Cerrito and Cerro Largo regulars eagerly anticipate Primera Division bout at Parque Palermo

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Mon 11.July
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Palermo (5500 seats)

This game features two participants dwelling in the lower section of the Primera Division, Cerrito holding 16th place and Cerro Largo in 14th. A nice chance for one of the contenders to upgrade their situation.

Insights:
  • Cerrito is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division

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.

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Cerrito form and stats

Cerrito's struggle is real here at Parque Palermo with only 6 points collected from 8 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. All in all it has been a very rough period for days ago.

In their previous game, the manager Grimberg led his Cerrito to a defeat away at Plaza Colonia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Parque Palermo.

Preceding that match was the home game against Defensor Sporting that was lost 1-2.

Cerrito aren't scoring a lot here at Parque Palermo in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Cerrito's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cerro Largo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cerro Largo so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Two away games in a row for Cerro Largo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Defensor Sporting. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Plaza Colonia.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this side's most recent 14 league matches have had two or less goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cerro's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cerro Largo have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H match ended Cerro Largo - Cerrito 1-0, played this season. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Cerrito won one game, four matches ended with a tie and Cerro Largo managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven The games between these sides have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

CerritoA. Vila
A. Vila
2 goals
CerritoF. Rodríguez Grandillo
F. Rodríguez Grandillo
2 goals
Cerro LargoC. Tizón Correa
C. Tizón Correa
2 goals

Cerrito missing players

Cerro Largo missing players

Cerrito Cerro Largo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 11 18
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 4
5 3 2 Drew D 1 3 4
11 5 0 Lost L 2 7 10
10 6 5 Scored S 2 5 9
30 13 4 Conceded C 5 16 25
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 61%
50% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 18% 22%
17% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
33% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 28%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 28%
61% 56% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 55% 50%
 
3.6 3.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 5.4
5.4 6.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 7.1 6.1
3 2.9 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.9
6 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
7.5 8.6 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.5 9
2.8 3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.1 2.9
20% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 15% 17%
 
11.5 12 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.2 9.2
4.8 5.2 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cerrito have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cerrito have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Primera Division
  • Cerrito is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • 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 the worst goal difference (-10) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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.