Primera Division match preview: Boston River versus Plaza Colonia

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Wed 26.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Campeones Olímpicos (10600 seats)

Boston River hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 15th position in the Primera Division table. Visiting Plaza Colonia holds 8th place with 9 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Boston nor Plaza Colonia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

L D L L D

Boston River form and stats

Three Primera Division home games done for Boston River, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

The fans are hoping that Boston will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Primera Division game against Torque (placed 6th). Before that, Boston River drew at home versus River Plate.

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

Boston has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Boston with 6 goals conceded in these matches.

D W W L D

Plaza Colonia form and stats

1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Plaza Colonia in their Primera Division matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Plaza Colonia goalkeeper Luis Ivan Cartes Maidana is eager to challenge this, with his 314 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Colonia's last game was the home draw against Nacional (0-0). Preceding that game was the away victory against Danubio with the score of 1-0.

A new game in only three days for Colonia, the Primera Division home match versus Deportivo Maldonado. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Colonia have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Boston River, three draws and four wins for Plaza Colonia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

BostonF. Rodríguez Calleriza
F. Rodríguez Calleriza
6 goals

Boston River missing players

Plaza Colonia missing players

Boston River Plaza Colonia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 4 7
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 2
5 3 0 Scored S 1 3 6
11 6 0 Conceded C 1 4 5
86% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 25% 43%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 29%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 43%
57% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
5.6 5.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 4.6
5.7 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.4
2.7 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
57 21 0 Total Shots T S 19 36 66
15 6 0 Shots on Target S O 5 10 24
33% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 25%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Boston River's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Boston River have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Boston River have yet to win a game at home.
  • Boston River is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Plaza Colonia has the fewest matches over the total-line (1)
  • Plaza Colonia has the most matches under the total-line (6)
  • Plaza Colonia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plaza Colonia 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 Rentistas 7 3 4 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 7 2 3 1 2 0 6 5 6 13
2 Wanderers 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 13
3 Progreso 7 3 3 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 12
4 Liverpool 7 2 4 1 10 9 5 2 3 0 6 4 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 10
5 Nacional 7 2 4 1 10 9 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 5 6 1 10
6 Torque 7 3 1 3 10 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 10
7 Cerro Largo 7 2 4 1 9 8 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 10
8 Plaza Colonia 7 2 3 2 6 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 9
9 Penarol 7 2 3 2 9 9 4 2 2 0 7 4 3 0 1 2 2 5 0 9
10 Deportivo Maldonado 7 2 3 2 9 10 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 5 7 -1 9
11 Fénix 7 1 5 1 14 11 3 1 1 1 7 4 4 0 4 0 7 7 3 8
12 Defensor Sporting 7 2 2 3 5 12 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 1 8 -7 8
13 River Plate 7 1 4 2 9 9 4 0 2 2 5 7 3 1 2 0 4 2 0 7
14 Cerro 7 1 3 3 5 8 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 0 1 3 2 6 -3 6
15 Boston River 7 1 2 4 5 11 3 0 1 2 3 6 4 1 1 2 2 5 -6 5
16 Danubio 7 1 1 5 4 9 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 1 1 2 3 4 -5 4

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.