Primera Division match prediction: Little separates Plaza Colonia and Boston River in quality

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi (15000 seats)

A quick glance at the Primera Division table hint of an upper hand to Boston River when they go to Plaza Colonia. But; let's play the match before we elect a winner!

Insights:
  • Plaza Colonia have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Primera Division

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Plaza Colonia form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primera Division this season. Plaza Colonia have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi.

Happy days for Plaza Colonia in their previous game, a fixture away at Defensor Sporting that ended with a 2-1 victory. At last, a league win after three games without.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Danubio.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen zero, one or two goals.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Colonia here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). Plaza Colonia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Boston River form and stats

Boston River's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Boston River collect 16 points from their 7 away matches in the Primera Division. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Boston play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Nacional.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Cerro Largo.

Boston River have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Boston River as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams encountered each other before this season: Plaza Colonia - Boston River 0-0. Plaza Colonia-Boston River H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Colonia three wins, Boston River two wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Boston RiverG. Rodríguez Rosano
G. Rodríguez Rosano
5 goals
Boston RiverA. Machado Aycaguer
A. Machado Aycaguer
5 goals
Plaza ColoniaF. Barrandeguy Martino
F. Barrandeguy Martino
4 goals

Plaza Colonia missing players

Boston River missing players

Plaza Colonia Boston River
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 2 10 22
4 2 0 Won W 2 6 12
9 5 0 Drew D 0 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 0 2 6
18 7 0 Scored S 3 10 28
22 8 1 Conceded C 1 6 21
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 86%
55% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 64%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 36%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
36% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 32%
32% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
50% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 32%
 
3.9 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.4 3.7
5.8 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4.3
3 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.4
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.2 9.4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.6 7.7
3.4 3.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.2
24% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 40%
 
11.3 9 5 Shots against (avg) S A 3 8 9.9
4.8 3.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 2.7 3.7
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Plaza Colonia have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Primera Division

  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 Penarol 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 Fenix 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.