This could be an interesting match as Defensor Sporting have their presumed home advantage while Nacional are ahead 11 points in the Primera Division table.
The visiting Nacional played their last game only four days ago, a Primera Division match.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Defensor Sporting have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The fans are hoping that Defensor Sporting will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Primera Division game against River Plate (placed 9th). In the match before that, Defensor Sporting hosted Cerro and drew the game 1-1.
Defensor Sporting are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensor Sporting have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nacional form and stats
As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Nacional, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Primera Division, have produced an overall stat of 4-0-1 so far.
273 minutes! That's how long the Nacional goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Nacional delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Penarol (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Primera Division game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Progreso at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Nacional have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Nacional as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Nacional - Defensor Sporting 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Defensor Sporting victories, 2 draws and 5 Nacional wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bergessio 17 goals |   M. Pavone 8 goals |  N. González 7 goals |
Defensor Sporting missing players
Nacional missing players
| Defensor Sporting | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 34 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 52 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 25 | 64 |
| 53 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 28 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 94% | 94% |
| 79% | 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 81% | 76% |
| 56% | 53% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 44% |
| 41% | 41% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 19% | 26% |
| 24% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 15% |
| 62% | 65% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | 38% |
| 21% | 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 50% | 56% |
| 24% | 24% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | 12% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 8.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 3.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 4 |
- Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Penarol | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Progreso | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Plaza Colonia | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Cerro Largo | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Defensor Sporting | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | River Plate | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Boston River | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Racing | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Cerro | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Danubio | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Juventud | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Fenix | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 16 | Rampla Juniors | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 6 |