Primera Division preview: Can Liverpool edge out victory against Boston River?

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Date: Sun 10.November
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Belvedere (8500 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Primera Division table so far. Here's the Liverpool - Boston River latest:

It's no vacation for neither Liverpool nor Boston River 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.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Liverpool form and stats

2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Liverpool so far this season. The Liverpool fans aren't used to losing here at Estadio Belvedere and will expect new points from this game. Liverpool has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Liverpool, who won 2-0 against Racing (placed 13th). Before that, Liverpool drew at home versus Wanderers.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Liverpool have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.

Liverpool are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 attempts. Liverpool have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Boston River form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

The supporters enjoyed Boston River's previous game versus Juventud (placed 14th), a Primera Division 2-1 win played at home. Prior to that result Boston River won their away game at Rampla Juniors. The scoreline was 1-0.

Boston River are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Boston River have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Boston River as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Boston River - Liverpool 0-4. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 3 Liverpool victories, 1 draw and 3 Boston River wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolI. Ramírez
I. Ramírez
22 goals
LiverpoolF. Martínez
F. Martínez
11 goals
Boston RiverM. Pérez
M. Pérez
8 goals

Liverpool missing players

Boston River missing players

Liverpool Boston River
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 2 16 32
14 9 2 Won W 2 7 10
11 6 2 Drew D 0 4 11
8 2 0 Lost L 0 5 11
59 39 10 Scored S 7 19 36
46 27 7 Conceded C 1 16 45
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
79% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 69%
58% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 50%
39% 59% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 34%
21% 29% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 6% 9%
61% 76% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 50%
27% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 25%
21% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 34%
 
4 4.4 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.4 4.4
4.5 4.7 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.6 5.1
2.6 2.6 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 3.6 3
7 4 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 10
Key stats this season:
  • Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Boston River have scored away.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 10 8 0 2 18 5 6 5 0 1 12 2 4 3 0 1 6 3 13 24
2 Progreso 10 7 3 0 16 9 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 4 1 0 7 3 7 24
3 Penarol 10 7 2 1 16 8 4 4 0 0 5 1 6 3 2 1 11 7 8 23
4 Plaza Colonia 10 6 1 3 11 6 6 4 0 2 7 4 4 2 1 1 4 2 5 19
5 Defensor Sporting 10 5 1 4 18 12 4 2 1 1 6 2 6 3 0 3 12 10 6 16
6 Cerro Largo 10 5 1 4 16 13 5 2 1 2 9 8 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 16
7 Liverpool 10 3 5 2 10 10 4 2 2 0 5 3 6 1 3 2 5 7 0 14
8 Boston River 10 4 2 4 13 14 5 1 2 2 6 10 5 3 0 2 7 4 -1 14
9 Wanderers 10 3 3 4 14 12 4 2 0 2 5 2 6 1 3 2 9 10 2 12
10 River Plate 10 3 3 4 15 16 6 3 1 2 11 10 4 0 2 2 4 6 -1 12
11 Cerro 10 3 2 5 9 14 6 3 0 3 6 8 4 0 2 2 3 6 -5 11
12 Danubio 10 2 3 5 8 12 6 0 3 3 4 8 4 2 0 2 4 4 -4 9
13 Racing 10 2 3 5 12 18 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 0 1 4 1 10 -6 9
14 Juventud 10 1 4 5 9 16 5 0 3 2 3 6 5 1 1 3 6 10 -7 7
15 Fénix 10 1 4 5 10 18 5 1 2 2 7 9 5 0 2 3 3 9 -8 7
16 Rampla Juniors 10 0 3 7 8 20 4 0 1 3 3 7 6 0 2 4 5 13 -12 3