River Plate have journeyed here for an intriguing fight against the home side Cerro Largo. Read up on the game with this thorough Primera Division preview!
- Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Primera Division
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Cerro Largo.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cerro Largo and River Plate.
Cerro Largo form and stats
0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Cerro Largo so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 199 minutes without scoring a league goal. Beltran was the last player to find the net.
The Cerro crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to River Plate here at Estadio Municipal Arquitecto Antonio Eleuterio Ubilla. The game against River Plate was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.
0-0 away at Cerrito before that.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 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.
It should be noted that a glance at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cerro Largo at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate are yet to lose a point on their Primera Division travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Two away matches in a row for River, whose coach Domínguez could celebrate last time after the win against Cerro Largo. River Plate delivered their win in the match against Cerro Largo already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Earlier, the Copa Uruguay victory away at Juventud de Colonia. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with River Plate playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 11 River Plate wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
River Plate have the goal stats of 6-3 (for/against) from 3 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the result Cerro - River Plate 0-0 registered in the official records. Head-to-head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Cerro Largo won three games, four matches ended with a draw and River Plate got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four
Top Goalscorers
  T. Borbas 11 goals | M. Ocampo Ornizún 4 goals |  E. Villar Vidal 3 goals |
Cerro Largo missing players
River Plate missing players
| Cerro Largo | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 38 |
| 35 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 15 | 24 |
| 85% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 79% | 81% |
| 63% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 71% | 70% |
| 22% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 64% | 52% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 26% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 57% | 56% |
| 33% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 37% |
| 56% | 50% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 26% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 8.8 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 15% | 15% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 37% |
| 9 | 7.9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.7 | 9.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
- 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 in the first half (2) in Primera Division
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- River Plate have scored more than double the goals of Cerro Largo.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nacional | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | River Plate | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Deportivo Maldonado | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Danubio | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Boston River | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Penarol | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Albion | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Fenix | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 11 | Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Rentistas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 14 | Torque | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 15 | Cerro Largo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 16 | Cerrito | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 2 |
