Plaza Colonia vs River Plate preview

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi (15000 seats)

Plaza Colonia and River Plate are both high-flying in the Primera Division with their 1st and 5th spots respectively. Expect a wonderful fixture!

Insights:
  • Plaza Colonia have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Primera Division
  • River Plate have the most points from losing position (11) in Primera Division

It's no vacation for neither Colonia nor River Plate as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Plaza Colonia form and stats

Plaza Colonia have performed here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi this season with 4 wins from 7 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Happy days for Plaza Colonia in their previous game, a Primera Division match away at Liverpool that ended with a 1-0 victory. A late climax in the match against Liverpool as the winning goal came six minutes into overtime; scored by Guillermo Rodríguez.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cerrito that ended 3-3.

Colonia has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Colonia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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River Plate form and stats

Playing away, River Plate have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Primera Division this season. River seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

River are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the Primera Division against Sud America. As mentioned above, River was the only team on the pitch versus Sud America in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

A 0-1 defeat away at Progreso before that.

The travelling fans enjoy River's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. River's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The sides have faced each other already this season, with the match result River Plate - Colonia 0-1 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Colonia wins - draws - River Plate wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

River PlateD. Arezo Martínez
D. Arezo Martínez
13 goals
River PlateT. Borbas
T. Borbas
6 goals
Plaza ColoniaR. López Patrón
R. López Patrón
4 goals

Plaza Colonia missing players

River Plate missing players

Plaza Colonia River Plate
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
13 5 1 Won W 0 4 9
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
3 2 2 Lost L 2 4 7
32 16 4 Scored S 1 15 35
16 9 5 Conceded C 5 17 31
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
62% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
48% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 57%
19% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 43%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 24%
48% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 70% 57%
52% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 24%
10% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 29%
 
3.8 3.9 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5.2
5 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 5.7
2.8 3 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.6
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.9 8.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.6 9.7
3.6 3.9 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4 4.5
43% 41% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 38% 37%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Plaza Colonia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Plaza Colonia have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Primera Division
  • River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • River Plate have the most points from losing position (11) in Primera Division
  • River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (25) 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 Plaza Colonia 15 11 3 1 20 7 7 4 2 1 8 4 8 7 1 0 12 3 13 36
2 Nacional 15 9 2 4 23 14 8 7 0 1 16 3 7 2 2 3 7 11 9 29
3 Penarol 15 7 7 1 22 10 8 5 3 0 16 4 7 2 4 1 6 6 12 28
4 Liverpool 15 8 3 4 38 20 7 5 2 0 23 8 8 3 1 4 15 12 18 27
5 River Plate 15 7 5 3 27 20 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 4 2 2 14 13 7 26
6 Torque 15 8 1 6 26 19 9 4 0 5 12 11 6 4 1 1 14 8 7 25
7 Fenix 15 6 3 6 20 22 7 3 1 3 9 10 8 3 2 3 11 12 -2 21
8 Cerro Largo 15 6 2 7 20 22 7 4 0 3 13 10 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 20
9 Cerrito 15 5 4 6 14 15 7 3 2 2 7 4 8 2 2 4 7 11 -1 19
10 Sud America 15 5 3 7 15 22 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 3 0 5 7 13 -7 18
11 Wanderers 15 5 2 8 12 16 8 4 2 2 8 4 7 1 0 6 4 12 -4 17
12 Rentistas 15 4 4 7 12 21 8 1 1 6 5 15 7 3 3 1 7 6 -9 16
13 Boston River 15 3 5 7 14 19 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 1 3 4 7 11 -5 14
14 Deportivo Maldonado 15 3 5 7 11 22 8 1 3 4 6 12 7 2 2 3 5 10 -11 14
15 Progreso 15 2 5 8 13 26 7 1 2 4 7 14 8 1 3 4 6 12 -13 11
16 Villa Espanola 15 1 6 8 14 26 8 1 4 3 9 11 7 0 2 5 5 15 -12 9

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.