Uruguay provisional squad for Brazil 2014 World Cup

Uruguay head coach Óscar Tabárez has named his provisional squad for Brazil 2014

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama), Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad).

Defenders: Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica), Diego Lugano (West Bromwich Albion), Diego Godin, Jose Maria Gimenez (both Atletico Madrid), Sebastian Coates (Liverpool), Martin Caceres (Juventus), Jorge Fucile (Porto).

Midfielders: Alejandro Silva (Lanus), Alvaro Gonzalez (Lazio), Alvaro Pereira (Sao Paulo), Walter Gargano (Parma), Egidio Arevalo Rios (Morelia), Diego Perez (Bologna), Sebastian Eguren (Palmeiras), Cristian Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Gaston Ramirez (Southampton), Nicolas Lodeiro (Botafogo).

Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain), Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Diego Forlan (Cerezo Osaka), Christian Stuani (Espanyol).

A possible outsider

Uruguay are one of the most interesting teams and we consider them an outsider for the World Cup title. With players such as Luis Suarez and Edison Cavani they are surely not lacking in offensive qualities, and they have a lot of quality further back on the pitch too.

Betting on Uruguay for the World Cup

You can get odds of 28/1 from both William Hill and Coral for Uruguay to win the World Cup, and we consider this a great offer!

Uruguay are in group D, a very interesting group with both Italy and England. We believe Uruguay should have good chances to win the group, and get the odds of 15/8 (2.88) from Coral. See below for details of the early bets we find worth mentioning: