Peñarol perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. River Plate can look both up and down from their 10th position.
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.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Peñarol form and stats
When playing at home in the Primera Division, Peñarol, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Primera Division, have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Peñarol are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Peñarol has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Estadio Campeon del Siglo. We remember; it was Juventud.
A good away victory last time out for Peñarol, who won 3-1 against Cerro (placed 11th). Ahead of that match, Peñarol won a home game hosting Plaza Colonia (2-1).
Peñarol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 attempts. As for guarding their own goal, Peñarol have only let in 1 goal at home.
River Plate form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of River Plate playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season. River Plate has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
River Plate failed to get anything from their last game, a Primera Division home match vs Progreso (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 1-2. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Fenix wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
River Plate have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. In the opposite end, River Plate have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; River Plate - Peñarol 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 1 - 4 (Peñarol wins - draws - River Plate wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Acevedo 7 goals |  L. Viatri 6 goals |   L. Urruti 6 goals |
Peñarol missing players
River Plate missing players
| Peñarol | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 33 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 52 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 38 |
| 26 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 13 | 31 | 50 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 66% | 60% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | 76% |
| 41% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 35% | 48% |
| 28% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 33% |
| 9% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| 41% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 61% |
| 44% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 19% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 41% | 33% |
| 5.8 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 6 | 10 |
- Peñarol have not yet lost a game at home.
- Peñarol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Peñarol have scored at least twice as many goals at home as River Plate have scored away.
- River Plate have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Nacional | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Progreso | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Peñarol | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Plaza Colonia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Cerro Largo | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Boston River | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Wanderers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | River Plate | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Cerro | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 12 | Danubio | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Racing | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Juventud | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Fenix | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 16 | Rampla Juniors | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 3 |