Soccer betting preview: Boston River welcomes Torque in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 28.May
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Juan Antonio Lavalleja

The home advantage belongs to Boston River in this match against Torque, but the away team will fight to the end. Here's our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

Boston River and Torque should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Boston River form and stats

Boston River have collected 8 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-2-3.

Boston River lost their last game at Penarol (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline.

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

Boston River are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Boston defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Torque form and stats

There's been little loot from Torque's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Primera Division. Torque only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws. Torque have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

There were no winners in Torque's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Plaza Colonia (placed 14th). Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Allende and that is impressive!

A 1-1 draw at Wanderers's stadium before that.

Torque have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As for defending, Torque rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Boston River wins - draws - Torque wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

BostonA. Machado Aycaguer
A. Machado Aycaguer
4 goals
TorqueM. Allende Bravo
M. Allende Bravo
4 goals
TorqueS. Guerrero Martínez
S. Guerrero Martínez
4 goals

Boston River missing players

Torque missing players

Boston River Torque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 1 6 13
6 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 0 3 6
4 3 1 Lost L 0 2 5
15 8 3 Scored S 3 8 15
14 11 1 Conceded C 1 9 17
85% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
38% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 38%
15% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 15%
15% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
31% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 77%
46% 43% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
38% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
4.1 3.3 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 9 5.3 5.7
4.8 4.9 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 14 6.7 5.2
2.2 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.3 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
6.7 7.7 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.2 11.7
2.8 3.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5 4.3
41% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 27% 27%
 
9.1 10.7 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.2 9.6
3.5 4.7 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.7 4.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Torque's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Boston River have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Boston River have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Torque have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Torque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torque haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 13 8 2 3 18 7 6 5 0 1 10 2 7 3 2 2 8 5 11 26
2 Nacional 13 7 4 2 24 8 7 3 3 1 8 5 6 4 1 1 16 3 16 25
3 Deportivo Maldonado 13 8 1 4 19 13 6 4 0 2 9 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 25
4 Penarol 13 7 4 2 10 5 6 4 1 1 6 3 7 3 3 1 4 2 5 25
5 Wanderers 13 5 6 2 15 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 3 3 1 10 4 7 21
6 Danubio 14 5 6 3 11 8 6 1 2 3 3 4 8 4 4 0 8 4 3 21
7 Boston River 13 6 3 4 15 14 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 4 1 1 7 3 1 21
8 Fenix 13 6 2 5 13 14 7 4 1 2 7 6 6 2 1 3 6 8 -1 20
9 River Plate 13 5 4 4 20 15 8 4 3 1 14 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 5 19
10 Defensor Sporting 13 5 4 4 13 14 7 2 2 3 6 11 6 3 2 1 7 3 -1 19
11 Rentistas 13 4 1 8 14 19 6 1 1 4 4 10 7 3 0 4 10 9 -5 16
12 Torque 13 2 6 5 15 17 7 1 3 3 7 8 6 1 3 2 8 9 -2 12
13 Albion 14 2 4 8 16 31 8 1 3 4 11 17 6 1 1 4 5 14 -15 10
14 Plaza Colonia 13 1 6 6 10 14 6 0 3 3 3 8 7 1 3 3 7 6 -4 9
15 Cerro Largo 13 2 3 8 5 21 5 2 1 2 2 7 8 0 2 6 3 14 -16 9
16 Cerrito 13 2 4 7 8 18 7 1 2 4 4 10 6 1 2 3 4 8 -10 7

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.