Primera Division game prediction and news & stats for the Danubio vs River Plate battle

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 22.Jul
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo (18000 seats)

Match-goers at Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with Danubio struggling in the 13th position. The guesting River Plate will believe to shield their higher league place in this match.

Insights:
  • Danubio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning increased nervousness and significance.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their previous match. Let's look for an animated game!

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Danubio form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Danubio have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Danubio after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager Quintana led his Danubio to a defeat away at Defensor Sporting. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Penarol.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Danubio have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Danubio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Danubio are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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River Plate form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for River Plate so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-3 (win-draw-lose).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. River Plate goalkeeper Rodrigo Nicolas Formento Chialanza is eager to challenge this, with his 188 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

There were no winners in River Plate's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs La Luz.

Prior to that result River won their away game at Torque. The scoreline was 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where River Plate have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Goals are few and far between in River Plate's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 8 travels. As opposed to that, River Plate have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the squads played each other earlier this campaign; River Plate - Danubio 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Danubio wins - draws - River Plate wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DanubioG. May Bartesaghi
G. May Bartesaghi
9 goals
River PlateJ. Dos Santos Duré
J. Dos Santos Duré
6 goals
DanubioS. Fernández Miglierina
S. Fernández Miglierina
5 goals

Danubio missing players

River Plate missing players

Danubio River Plate
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 9 3 Played P 5 11 21
6 5 2 Won W 1 2 7
7 3 1 Drew D 4 5 7
8 1 0 Lost L 0 4 7
26 14 6 Scored S 2 8 22
23 4 1 Conceded C 1 14 26
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 40% 73% 81%
71% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 20% 55% 67%
33% 22% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 48%
19% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 29%
10% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
48% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 43%
33% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 80% 36% 33%
24% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 55% 43%
 
4.8 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 3.7
4.2 3.4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.9 5.1
2.6 2.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7 9.3 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.4 6.8
2.5 3.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 2.4 2.7
49% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 39%
 
7.4 6.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.4 9.8 9
3 1.7 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4.2 3.5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Danubio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Penarol 15 10 4 1 25 11 9 7 2 0 15 4 6 3 2 1 10 7 14 34
2 Nacional 15 8 5 2 28 11 7 6 1 0 18 3 8 2 4 2 10 8 17 29
3 Defensor Sporting 15 6 7 2 27 14 8 2 5 1 14 11 7 4 2 1 13 3 13 25
4 Cerro Largo 15 6 7 2 13 10 8 4 3 1 8 7 7 2 4 1 5 3 3 25
5 Wanderers 15 6 5 4 16 12 7 1 2 4 5 8 8 5 3 0 11 4 4 23
6 Liverpool 15 6 5 4 24 19 7 5 1 1 15 8 8 1 4 3 9 11 5 20
7 River Plate 15 5 5 5 17 19 7 5 0 2 13 10 8 0 5 3 4 9 -2 20
8 Deportivo Maldonado 15 5 5 5 18 23 6 3 3 0 9 5 9 2 2 5 9 18 -5 20
9 La Luz 15 5 4 6 23 27 9 3 2 4 17 20 6 2 2 2 6 7 -4 18
10 Cerro 15 3 7 5 13 16 7 2 4 1 5 4 8 1 3 4 8 12 -3 16
11 Torque 15 3 5 7 15 24 8 0 3 5 4 15 7 3 2 2 11 9 -9 16
12 Plaza Colonia 15 4 4 7 15 25 8 3 2 3 11 9 7 1 2 4 4 16 -10 16
13 Danubio 15 3 6 6 20 19 7 3 3 1 12 4 8 0 3 5 8 15 1 15
14 Racing 15 3 6 6 13 17 8 0 5 3 4 9 7 3 1 3 9 8 -4 15
15 Boston River 15 2 6 7 15 23 7 1 3 3 6 11 8 1 3 4 9 12 -8 15
16 Fenix 15 3 3 9 11 23 7 1 3 3 3 6 8 2 0 6 8 17 -12 12

Read more about Primera Division

The Liga Profesional de Primera División is the highest football league in Uruguay. It was founded in 1900 and turned professional in 1932. The league has 16 teams and play a season from February to November, divided into three parts: Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio and Torneo Clausura.