Soccer betting preview: Cerro Largo welcomes Plaza Colonia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Mon 20.June
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla (9000 seats)

Primera Division: Tipsway are previewing an action-packed and very important duel starring Cerro Largo and Plaza Colonia at Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla. Both teams need the win!

Insights:
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Primera Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cerro Largo form and stats

The story so far in the Primera Division for Cerro Largo at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Cerro travelled for their previous game, a trip to Danubio that ended 1-1.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Penarol and winning 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cerro Largo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Cerro aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla in the league, with only 3 goals from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Plaza Colonia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Plaza Colonia so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-3 (win-draw-lose). Plaza Colonia has drawn their two previous away games.

There were no winners in Plaza Colonia's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Boston River.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cerrito that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Colonia playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Plaza Colonia wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats.

Plaza Colonia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The previous head-to-head encounter ended Cerro - Plaza Colonia 0-5, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerro Largo five wins, two draws and Plaza Colonia three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plaza ColoniaF. Barrandeguy Martino
F. Barrandeguy Martino
3 goals
Plaza ColoniaD. Moura e Silva
D. Moura e Silva
3 goals
Cerro LargoC. Tizón Correa
C. Tizón Correa
2 goals

Cerro Largo missing players

Plaza Colonia missing players

Cerro Largo Plaza Colonia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 6 1 Played P 2 8 16
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
4 1 0 Drew D 2 4 8
9 3 0 Lost L 0 3 6
8 3 1 Scored S 2 8 12
24 9 0 Conceded C 2 7 15
94% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 81%
69% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
25% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 19%
6% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 12%
6% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
31% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 38%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 31%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 50%
 
4.8 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.8 4.4
5.9 4.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.6 4.8
2.9 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 3.1
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.4 7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8.2 8.9
2.5 2.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.8
20% 23% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 26% 20%
 
9.3 7.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.6 10.6
4.1 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cerro Largo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cerro Largo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (7) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plaza Colonia have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cerro Largo have scored home.
  • Plaza Colonia have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Primera Division

  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.