Nacional greet Racing as odds-on favourites: Full preview

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Gran Parque Central (34000 seats)

Nacional welcome Racing for another entertaining Primera Division match here at Estadio Gran Parque Central.

Insights:
  • Racing have the fewest scored goals (1) in Primera Division

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nacional and Racing.

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Nacional form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Nacional's two home games in the Primera Division so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estadio Gran Parque Central.

The Nacional followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Racing and win 3-1.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Plaza Colonia (1-2).

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 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 2 and lost 0.

Early season league goal statistics from Nacional's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Racing form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Primera Division travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Racing, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Nacional (placed 10th).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting River Plate.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Racing has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Nacional have managed a streak of 16 consecutive games without losing (13-3-0) when facing Racing.

Top Goalscorers

NacionalE. Gigliotti
E. Gigliotti
1 goals
NacionalD. Zabala Morales
D. Zabala Morales
1 goals
NacionalM. Montiel González
M. Montiel González
1 goals

Nacional missing players

Racing missing players

Nacional Racing
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 3 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 5 0 Scored S 0 2 2
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 6
75% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
75% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
5.2 3.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 3.8
4 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.2
4.8 5.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.2 7.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.5 5.8
4 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 1.5
38% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 33%
 
6.5 6.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 7.8
3 3.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 3.5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Racing have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Primera Division
  • Racing have the fewest scored goals (1) in Primera Division
Nacional Last season Racing
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   14 28
26 13   Won W   8 18
9 5   Drew D   5 6
4 1   Lost L   1 4
74 37   Scored S   22 42
21 9   Conceded C   7 18
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 89%
72% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 68%
41% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 32%
23% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 14%
10% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
38% 37%   BTTS BTTS   43% 39%
59% 63%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 50%
8% 5%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
6.3 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.4
3.6 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.9
3.1 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.7
7 4   Red cards R C   2 3
 
13.4 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   8 8.6
5.9 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.8
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 38%
 
7.1 5.8   Shots against (avg) S A   5.4 5.8
2.7 1.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.2 2.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Penarol 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 6 5 4 10
2 Deportivo Maldonado 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 8
3 Cerro Largo 4 2 2 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
4 Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
5 River Plate 4 2 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 7
6 Danubio 4 1 2 1 7 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 5
7 Defensor Sporting 4 1 2 1 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 5
8 Liverpool 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 4
9 Cerro 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 4
10 Nacional 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
11 Torque 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
12 Fenix 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 -1 4
13 Boston River 4 1 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 -3 3
14 Plaza Colonia 4 1 0 3 2 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 3
15 Racing 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
16 La Luz 3 0 0 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 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 Penarol 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

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.