Uruguay won the previous world cup held in Brazil, in 1950. The current side, certainly capable of making the history repeat, kick-starts their campaign against Costa Rica on this Sunday. They are in a tough group comprising England and Italy. Uruguay is primed to start brightly with a big win.

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Both history and current form favour the Uruguayans. They have never lost a match against Costa Rica. The teams played against each other 10 times. Uruguay won seven and drew the other three. And their current form too is good. They won the previous Copa America Championship and did not lose a single one of the friendly matches prior to the world cup. Uruguay has some top-class, in-form players who give the team the look of a heavyweight.

Costa Rica should not be under estimated though. They qualified for the world cup ahead of top teams from their region such as Mexico. They always play fast and entertaining football. They had tough luck with the draw. They will try surely to overcome it with passionate and spirited soccer.

Players

The big news is about the fitness of Luis Suarez. He is recovering well, but is a doubtful starter for this match. The team does have Edinson Cavani, Nicolas Lodeiro, Cristian Rodriguez and the ageless maestro Diego Forlan who are good enough the tear apart any defence.

Costa Rica will miss Bryan Oviedo and Alvaro Saborio. But they are a team who always offers more than the sum of the individual parts. And the presence of the likes of Joel Campbell and Celso Borges gives Costa Rica the tag of dangerous underdogs.

Uruguay-Costa Rica Prediction

Keeping the trend so far in the World Cup 2014, Uruguay may struggle to find their rhythm initially, but should eventually coast to a comfortable win.

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