The manager A. Capuccio Díaz looks to inspire Nacional win against Villa Española

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 18.July
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Gran Parque Central (34000 seats)

Nacional are chasing the top positions while Villa Española are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Nacional have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Villa Española have the fewest points (1) away in Primera Division

Nacional have less rest than Villa Española in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Copa Sudamericana game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Peñarol, was also a home game here at Estadio Gran Parque Central. The away team is better rested.

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

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Nacional form and stats

4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Nacional so far this season. Nacional are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Nacional's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Peñarol (placed 6th). Heartbreak for Nacional in their last match as Peñarol's D. V. Rodriguez Alonso scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Prior to that, an away loss at Torque in the Primera Division.

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 five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew zero and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nacional as they are travelling to their away game against Peñarol in the Copa Sudamericana. That match is four days after this one.

Nacional can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. Nacional have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Villa Española form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest points (1) away in Primera Division, are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.

Española go into this game after a win, the home game against Deportivo Maldonado that ended 2-0.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Torque.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Villa Española played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.

Goals are few and far between in Villa Española's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Española have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Nacional victories, two draws and one Villa Española win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NacionalG. Bergessio
G. Bergessio
10 goals
Villa EspañolaF. Silva Scheeffer
F. Silva Scheeffer
3 goals
NacionalA. Trezza Hernández
A. Trezza Hernández
2 goals

Nacional missing players

Villa Española missing players

Nacional Villa Española
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 4 10
6 4 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 1 1 Lost L 0 3 6
17 10 2 Scored S 0 2 9
10 3 2 Conceded C 0 7 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 90%
90% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 70%
60% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
30% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
3.8 4.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.5 5.5
8 6.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.8 4.4
2.8 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.9 10.4 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 9.2
4.4 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.8 4.3
39% 38% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 21%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Nacional have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • 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 Villa Española have scored away.
  • Nacional have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Villa Española have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Villa Española have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Villa Española have the fewest points (1) away in Primera Division
  • Villa Española have yet to win a game away.
  • Villa Española haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plaza Colonia 10 7 2 1 14 7 5 3 1 1 6 4 5 4 1 0 8 3 7 23
2 River Plate 10 6 2 2 21 14 4 2 1 1 8 4 6 4 1 1 13 10 7 20
3 Nacional 10 6 2 2 17 10 5 4 0 1 10 3 5 2 2 1 7 7 7 20
4 Liverpool 10 6 1 3 27 14 4 4 0 0 15 3 6 2 1 3 12 11 13 19
5 Torque 10 6 0 4 16 10 6 3 0 3 9 6 4 3 0 1 7 4 6 18
6 Peñarol 10 4 5 1 14 6 6 3 3 0 13 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 8 17
7 Wanderers 10 4 2 4 9 9 6 3 2 1 6 2 4 1 0 3 3 7 0 14
8 Rentistas 10 4 2 4 8 12 6 1 1 4 3 10 4 3 1 0 5 2 -4 14
9 Fenix 10 4 1 5 15 19 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 2 0 3 8 11 -4 13
10 Deportivo Maldonado 10 3 3 4 11 17 5 1 2 2 6 9 5 2 1 2 5 8 -6 12
11 Cerrito 10 3 2 5 9 11 5 2 1 2 5 4 5 1 1 3 4 7 -2 11
12 Cerro Largo 10 3 2 5 12 16 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 1 2 3 4 8 -4 11
13 Sud America 10 3 1 6 10 17 4 1 1 2 5 7 6 2 0 4 5 10 -7 10
14 Boston River 10 1 4 5 10 16 5 1 2 2 5 6 5 0 2 3 5 10 -6 7
15 Progreso 10 1 4 5 9 17 4 0 1 3 3 8 6 1 3 2 6 9 -8 7
16 Villa Española 10 1 3 6 9 16 6 1 2 3 7 9 4 0 1 3 2 7 -7 6

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.