Football betting preview: Peñarol favourites when Rentistas visit

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Wed 20.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Campeón del Siglo (40000 seats)

Only three points will do for the Peñarol club members in this Estadio Campeón del Siglo battle with Rentistas, seeing as they have a robust lead on them in the Primera Division table.

Insights:
  • Peñarol have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Primera Division
  • Rentistas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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 Peñarol and Rentistas.

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Peñarol form and stats

4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for Peñarol so far this season.

Peñarol travelled for their previous game, a trip to Wanderers that ended 3-3. A goal frenzy last time out for Peñarol, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Wanderers. Fun stuff to watch! The 3-3 game vs Wanderers was a bittersweet experience for Bentancourt. Despite scoring three goals the match ended a draw.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fénix that ended 0-0.

Peñarol 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 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 5, drew 4 and lost 1.

Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both sides.

Peñarol are traveling soon after this match as the Primera Division match at Albion awaits in two days.

Peñarol aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Campeón del Siglo in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. From these home matches, Peñarol have conceded only 4 goals.

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Rentistas form and stats

Playing away, Rentistas have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 5 defeats in the Primera Division this season. With the Rentistas losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

The attacking players of Rentistas have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 335 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Rentistas in their previous game as they lost hosting Fénix, 0-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Liverpool's place.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this side's last 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Rentistas have another match that requires travelling in just two days, a Primera Division game versus Wanderers. A rough fixture list for the guests!

Rentistas are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Rentistas have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Peñarol and Rentistas have played each other already this season: Rentistas - Peñarol 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Peñarol seven wins, three draws and Rentistas zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

PeñarolP. Ceppelini Gatto
P. Ceppelini Gatto
6 goals
PeñarolR. Bentancourt Morales
R. Bentancourt Morales
5 goals
RentistasH. Silveira Pereira
H. Silveira Pereira
5 goals

Peñarol missing players

Rentistas missing players

Peñarol Rentistas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 2 10 20
8 4 0 Won W 0 3 5
7 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 4 2 Lost L 2 7 13
17 7 1 Scored S 0 12 18
13 7 3 Conceded C 3 16 29
80% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
30% 30% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 70% 60%
20% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
30% 30% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 35%
50% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
40% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 45%
 
6 5.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.8 3.6
3.2 3.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 5.5
2.9 2.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 3.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.2 10.9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.1 8.3
3.9 3.3 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 2.9
22% 21% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 31%
 
8 9.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11 10.9
3.2 4.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.1 4.5
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Peñarol have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Primera Division
  • Rentistas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rentistas 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 Liverpool 15 10 2 3 21 8 7 6 0 1 11 2 8 4 2 2 10 6 13 32
2 Nacional 15 8 4 3 28 10 8 4 3 1 11 5 7 4 1 2 17 5 18 28
3 Deportivo Maldonado 15 8 3 4 20 14 7 4 1 2 9 6 8 4 2 2 11 8 6 27
4 Boston River 15 8 3 4 20 16 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 5 1 1 9 4 4 27
5 Peñarol 15 7 5 3 10 6 7 4 1 2 6 4 8 3 4 1 4 2 4 26
6 Danubio 15 6 6 3 13 9 7 2 2 3 5 5 8 4 4 0 8 4 4 24
7 Fénix 15 7 2 6 15 16 8 5 1 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 6 9 -1 23
8 River Plate 15 5 6 4 20 15 9 4 4 1 14 7 6 1 2 3 6 8 5 21
9 Wanderers 15 5 6 4 16 11 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 3 3 2 10 5 5 21
10 Defensor Sporting 15 5 5 5 14 16 8 2 3 3 7 12 7 3 2 2 7 4 -2 20
11 Rentistas 15 5 1 9 16 21 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 3 0 5 11 11 -5 19
12 Plaza Colonia 15 2 7 6 12 15 7 1 3 3 4 8 8 1 4 3 8 7 -3 13
13 Torque 15 2 7 6 16 20 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 9 12 -4 13
14 Cerro Largo 15 3 3 9 7 23 6 2 1 3 3 9 9 1 2 6 4 14 -16 12
15 Albion 15 2 5 8 16 31 8 1 3 4 11 17 7 1 2 4 5 14 -15 11
16 Cerrito 15 2 5 8 9 22 8 1 3 4 5 11 7 1 2 4 4 11 -13 8

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.