It's only the second game in the Primera Division for these squads. And fresh bodies and minds here at Estadio Luis Franzini as Defensor Sporting receive Peñarol. Don't miss this preview!
- Defensor Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peñarol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more motivation and importance.
It's no vacation for neither Defensor nor Peñarol as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
The previous season, Defensor Sporting's league statistics were 11 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, producing 4th place in the Segunda Division. From these 22 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 21. Playing as the home team in the former season Defensor Sporting delivered 5-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 12 conceded. The Defensor Sporting manager Russo might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Defensor crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Peñarol here at Estadio Luis Franzini.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Liverpool.Peñarol form and stats
Let's have a look at how Peñarol performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat. In total they scored 22 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 1 with 6/6 goals scored/conceded. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Peñarol, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Peñarol, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Defensor Sporting (placed 7th) last time out.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Fenix.Low-scoring game? 19 of this team's last 24 league rounds have seen two or less goals.
Head 2 Head
Peñarol - Defensor Sporting 0-1 was the end result in these participants' last h2h game, earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these squads: Defensor won four, Peñarol were winners in five and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Balboa Camacho 7 goals |  R. Bentancourt Morales 6 goals | Á. Navarro Bica 4 goals |
Defensor Sporting missing players
Peñarol missing players
| Defensor Sporting | Peñarol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 24 |
| 27 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 88% | 85% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 83% |
| 67% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 42% | 38% |
| 46% | 46% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 17% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 50% | 46% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 25% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 58% | 50% |
| 38% | 46% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 14.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.2 | 10.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
| 21% | 15% | 4% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 26% | 23% |
| 9.8 | 10.8 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 6.8 | 8 |
| 3.5 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
- Defensor Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peñarol have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Peñarol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | River Plate | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Fenix | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Boston River | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Deportivo Maldonado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Nacional | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Defensor Sporting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Torque | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Danubio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cerro Largo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Cerrito | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Peñarol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Rentistas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
