Balanced ball game between Plaza Colonia and Cerro expected

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi (15000 seats)

This match stars two participants residing in the basement of the Primera Division, Plaza Colonia having 13th place and Cerro lying 14th. A good chance for one of the teams to upgrade their situation.

Insights:
  • Plaza Colonia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerro have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's hope for an energetic fixture!

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Plaza Colonia form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Plaza Colonia have to build on here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi in the Primera Division. When Plaza Colonia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Boston River, La Luz, Danubio, Fenix and Plaza Colonia), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Plaza Colonia shared the glory with Racing in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Ebere has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding!

Before that game, the home loss against Peñarol with the scoreline 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Colonia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Plaza Colonia as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Plaza Colonia has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

The Plaza Colonia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Plaza Colonia have conceded 8 goals.

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Cerro form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cerro so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Cerro has drawn their two previous away games.

Cerro's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Cerro Largo that finished 0-0.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Liverpool.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Cerro in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cerro, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

A bet on few goals? 5 league matches in a row with this club have had less than three (under 2.5) goals.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cerro have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Plaza Colonia wins - draws - Cerro wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plaza ColoniaO. Ebere
O. Ebere
7 goals
CerroM. Abero Villan
M. Abero Villan
3 goals
CerroL. Rodríguez Cardoso
L. Rodríguez Cardoso
2 goals

Plaza Colonia missing players

Cerro missing players

Plaza Colonia Cerro
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 2 7 13
4 3 1 Won W 1 1 2
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 6
7 3 0 Lost L 1 4 5
13 10 4 Scored S 3 7 11
23 8 2 Conceded C 1 11 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 77%
85% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 69%
54% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 31%
31% 14% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
54% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 31%
15% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 38%
31% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 54%
 
4.2 4 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 4 4.6
6.6 7.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.3 4.2
3.2 3.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.9 3.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
7.8 8.9 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.3 6
2.5 3.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2 1.8
41% 37% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 46%
 
9.5 9.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.4 6.8
4.1 4.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.7 3.2
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cerro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerro have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
  • Cerro haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Plaza Colonia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Plaza Colonia 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 Peñarol 13 9 3 1 22 10 8 7 1 0 14 3 5 2 2 1 8 7 12 30
2 Nacional 14 7 5 2 24 11 7 6 1 0 18 3 7 1 4 2 6 8 13 26
3 Defensor Sporting 14 6 6 2 26 13 8 2 5 1 14 11 6 4 1 1 12 2 13 24
4 Cerro Largo 14 6 6 2 13 10 8 4 3 1 8 7 6 2 3 1 5 3 3 24
5 Liverpool 14 6 5 3 24 17 7 5 1 1 15 8 7 1 4 2 9 9 7 23
6 Wanderers 14 6 4 4 15 11 7 1 2 4 5 8 7 5 2 0 10 3 4 22
7 Deportivo Maldonado 14 5 4 5 18 23 5 3 2 0 9 5 9 2 2 5 9 18 -5 19
8 River Plate 14 4 5 5 15 19 6 4 0 2 11 10 8 0 5 3 4 9 -4 17
9 Torque 14 3 5 6 15 20 7 0 3 4 4 11 7 3 2 2 11 9 -5 16
10 Racing 13 3 6 4 13 14 7 0 5 2 4 7 6 3 1 2 9 7 -1 15
11 La Luz 14 4 4 6 21 27 9 3 2 4 17 20 5 1 2 2 4 7 -6 15
12 Danubio 14 3 5 6 19 18 6 3 2 1 11 3 8 0 3 5 8 15 1 14
13 Plaza Colonia 13 4 2 7 13 23 7 3 1 3 10 8 6 1 1 4 3 15 -10 14
14 Cerro 13 2 6 5 11 15 6 1 4 1 4 4 7 1 2 4 7 11 -4 12
15 Fenix 14 3 3 8 11 21 6 1 3 2 3 4 8 2 0 6 8 17 -10 12
16 Boston River 14 2 5 7 14 22 6 1 2 3 5 10 8 1 3 4 9 12 -8 11

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.