Uruguay v Korea Republic, 24 November 2022

Kick-off: 4.00pm local (1.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Uruguay 14, Korea Republic 28 . Uruguay had won both previous meetings in the World Cup (1990 and 2010). . After 14 games, there had so far been four goalless draws at this World Cup finals. The competition record for an entire tournament is seven. . Uruguay had now won their opening game at one of their last eight World Cup finals. . La Celeste had won their three previous games against Asian opposition at the World Cup finals. . Uruguay’s last goalless draw at the World Cup finals was their opening game in 2010 against France in Cape Town. . Martin Caceres, Diego Godin, Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani had now all played at four World Cup finals for Uruguay (2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022). They joined Pedro Rocha as the only previous player to have played at four World Cup tournaments for La Celeste (1962, 1966, 1970 and 1974). Fernando Muslera, an unused substitute in this game, had played at three World Cups so far. . This became Korea Republic's 11th appearance at a World Cup tournament; now the most by an Asian nation. . This became Korea Republic's tenth consecutive appearance at the World Cup finals since 1986; only Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Spain were now on a longer such run.