It's round two of the Primera Division campaign and all to play for. Don't miss our full preview of La Luz-Peñarol!
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!
La Luz form and stats
La Luz have played 1 Primera Division games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The Luz crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Wanderers here at Estadio Centenario.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Defensor Sporting in the Copa Uruguay.
Early season league goal statistics from La Luz's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 3 conceded.
Peñarol form and stats
Let's have a look at how Peñarol performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded {16 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 11/8 goals scored/conceded.
Peñarol have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Thiago Gaston Cardozo Brugman. It's been 257 minutes since they last conceded in Primera Division.
Sánchez and Arezo scored in Peñarol's previous match, the home game against Cerro that ended 2-0.
A loss, in the Copa Uruguay away at La Luz (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties), before that.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former two meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for La Luz, zero draws and one win for Peñarol. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Castillo Sosa 5 goals | P. Porcile Palacios 2 goals |  C. Quintero Carvajal 2 goals |
La Luz missing players
Peñarol missing players
| La Luz | Peñarol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| La Luz | Last season | Peñarol | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 12 | Scored | S | 24 | 42 | ||
| 25 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 86% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 89% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 51% | ||
| 39% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | ||
| 14% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 28% | 19% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 46% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 41% | ||
| 39% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 41% | ||
| 29% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 30% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 38% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 8 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torque | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Nacional | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Deportivo Maldonado | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Peñarol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Fenix | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Cerro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | River Plate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Boston River | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Danubio | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Racing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Defensor Sporting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | La Luz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Plaza Colonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | River Plate | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Danubio | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Boston River | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Peñarol | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Fenix | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Wanderers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 12 | Albion | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 16 |
| 13 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Torque | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
| 15 | Rentistas | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 10 |
| 16 | Cerrito | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -18 | 9 |
