Peñarol will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Torque.
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Peñarol form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Campeón del Siglo as Peñarol, who have the most points (14) at home in Primera Division, have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Primera Division are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Peñarol manager M. Saralegui Iriarte and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus River Plate (placed 10th) in the Primera Division. Ahead of that match, Peñarol won a home game hosting Liverpool (3-2).
Peñarol have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Campeón del Siglo with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Peñarol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Torque form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Torque go into this game after a win, the home game against Wanderers that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cerro Largo that ended 1-1.
The schedule is very tough for Torque now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primera Division game at Cerro is waiting in only one day.
Torque are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. Torque are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Peñarol victories, one draw and two Torque wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Acevedo Tabárez 8 goals |   G. Del Prete 8 goals |
Peñarol missing players
Torque missing players
| Peñarol | Torque | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 55% |
| 18% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 6.4 | 5.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 115 | 79 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 65 | 123 |
| 42 | 33 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 23 | 48 |
| 33% | 36% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 35% |
- All of Peñarol's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Torque's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Peñarol has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Primera Division
- Peñarol has the most points (14) at home in Primera Division
- Peñarol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peñarol haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Torque has the the best goal difference (+5) away in Primera Division
- Torque have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Torque haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rentistas | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Nacional | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Torque | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Cerro Largo | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Peñarol | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Deportivo Maldonado | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Progreso | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Defensor Sporting | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 13 |
| 10 | River Plate | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Danubio | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Plaza Colonia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Boston River | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Fenix | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Cerro | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 7 |