Defensor Sporting supporters put their faith in manager Russo to deliver victory against Cerro Largo

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Thu 15.September
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Luis Franzini (18000 seats)

Welcome to Estadio Luis Franzini and this fixture starring Defensor Sporting & Cerro Largo in the Primera Division. Tipsway has everything you need to know!

Insights:
  • Defensor Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Primera Division

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Primera Division game only four days ago.

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Defensor Sporting form and stats

Three Primera Division home games done for Defensor Sporting, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Jonathan Nicolas Rossi Acuna not having conceded a league goal in 356 minutes.

A strong away win for Defensor Sporting against River Plate the last match, as Balboa were on target. The score 1-0 has occurred to this team three times in a row!

Before that one, a strong away victory at Racing. A Copa Uruguay match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Defensor handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats.

"Both teams to score yes/no" info: This side have played 5 league fixtures in a row with only one (or none) club finding the net.

Defensor Sporting's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cerro Largo form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Primera Division for Cerro Largo with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Impressive finishing from Villar secured the home win 1-0 against Fénix in their previous game. Hooray; their first three points in the league after nine games not winning.

Before that, the Copa Uruguay victory away at Deportivo Colonia. Cerro are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

Low on goals? 13 of this side's most recent 15 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

A new game in only three days for Cerro Largo, the Primera Division home match versus Albion. Busy days.

Cerro Largo have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Defensor Sporting have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (3-2-0) when playing Cerro Largo.

This is what happened when the participants played each other previously this campaign; Defensor - Cerro Largo 1-0.

Top Goalscorers

Defensor SportingA. Balboa Camacho
A. Balboa Camacho
9 goals
Defensor SportingÁ. Navarro Bica
Á. Navarro Bica
5 goals
Defensor SportingA. Sant'Anna Quintero
A. Sant'Anna Quintero
4 goals

Defensor Sporting missing players

Cerro Largo missing players

Defensor Sporting Cerro Largo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 3 15 29
14 5 2 Won W 0 2 6
6 3 1 Drew D 2 4 9
9 7 1 Lost L 1 9 14
34 14 4 Scored S 2 7 15
29 20 4 Conceded C 4 20 38
90% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
59% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 62%
41% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 13% 21%
17% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 7%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
45% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 27% 28%
34% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 34%
31% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 60% 52%
 
6.6 7.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.8
4.8 5.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 5.4
3 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 7 8
 
13 14.2 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 9.1 9.1
5.2 5.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3 3.1
22% 17% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 16% 16%
 
9.2 10.1 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.8 8.8
3.2 4.1 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 3.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cerro Largo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Primera Division
  • Defensor Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Defensor Sporting 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 River Plate 7 6 0 1 18 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 5 5 0 0 16 4 13 18
2 Nacional 7 6 0 1 16 4 3 3 0 0 8 1 4 3 0 1 8 3 12 18
3 Defensor Sporting 7 5 0 2 10 5 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 7 1 5 15
4 Danubio 8 3 5 0 10 5 5 1 4 0 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 5 14
5 Deportivo Maldonado 7 3 4 0 11 8 4 3 1 0 7 4 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 13
6 Boston River 7 3 3 1 9 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 12
7 Albion 7 3 2 2 7 6 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 1 1 2 4 5 1 11
8 Liverpool 7 2 3 2 9 7 4 1 1 2 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 9
9 Peñarol 7 2 3 2 10 10 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 1 1 1 5 6 0 9
10 Plaza Colonia 8 2 2 4 6 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 2 4 -3 8
11 Fénix 7 2 1 4 5 7 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 -2 7
12 Cerro Largo 7 1 3 3 4 11 5 1 2 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 0 2 -7 6
13 Wanderers 7 1 2 4 4 10 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 1 2 1 4 -6 5
14 Rentistas 7 1 1 5 8 14 4 1 0 3 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 -6 4
15 Torque 7 1 1 5 7 14 3 0 1 2 3 8 4 1 0 3 4 6 -7 4
16 Cerrito 7 0 2 5 2 16 3 0 1 2 1 8 4 0 1 3 1 8 -14 2

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.