Defensor Sporting cannot ask for any easy points from their host Fénix in this Primera Division game. Here's our comprehensive guide!
- Fénix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primera Division
- Defensor Sporting have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fénix form and stats
Three Primera Division home games done for Fénix, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
It's back home for Fénix, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cerrito away with the result 2-0. Cabrera and Pereira found the net in that victory. Finally, a league win after five matches without one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Cerro Largo.It should be considered that a peek at the 13 most recent league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Fénix here at Parque Capurro in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games).
Defensor Sporting form and stats
Playing away, Defensor Sporting have won 4 games, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Primera Division this season.
The manager Russo was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Estadio Luis Franzini. Defensor suffered a 0-1 loss to Cerro Largo (placed 11th). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points. Late heartbreak for Defensor Sporting in the Cerro Largo match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
Prior to that result Defensor Sporting won their away game at River Plate. The scoreline was 1-0.A bet on few goals? 5 league fixtures in a row with this club have had at most two goals.
Defensor Sporting has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. The Defensor defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Defensor Sporting - Fénix 2-1 was the end result in these participants' last h2h game, earlier this season. Fénix-Defensor Sporting H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fénix five wins, Defensor Sporting three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Balboa Camacho 9 goals |  F. Estoyanoff Poggio 5 goals | Á. Navarro Bica 5 goals |
Fénix missing players
Defensor Sporting missing players
| Fénix | Defensor Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 26 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | 34 |
| 28 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| 90% | 86% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 57% | 57% |
| 30% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 36% | 40% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 14% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 10% |
| 33% | 21% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 43% | 43% |
| 40% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 43% | 33% |
| 37% | 43% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9.8 | 8.9 | 6.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 11.6 | 12.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 25% | 22% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 22% |
| 8.4 | 7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 8.2 | 9.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 |
- Defensor Sporting have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Fénix have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Primera Division
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Nacional | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | Deportivo Maldonado | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Danubio | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Penarol | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Albion | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Boston River | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Fénix | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Cerro Largo | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Wanderers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Rentistas | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Torque | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 16 | Cerrito | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -18 | 2 |
