Juventud fights Cerro in Primera Division battle

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Date: Fri 22.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 12th place.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Juventud form and stats

Juventud's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 6 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-2. Juventud are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Boston River match.

Juventud haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 245 minutes ago. J. Zeballos scored that one.

Juventud lost their last game at Plaza Colonia (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Juventud drew at home versus Danubio.

Juventud has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 3 goals from 6 games. Juventud have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Cerro form and stats

As the visiting team in Primera Division matches, Cerro have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far. Visiting Cerro has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Cerro failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Rampla Juniors (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Defensor Sporting.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cerro as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cerro have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cerro - Juventud 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Juventud victories, 3 draws and 4 Cerro wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JuventudJ. Zeballos
J. Zeballos
18 goals
CerroM. Franco
M. Franco
5 goals
JuventudJ. Varela
J. Varela
4 goals

Juventud missing players

Cerro missing players

Juventud Cerro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
6 4 0 Won W 2 3 8
11 7 4 Drew D 0 6 7
17 6 1 Lost L 3 8 19
35 18 4 Scored S 5 15 27
46 18 5 Conceded C 6 24 46
82% 76% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
62% 59% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 65%
47% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 29%
26% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 24% 18%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
53% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 38%
24% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 21%
41% 35% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 44%
 
4 4.8 5.4 Corners For (avg) C F 7 6.3 5.9
5.9 5.8 6.6 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6
2.5 2.5 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.4 3.2 3
5 1 1 Red Cards R C 4 8 11
Key stats this season:
  • Cerro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 11 9 0 2 19 5 6 5 0 1 12 2 5 4 0 1 7 3 14 27
2 Progreso 12 8 3 1 18 11 6 3 2 1 9 7 6 5 1 0 9 4 7 27
3 Penarol 11 8 2 1 17 8 5 5 0 0 6 1 6 3 2 1 11 7 9 26
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

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.