The league table is allowed to rest as Peñarol and La Luz battle for Copa Uruguay honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
This has all the signs of an appealing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's go!
Peñarol form and stats
The story so far in the Primera Division for Peñarol at their home stadium (Estadio Campeón del Siglo) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Peñarol are returning here after visiting Cerro Largo and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Saravia and Méndez scored the goal(s).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus River Plate that ended 1-1.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Peñarol home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
Peñarol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games.
La Luz form and stats
La Luz are yet to lose a point on their Segunda Division travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
The attacking players of La Luz have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 198 minutes.
Two travels in a row for La Luz, whose boss Vicente could celebrate last time after the Copa Uruguay win against Rampla Juniors.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Sud America's place.It's not easy to score on Luz as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Bentancourt Morales 9 goals |  S. Ramírez Debali 6 goals |  I. Laquintana Marsico 5 goals |
Peñarol missing players
La Luz missing players
| Peñarol | La Luz | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 9 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Scored | S | 28 | 38 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 28% | ||
| 5.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 29% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 49% | ||
| 7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nacional | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | River Plate | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Danubio | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Boston River | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Peñarol | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Fenix | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Wanderers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 12 | Albion | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Torque | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Rentistas | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 10 |
| 16 | Cerrito | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | La Luz | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Progreso | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Atenas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Juventud | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 5 | Cerro | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 6 | Villa Espanola | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
