Primera Division match prediction and preview for Nacional vs Sud América clash

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 30.May
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Gran Parque Central (34000 seats)

Sud América have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Nacional. Prepare for the match with this Primera Division preview!

The hosts Nacional saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Copa Libertadores. Thankfully the previous game, versus Argentinos Juniors, was also a home game here at Estadio Gran Parque Central. The away team is better rested.

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

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Nacional form and stats

Last season, Nacional's league statistics were 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss, resulting in a 1st position in the Primera Division. Over these 15 matches they scored 27 goals and conceded 16. Playing at home last season Nacional managed 4-3-0 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 6 conceded.

Nacional's previous game was a Copa Libertadores match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Argentinos Juniors. The home side are looking to build on that result. Brian Ocampo (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.84/10. Ocampo scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 7 of 8 times. Nacional goalkeeper Sergio Rochet did an outstanding job against Argentinos Juniors with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Progreso.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Cerro Largo are coming to town in three days.

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Sud América form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primera Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 11 matches. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Sud América hope to make it five in this match.

T. Andrade and P. Olivera scored in América's previous match, the home game against Villa Espanola that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Biaggio when T. Andrade scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Torque with the score of 1-0.

Sud América have the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Nacional victories, two draws and four Sud América wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sud AméricaP. Olivera Fernández
P. Olivera Fernández
2 goals
Sud AméricaT. Andrade
T. Andrade
1 goals

Nacional missing players

Sud América missing players

Nacional Sud América
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 0 0 Scored S 0 1 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 2.5
13 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 5
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 2.5
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 60%
Nacional Last season Sud América
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
41 21   Played P   13 26
21 10   Won W   5 10
13 7   Drew D   4 7
7 4   Lost L   4 9
61 34   Scored S   18 37
39 21   Conceded C   18 37
90% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 88%
49% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 54%
20% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 31%
7% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
54% 52%   BTTS BTTS   69% 62%
37% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 15%
20% 19%   Failed to Score F T   23% 23%
 
5.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 4.5
4.9 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.4
3 3.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.5
14 7   Red cards R C   2 6
 
9.9 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.2
3.9 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.6
38% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sud América 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
2 Fénix 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
3 Wanderers 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
4 Cerro Largo 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Nacional 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
6 Liverpool 2 1 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 5 1 3
7 Plaza Colonia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Cerrito 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
9 River Plate 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
10 Rentistas 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
11 Peñarol 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Villa Espanola 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Deportivo Maldonado 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
14 Progreso 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
15 Boston River 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
16 Torque 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 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 Liverpool 15 10 4 1 34 13 6 4 2 0 15 9 9 6 2 1 19 4 21 34
2 Peñarol 15 8 5 2 20 12 6 2 2 2 8 7 9 6 3 0 12 5 8 29
3 Torque 15 7 5 3 30 14 7 2 3 2 8 5 8 5 2 1 22 9 16 26
4 Nacional 15 7 5 3 19 16 8 3 3 2 12 12 7 4 2 1 7 4 3 26
5 Plaza Colonia 15 7 4 4 28 16 8 6 1 1 17 2 7 1 3 3 11 14 12 25
6 Boston River 15 7 1 7 23 26 8 4 0 4 14 14 7 3 1 3 9 12 -3 22
7 Fénix 15 5 7 3 25 24 9 3 5 1 17 14 6 2 2 2 8 10 1 21
8 River Plate 15 5 4 6 19 23 8 3 3 2 12 12 7 2 1 4 7 11 -4 21
9 Deportivo Maldonado 15 4 6 5 21 27 8 2 2 4 11 14 7 2 4 1 10 13 -6 18
10 Wanderers 15 3 6 6 22 31 7 2 2 3 11 17 8 1 4 3 11 14 -9 18
11 Cerro Largo 15 4 4 7 15 17 7 2 3 2 7 7 8 2 1 5 8 10 -2 16
12 Progreso 15 5 3 7 17 22 7 0 3 4 4 12 8 5 0 3 13 10 -5 15
13 Danubio 15 4 3 8 17 23 8 2 1 5 6 14 7 2 2 3 11 9 -6 15
14 Cerro 15 3 5 7 16 21 8 1 3 4 7 10 7 2 2 3 9 11 -5 14
15 Defensor Sporting 15 2 8 5 15 21 8 1 4 3 8 13 7 1 4 2 7 8 -6 14
16 Rentistas 15 2 4 9 12 27 7 2 0 5 5 9 8 0 4 4 7 18 -15 10
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 Cerrito 22 11 8 3 38 23 11 5 5 1 18 9 11 6 3 2 20 14 15 41
2 Villa Espanola 22 10 7 5 35 24 11 5 3 3 20 15 11 5 4 2 15 9 11 37
3 Juventud 22 7 11 4 24 17 11 4 6 1 12 6 11 3 5 3 12 11 7 32
4 Rampla Juniors 22 8 8 6 27 23 11 6 2 3 15 11 11 2 6 3 12 12 4 32
5 Racing 22 7 9 6 25 26 11 3 5 3 13 13 11 4 4 3 12 13 -1 30
6 Sud América 22 7 7 8 30 33 11 3 3 5 14 17 11 4 4 3 16 16 -3 28
7 Central Espanol 22 7 6 9 25 25 11 5 3 3 18 11 11 2 3 6 7 14 0 27
8 Rocha 22 6 9 7 20 23 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 3 4 4 11 13 -3 27
9 Villa Teresa 22 6 8 8 19 29 11 2 5 4 7 13 11 4 3 4 12 16 -10 26
10 Atenas 22 5 9 8 23 29 11 4 3 4 15 14 11 1 6 4 8 15 -6 24
11 Tacuarembo 22 6 5 11 19 27 11 3 4 4 8 12 11 3 1 7 11 15 -8 23
12 Albion 22 5 7 10 22 28 11 4 3 4 14 13 11 1 4 6 8 15 -6 22

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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.