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Copa America 2015: Chile v Uruguay preview

Kick-off: Thursday, 25th June @ 00:30 BST

Venue: Estadio Nacional Julio Martinez Pradanos (Santiago de Chile, Chile)

Previous meetings:

Chile v Uruguay 2-0 (international friendly)
Uruguay v Chile 1-1 (2011 Copa America)
Uruguay v Chile 4-0 (2014 World Cup qualifier)
Chile v Uruguay 2-0 (2014 World Cup qualifier)
Chile v Uruguay 1-2 (international friendly)

Chile

Last 5 matches

Brazil v Chile 1-0 (international friendly)
Chile v El Salvador 1-0 (international friendly)
Chile v Ecuador 2-0 (2015 Copa America)
Chile v Mexico 3-3 (2015 Copa America)
Chile v Bolivia 5-0 (2015 Copa America)

Team News:

Chile has no injured or suspended players, but seeing as coach Jorge Sampoli is concerned by the advantage in height of the opponents, Jean Beausejour will start on the left flank even if he hasn’t impressed at the tournament so far. Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez will again form the attacking pairing.

Players to watch: Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal, Jorge Valdivia.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-1-2): Bravo – Isla, Medel, Jara, Beausejour – Aranguiz, Diaz, Vidal – Valdivia – Sanchez, Vargas.

Uruguay

Last 5 matches

Morocco v Uruguay 0-1 (international friendly)
Uruguay v Guatemala 5-1 (international friendly)
Uruguay v Jamaica 1-0 (2015 Copa America)
Argentina v Uruguay 1-0 (2015 Copa America)
Uruguay v Paraguay 1-1 (2015 Copa America)

Team News:

Captain Diego Godin returns to the side having served a suspension, but full-back Alvaro Pereira is banned for the Chile clash. And with Sebastian Coates producing a very good performance against Paraguay, Oscar Tabarez is set to field a three-man defence, with Maxi Pereira and Cristian Rodriguez occupying the wing positions.

Players to watch: Edinson Cavani, Diego Rolan.

Probable starting line-up (3-4-1-2): Muslera – Gimenez, Godin, Coates – M. Pereira, Arevalo Rios, Gonzalez, Rodriguez – C. Sanchez – Rolan, Cavani.

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