World Cup betting tips: Wednesday's games with Spain and Portugal back in action

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Opta Facts

Cristiano Ronaldo had scored three goals from 70 shots in his previous three World Cup tournaments combined for Portugal (2006, 2010 and 2014) – at the 2018 World Cup, he has scored three goals from just four shots.
Morocco did not face a single shot in the second half of their opening match against Iran.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick for Portugal against Spain made him the oldest hat-trick scorer in the history of the World Cup (33y 130d).
Morocco had 68% possession in their 1-0 defeat to Iran, the most by a losing team in a World Cup match since June 2010, when Spain had 73% possession against Switzerland but lost 1-0.
Current Portugal manager Fernando Santos has only won one World Cup match (P5 W1 D3 L1), but it did come in his only previous game against African opponents, with his Greece side winning 2-1 against Ivory Coast in June 2014.
Portugal have not lost against a non-European nation at the World Cup since June 2002, when they lost 1-0 to South Korea (W5 D3 since).

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Saudi Arabia have finished bottom of their group in their last three World Cup appearances, their best performance dating back to their opening tournament in 1994 (knocked out by Sweden in the round of 16).
Uruguay are looking to win their first two matches of a World Cup tournament for the first time since 1954.
Saudi Arabia have failed to score in eight of their last 10 World Cup games. They didn’t have a single shot on target in their opener against Russia.
Saudi Arabia have conceded 14 headed goals at the World Cup since their debut in 1994, more than any other team over that period.
Uruguay have lost just one of their last nine World Cup group games (W5 D3), winning five of their last six.
José Giménez's (89:01) strike versus Egypt was the latest winning goal by Uruguay in a World Cup game since Daniel Fonseca versus South Korea in 1990 (91:01).

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Spain have been eliminated at the group stage in two of the last three World Cup tournaments in which they’ve failed to win their first match (1998 and 2014) – however, they won the tournament on the other occasion, doing so in 2010 despite losing their first match to Switzerland.
Spain have conceded 10 goals in their last four World Cup matches – as many as in their previous 15 World Cup matches combined.
In their 1-0 victory over Morocco, Iran became the first team since 1966 to score a goal without attempting a shot in a half of World Cup football - their winning goal came courtesy of a 90th minute own-goal by Morocco’s Aziz Bouhaddouz.
Iran’s last three World Cup goals have all come in the final 15 minutes of matches – they have never scored before the 36th minute in a World Cup match.
Diego Costa has scored eight goals in his last eight international starts for Spain – he scored with both of his shots on target in their 3-3 draw with Portugal.
Iran could become the first Asian nation to win consecutive World Cup matches since South Korea in June 2002.