Primera Division fixture research: Cerrito against Wanderers

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Palermo (5500 seats)

Wanderers know they face a difficult trip to Cerrito and their Parque Palermo. This article has all the facts and figures you require ahead of the game.

Insights:
  • Cerrito have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wanderers 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.

The visiting Wanderers played their last game only three days ago, a Copa Sudamericana match. That game was also an away game, at Lanus. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Cerrito form and stats

With 1 Primera Division win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Cerrito are certainly not brimming with confidence. Cerrito are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

Cerrito shared the glory with Albion in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

Before that, Cerrito drew at home versus Torque.

Cerrito have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Wanderers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Two away matches in a row for Wanderers, whose boss Izquierdo could celebrate last time after the Copa Sudamericana win against Lanus.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Torque in the Primera Division.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barcelona in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wanderers have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Cerrito-Wanderers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cerrito four wins, Wanderers five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

WanderersM. Méndez Acosta
M. Méndez Acosta
7 goals
WanderersH. Rivero
H. Rivero
3 goals
CerritoA. Vila
A. Vila
2 goals

Cerrito missing players

Wanderers missing players

Cerrito Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 6 12
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
4 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
8 4 0 Scored S 4 8 13
16 8 1 Conceded C 2 4 8
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 83%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 50%
42% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 25%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 42%
25% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 42%
58% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 33%
 
3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5 5.1
5.7 6 9 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.3 5.1
3 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4.2 3.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
7.2 9.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 15 9.5 9.9
2.5 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4 4
27% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 27%
 
11.2 12 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9 11.7
4.2 4.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 3.9
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cerrito have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 Boston River 13 6 3 4 15 14 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 4 1 1 7 3 1 21
6 Fenix 13 6 2 5 13 14 7 4 1 2 7 6 6 2 1 3 6 8 -1 20
7 River Plate 13 5 4 4 20 15 8 4 3 1 14 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 5 19
8 Wanderers 12 4 6 2 13 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 2 3 1 8 4 5 18
9 Danubio 12 4 6 2 8 5 5 1 2 2 2 2 7 3 4 0 6 3 3 18
10 Defensor Sporting 12 4 4 4 11 13 7 2 2 3 6 11 5 2 2 1 5 2 -2 16
11 Rentistas 13 4 1 8 14 19 6 1 1 4 4 10 7 3 0 4 10 9 -5 16
12 Torque 12 2 5 5 14 16 6 1 2 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 8 9 -2 11
13 Albion 13 2 4 7 15 29 7 1 3 3 10 15 6 1 1 4 5 14 -14 10
14 Cerro Largo 13 2 3 8 5 21 5 2 1 2 2 7 8 0 2 6 3 14 -16 9
15 Plaza Colonia 12 1 5 6 9 13 6 0 3 3 3 8 6 1 2 3 6 5 -4 8
16 Cerrito 12 2 4 6 8 16 6 1 2 3 4 8 6 1 2 3 4 8 -8 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.