Racing will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get something from this strenuous meeting, versus dynamic Nacional.
- Nacional have the most scored goals (28) in Primera Division
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Racing form and stats
With 0 Primera Division wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Racing are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The Racing manager Porley and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus River Plate.
In the match before that, Racing hosted Deportivo Maldonado and drew the game 1-1.Sports bettors who prefer gambling for low-scoring matches might like knowing that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Racing here at Estadio Centenario in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Racing have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Nacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Nacional have produced an overall stat of 2-4-2 so far. One point away has become something of a habit for Nacional who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Nacional played 0-0 against Plaza Colonia in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Cerro Largo.The visiting Nacional have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games.
Head 2 Head
Nacional have won at least one point in the last 18 fixtures (14-4-0) against Racing.Interestingly enough, Racing met Nacional the last time they played in a match with more than two goals in total. That was the Racing - Nacional 2-2 match six league rounds ago, and only "under 2.5" for the hosts since then! Rodríguez (Nacional) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met. The games between these teams have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ramírez Polero 14 goals |   J. Rivero Pin 4 goals |  D. Zabala Morales 4 goals |
Racing missing players
Nacional missing players
| Racing | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 42 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 21 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 77% | 80% |
| 76% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 68% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 54% | 60% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 40% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 52% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 40% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 48% |
| 36% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 32% |
| 5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 8.2 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 29% | 37% |
| 8.2 | 8.9 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.5 | 8 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
- Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the most scored goals (28) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the the best goal difference (+17) in Primera Division
| 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 | Liverpool | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 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 | 12 |
| 16 | Fenix | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
