Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rampla Juniors & Nacional face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Uruguay. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a match between two teams close to each other, usually meaning more mental strain and importance.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Rampla Juniors form and stats
Perfect Segunda Division season at home so far for Rampla Juniors 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Rampla Juniors's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Central Espanol. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Heartbreak before that as Rampla Juniors lost 1-2 at Sud America's place.The manager Campos will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Miramar Misiones in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Juniors are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches.
Nacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Nacional have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to River Plate in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Boston River.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cerro Largo in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Nacional's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Nacional have won every one of the 10 latest duels versus this team. Something to take note of?The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Barreto Mastropierro 8 goals |  E. Gigliotti 8 goals | F. Fagúndez 8 goals |
Rampla Juniors missing players
Nacional missing players
| Rampla Juniors | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 46 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 13 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.5 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 7 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Racing | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Rampla Juniors | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Miramar Misiones | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Sud America | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 5 | Uruguay Montevideo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 6 | Central Espanol | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Nacional | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Deportivo Maldonado | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Danubio | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Penarol | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Albion | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Boston River | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Fénix | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Cerro Largo | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Rentistas | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Torque | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Cerrito | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -18 | 2 |
