Primera Division fixture preview: Boston River vs Cerro Largo

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Wed 20.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja

Only victory will please the Boston River supporters in this Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja clash with Cerro Largo, having a solid lead on them in the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Boston River and Cerro Largo.

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Boston River form and stats

Overall Primera Division stats playing at home this season for Boston River are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Boston followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Cerrito and win 1-0.

Preceding that match was the home game against Defensor Sporting that was lost 2-3.

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 Boston River have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Boston River as they are travelling to their away game against Nacional in the Primera Division. That match is two days after this one.

Boston are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Boston River have conceded 12 from these games.

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Cerro Largo form and stats

Cerro Largo have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-2-6 (9 played).

Cerro have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lucero Gonzalo Alvarez Martinez. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.

Cerro Largo played 0-0 against Nacional in their previous match.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Cerrito with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Cerro Largo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this team's latest 11 league matches have had two or less goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting River Plate in just two days.

Goals are few and far between in Cerro Largo's away league games. Only 4 goals from 9 travels. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cerro have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Boston River - Cerro Largo 3-0. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Boston won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Cerro Largo managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Boston RiverG. Rodríguez Rosano
G. Rodríguez Rosano
5 goals
Boston RiverA. Machado Aycaguer
A. Machado Aycaguer
5 goals
Boston RiverA. Rodríguez Guaglianoni
A. Rodríguez Guaglianoni
3 goals

Boston River missing players

Cerro Largo missing players

Boston River Cerro Largo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 4 Played P 1 12 20
11 5 2 Won W 1 2 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 3 5
5 4 1 Lost L 0 7 10
26 16 4 Scored S 1 7 11
19 15 2 Conceded C 0 16 25
85% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 73% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 60%
40% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 20%
20% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 5%
15% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
35% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 25%
50% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 35%
30% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
3.6 3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.2
4.5 4.8 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.8 5.9
2.5 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
7.8 8.8 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.6 9.1
3.4 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.2
38% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 18% 17%
 
9.9 11.8 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.2 9.4
3.7 4.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boston River have scored more than double the goals of Cerro Largo.
  • Boston River have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cerro Largo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the the worst goal difference (-10) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 15 10 2 3 21 8 7 6 0 1 11 2 8 4 2 2 10 6 13 32
2 Nacional 15 8 4 3 28 10 8 4 3 1 11 5 7 4 1 2 17 5 18 28
3 Deportivo Maldonado 15 8 3 4 20 14 7 4 1 2 9 6 8 4 2 2 11 8 6 27
4 Boston River 15 8 3 4 20 16 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 5 1 1 9 4 4 27
5 Penarol 15 7 5 3 10 6 7 4 1 2 6 4 8 3 4 1 4 2 4 26
6 Danubio 15 6 6 3 13 9 7 2 2 3 5 5 8 4 4 0 8 4 4 24
7 Fenix 15 7 2 6 15 16 8 5 1 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 6 9 -1 23
8 River Plate 15 5 6 4 20 15 9 4 4 1 14 7 6 1 2 3 6 8 5 21
9 Wanderers 15 5 6 4 16 11 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 3 3 2 10 5 5 21
10 Defensor Sporting 15 5 5 5 14 16 8 2 3 3 7 12 7 3 2 2 7 4 -2 20
11 Rentistas 15 5 1 9 16 21 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 3 0 5 11 11 -5 19
12 Plaza Colonia 15 2 7 6 12 15 7 1 3 3 4 8 8 1 4 3 8 7 -3 13
13 Torque 15 2 7 6 16 20 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 9 12 -4 13
14 Cerro Largo 15 3 3 9 7 23 6 2 1 3 3 9 9 1 2 6 4 14 -16 12
15 Albion 15 2 5 8 16 31 8 1 3 4 11 17 7 1 2 4 5 14 -15 11
16 Cerrito 15 2 5 8 9 22 8 1 3 4 5 11 7 1 2 4 4 11 -13 8

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.