Betting preview: Cerro vs Torque should be interesting

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Monumental Luis Tróccoli (25000 seats)

Cerro are keen to improve their points total at their own ground in this soon-to-be-played game against Torque.

Insights:
  • Torque have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cerro have scored home.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cerro form and stats

When playing at home in the Primera Division, Cerro have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. When Cerro hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Boston River, La Luz, Cerro, Fenix and Plaza Colonia), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The Cerro crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Torque here at Estadio Monumental Luis Tróccoli.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Defensor Sporting the opponent.

Cerro have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Cerro have conceded only 3 goals. Cerro has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Torque form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. When Torque is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Boston River, Torque, La Luz, Fenix and Plaza Colonia is teams we like to compare Cerro with. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Torque are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Two away games in a row for Torque, whose manager Nardi could celebrate last time after the win against Cerro.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Racing.

Torque are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). When Torque is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Boston River, Torque, La Luz, Fenix and Plaza Colonia.

Head 2 Head

Torque have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Cerro.

The two duelists also played each other earlier on this campaign: Cerro - Torque 0-2. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CerroL. Rodríguez Cardoso
L. Rodríguez Cardoso
2 goals
CerroM. Abero Villan
M. Abero Villan
2 goals
TorqueS. Ribas Barbato
S. Ribas Barbato
2 goals

Cerro missing players

Torque missing players

Cerro Torque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 3 6 11
2 1 1 Won W 2 3 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 5
10 4 2 Scored S 5 9 11
14 4 0 Conceded C 3 6 15
82% 60% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 82%
36% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 45%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 55%
36% 60% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 9%
55% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 36%
 
3.8 3.8 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.5 4.3
4.6 4.2 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.3 4.8
3.5 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.6
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.1 6.4 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.5 7.6
2.1 2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 4 3.4
43% 40% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 30%
 
7.5 5.8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9 8.3
3.6 1.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Torque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torque have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cerro have scored 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 Penarol 11 7 3 1 18 9 7 6 1 0 12 3 4 1 2 1 6 6 9 24
2 Defensor Sporting 11 5 4 2 19 10 6 2 3 1 11 8 5 3 1 1 8 2 9 19
3 Nacional 11 5 4 2 18 9 6 5 1 0 15 3 5 0 3 2 3 6 9 19
4 Wanderers 11 5 4 2 13 7 5 1 2 2 5 4 6 4 2 0 8 3 6 19
5 Cerro Largo 11 5 4 2 9 7 6 3 2 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 5 3 2 19
6 Liverpool 11 4 4 3 16 13 5 4 0 1 10 5 6 0 4 2 6 8 3 16
7 River Plate 11 4 3 4 12 12 5 4 0 1 11 6 6 0 3 3 1 6 0 15
8 Deportivo Maldonado 10 4 3 3 10 12 4 2 2 0 6 3 6 2 1 3 4 9 -2 15
9 Danubio 11 3 5 3 17 11 5 3 2 0 11 1 6 0 3 3 6 10 6 14
10 Racing 11 3 5 3 11 11 6 0 4 2 3 6 5 3 1 1 8 5 0 14
11 Torque 11 3 3 5 10 15 5 0 1 4 2 9 6 3 2 1 8 6 -5 14
12 Plaza Colonia 11 4 1 6 11 20 6 3 1 2 9 6 5 1 0 4 2 14 -9 13
13 Cerro 11 2 4 5 10 13 5 1 3 1 4 3 6 1 1 4 6 10 -3 10
14 Boston River 11 2 3 6 10 16 5 1 2 2 4 7 6 1 1 4 6 9 -6 9
15 La Luz 10 2 3 5 12 19 6 1 1 4 8 15 4 1 2 1 4 4 -7 8
16 Fenix 11 1 3 7 6 18 5 0 3 2 1 3 6 1 0 5 5 15 -12 6

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.