia in Barranquilla, while Brazil were held 1-1 by Venezuela at the Arena Pantanal.

Three games into the South American qualifiers for the next World Cup tournament sees Brazil remain one of only three unbeaten teams alongside Argentina and Colombia.

In Uruguay's case, they've had a mixed bag of results in their opening three fixtures, winning one, drawing one and losing one.

This pair last met almost two years ago to the day during qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar where Tite's Brazil ran out as dominant 4-1 winners in front of a 12,500 home crowd.

We've had recent success backing two match result winners in Spain and Germany, so we'll aim to make it a hat-trick with the selection of Brazil to beat Uruguay on Wednesday.

Fluminense's Fernando Diniz has won two of his three matches since being appointed interim manager of the national team, drawing his third match last Friday despite the stats all favouring his side.

In addition to holding the superior head-to-head record - boasting 40 wins to Uruguay's 21 - Brazil's opponents find themselves winless in the last two, and with Marcelo Bielsa in charge they are the type of team to throw the kitchen sink at the opposition for a win; a tactical ploy we envisage playing into Selecao's hands.

A host of bookmakers go a shade under evens for Fernando Diniz's men to claim all three points, so the 1/1 with BetMGM is worth taking as a single, in one leg of a bet builder or as part of an accumulator.

Although we're siding with Brazil, we don't think it'll be plain sailing for the visitors. In typical Marcelo Bielsa fashion Uruguay have become an exciting team to watch, and more importantly for this bet, they can offer punters goals galore.

18 goals have been scored in the five games he's taken charge of so far, with his Uruguay team netting 12 of those and conceding on four of the five occasions.

In balancing his managerial time between club side Fluminense and the national team, Diniz's Brazil may find it difficult to shut out Wednesday's hosts having seen BTTS in two of the three international matches he's overseen.

They do, however, have an abundance of firepower at their disposal, with Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus expected to lead the line.

Injuries have frustrated the 26-year-old lately, but we all know what he's capable of once he's fit and firing. He netted his first Premier League goal of the season in the win over Manchester United and is generally a player that both club and country can rely on in the big occasions.

Providing we see that usual eager Bielsa high defensive line, then Jesus could have a field day using his pace to exploit a team who will attempt to go toe-to-toe with Brazil.