Primera Division: Danubio - Nacional match guide and facts

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 09.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo (18000 seats)

Nacional go to Danubio and Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo loaded with optimism, but the team playing at home is hard to beat. More news on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Danubio have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division
  • Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Primera Division

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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 Danubio and Nacional.

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Danubio form and stats

Danubio have collected 11 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 3-2-0.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Danubio, who played 0-0 against Nacional. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo).

Preceding that game, a home win hosting Emelec in the Copa Sudamericana.

The Danubio manager Quintana has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Danubio have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Nacional form and stats

0-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nacional in their Primera Division matches away.

Nacional aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. Cándido was the last player to find the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Danubio (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

Ahead of that, the Copa Libertadores win away at Metropolitanos.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Nacional have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Danubio - Nacional 0-0 was the story when these teams previously did battle, earlier this season. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Danubio, one draw and five wins for Nacional. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

DanubioG. May Bartesaghi
G. May Bartesaghi
5 goals
DanubioS. Fernández Miglierina
S. Fernández Miglierina
4 goals
NacionalE. Gigliotti
E. Gigliotti
3 goals

Danubio missing players

Nacional missing players

Danubio Nacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 1 5 10
3 3 0 Won W 0 0 4
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 2 2
17 11 0 Scored S 0 3 14
9 1 0 Conceded C 0 6 9
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 60% 70%
70% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 70%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 60%
30% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 50%
40% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 40%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 40%
 
5.2 6.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.4 4
2.6 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.6
2 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.2 3.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.5 10.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 7.8 8.5
3.5 4.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 4.1
49% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 19% 34%
 
6.7 5.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9 8
2.7 1.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.8 3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Danubio have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Danubio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Danubio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nacional have scored away.
  • Danubio have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Primera Division
  • Danubio have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Primera Division
  • Danubio have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Primera Division
  • Danubio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Danubio have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Primera Division
  • Nacional have yet to win a 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 Peñarol 9 6 2 1 16 9 6 5 1 0 10 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 7 20
2 Defensor Sporting 10 5 4 1 19 9 6 2 3 1 11 8 4 3 1 0 8 1 10 19
3 Cerro Largo 9 5 3 1 9 5 5 3 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 0 5 1 4 18
4 Nacional 10 4 4 2 14 9 5 4 1 0 11 3 5 0 3 2 3 6 5 16
5 Wanderers 10 4 4 2 11 6 5 1 2 2 5 4 5 3 2 0 6 2 5 16
6 River Plate 10 4 3 3 11 10 4 4 0 0 10 4 6 0 3 3 1 6 1 15
7 Deportivo Maldonado 10 4 3 3 10 12 4 2 2 0 6 3 6 2 1 3 4 9 -2 15
8 Danubio 10 3 5 2 17 9 5 3 2 0 11 1 5 0 3 2 6 8 8 14
9 Racing 10 3 4 3 10 10 5 0 3 2 2 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 0 13
10 Liverpool 9 3 3 3 12 11 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 0 3 2 5 7 1 12
11 Torque 10 2 3 5 9 15 5 0 1 4 2 9 5 2 2 1 7 6 -6 11
12 Cerro 10 2 4 4 10 12 4 1 3 0 4 2 6 1 1 4 6 10 -2 10
13 Plaza Colonia 9 3 1 5 8 17 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 1 0 3 1 11 -9 10
14 Boston River 9 1 3 5 8 14 4 0 2 2 3 7 5 1 1 3 5 7 -6 6
15 Fenix 10 1 3 6 6 14 5 0 3 2 1 3 5 1 0 4 5 11 -8 6
16 La Luz 9 1 3 5 10 18 5 0 1 4 6 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 -8 5

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.