Balanced ball game between Plaza Colonia and River Plate expected

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi (15000 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Plaza Colonia and River Plate cross swords at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Plaza Colonia form and stats

The season before, Plaza Colonia's league statistics were 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, ending with 1st spot in the Primera Division. During these 15 matches they scored 20 goals and conceded 7. Appearing at their own stadium in the last season Plaza Colonia generated 4-2-1 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 4 conceded.

Colonia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Boston River that ended 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Plaza Colonia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn four and lost five.

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River Plate form and stats

Let's have a look at how River Plate performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 14/13 goals scored/conceded.

River's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wanderers that finished 1-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nacional wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by River Plate in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for River Plate, four draws and two defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Colonia five wins, three draws and River Plate two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Plaza Colonia missing players

River Plate missing players

Plaza Colonia River Plate
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
2 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Plaza Colonia Last season River Plate
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
31 16   Played P   15 30
16 7   Won W   5 11
9 6   Drew D   4 9
6 3   Lost L   6 10
41 21   Scored S   20 45
26 13   Conceded C   24 42
90% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 87%
61% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 70%
39% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
16% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 37%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 23%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   67% 57%
42% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 23%
19% 19%   Failed to Score F T   33% 33%
 
4 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5
5.6 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 6
2.7 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
6 5   Red cards R C   2 2
 
8.4 8.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 9.9
3.5 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.2
38% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 36%
 
8.5 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   10.3 9.7
3.4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fenix 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Rentistas 1 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 2 3
4 Deportivo Maldonado 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Danubio 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Cerro Largo 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 River Plate 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Wanderers 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Boston River 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Plaza Colonia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Torque 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 1
12 Nacional 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Cerrito 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Penarol 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Albion 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Defensor Sporting 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Penarol 15 9 5 1 27 11 7 4 3 0 12 4 8 5 2 1 15 7 16 32
2 Nacional 15 8 4 3 23 15 7 5 1 1 14 8 8 3 3 2 9 7 8 30
3 Wanderers 15 8 3 4 23 18 7 4 1 2 10 6 8 4 2 2 13 12 5 27
4 Cerro Largo 15 6 9 0 24 11 8 3 5 0 10 5 7 3 4 0 14 6 13 26
5 Torque 15 7 4 4 26 19 6 3 2 1 14 8 9 4 2 3 12 11 7 25
6 Progreso 15 7 4 4 12 7 8 4 3 1 8 3 7 3 1 3 4 4 5 25
7 Boston River 15 6 4 5 24 25 8 4 1 3 12 13 7 2 3 2 12 12 -1 22
8 Cerrito 15 6 3 6 20 22 8 3 2 3 11 13 7 3 1 3 9 9 -2 21
9 Plaza Colonia 15 5 5 5 20 18 8 3 3 2 12 8 7 2 2 3 8 10 2 20
10 Fenix 15 4 7 4 18 18 8 2 3 3 10 12 7 2 4 1 8 6 0 19
11 Deportivo Maldonado 15 5 2 8 13 18 7 4 0 3 7 7 8 1 2 5 6 11 -5 17
12 River Plate 15 4 4 7 18 22 8 3 2 3 12 11 7 1 2 4 6 11 -4 16
13 Liverpool 15 4 3 8 15 19 8 2 2 4 9 11 7 2 1 4 6 8 -4 15
14 Rentistas 15 4 2 9 18 24 7 2 0 5 8 10 8 2 2 4 10 14 -6 14
15 Sud America 15 3 4 8 14 26 8 1 3 4 7 10 7 2 1 4 7 16 -12 13
16 Villa Espanola 15 1 3 11 12 34 7 0 2 5 7 15 8 1 1 6 5 19 -22 6

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.