Copa Sudamericana betting and spectator preview: Defensor Sporting and Danubio meet at Parque Maracaná to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
These are active days for the hometeam, as they had a match only four days ago in the Primera Division. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Torque.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Defensor Sporting at their home stadium (Parque Maracaná) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Happy days for Defensor in their previous game, a fixture away at Torque that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Penarol that ended 2-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Defensor Sporting have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.
The Defensor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Danubio form and stats
The Primera Division season is young and Danubio have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
Danubio are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Racing.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Plaza Colonia.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Danubio playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Danubio wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cerro in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Danubio as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Defensor Sporting-Danubio H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Defensor Sporting four wins, Danubio two wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Fernández Miglierina 4 goals |   A. Balboa Camacho 3 goals | A. Ferrari Malviera 2 goals |
Defensor Sporting missing players
Danubio missing players
| Defensor Sporting | Danubio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 41% | ||
| 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Wanderers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Cerro Largo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Nacional | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | River Plate | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Deportivo Maldonado | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Danubio | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Plaza Colonia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Cerro | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Torque | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | La Luz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Fenix | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Boston River | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Racing | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
