Boston River have performed well so far, proven by 4th place in the table. Defensor Sporting can look both up and down from the 10th place.
- Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Boston River form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Boston River have to build on here at Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja in the Primera Division. Two home wins in a row for Boston River bring valid hopes of a third.
The Boston River goalkeeper Santiago Ibraim Silva Azambuja is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 334 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primera Division.
A strong away win for Boston River against River Plate the last match, as Rodríguez were on target.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Danubio in a game that was won 2-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Boston River perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Boston River as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Boston has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Boston River are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Boston River have conceded 12 from these games.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Defensor are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Cerro Largo.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cerrito at their stadium, the result 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Defensor Sporting in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Defensor Sporting, 9 draws and 4 defeats.
It's not easy to score on Defensor as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the history books show this recent game: Boston River - Defensor Sporting 1-1. Boston-Defensor Sporting H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Boston River two wins, Defensor Sporting three wins, five draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  A. Machado Aycaguer 5 goals |  G. Rodríguez Rosano 4 goals |  Á. Navarro Bica 4 goals |
Boston River missing players
Defensor Sporting missing players
| Boston River | Defensor Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 16 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 61% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 50% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.4 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 13.1 | 14.3 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 39% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 20% | 17% |
| 9.6 | 11.6 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 8.1 | 10.4 |
| 3.7 | 5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 3.7 |
- Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Boston River have won significantly less corners at home than 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 | Peñarol | 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 | Fénix | 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 |
