Nacional have delivered good football so far, being 2nd place in the table. Cerro have a view both direction in the table from their 10th position.
- Nacional have the most scored goals (28) in Primera Division
- Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cerro have scored away.
This is a local fight, usually meaning extra nervousness and significance.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nacional form and stats
Home games in the Primera Division have been a walk in the park for Nacional so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Nacional's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Cerro. The home side are looking to build on that result. Manager Felscher felt very clever after Gigliotti scored the winning goal against Cerro, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 60th minute.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Racing and winning 2-1.Nacional are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 12 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 3 and lost 0.
Goals are plentiful at Estadio Gran Parque Central in the league this season as Nacional has scored 18 goals here in 7 home games. Nacional have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}.
Cerro form and stats
Cerro have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primera Division, after 1-3-4 (8 played). Cerro has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Cerro lost away at Nacional (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs River Plate.Cerro's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Nacional have managed a streak of 13 consecutive games without defeat (10-3-0) when facing Cerro.Nacional - Cerro 2-1 was the product when these contenders formerly did battle, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ramírez Polero 14 goals |  F. Martínez Berroa 5 goals |   L. Rodríguez Cardoso 5 goals |
Nacional missing players
Cerro missing players
| Nacional | Cerro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 46 | 29 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 81% |
| 70% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 63% |
| 63% | 69% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 33% |
| 37% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 7% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 44% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 54% | 44% |
| 44% | 54% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 23% | 41% |
| 30% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 33% |
| 5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.4 | 10.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 36% | 41% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | 38% |
| 8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
- Cerro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cerro have scored away.
- Nacional have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Primera Division
- Nacional have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the most scored goals (18) at home in Primera Division
- Nacional have the most scored goals (28) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Primera Division
- Nacional have the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Primera Division
- Nacional have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 | Penarol | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Nacional | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | La Luz | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Torque | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Racing | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Boston River | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Fenix | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
