Football betting preview: Plaza Colonia vs Torque

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi (6500 seats)

Struggling Plaza Colonia will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Torque in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Colonia and Torque.

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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, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi. Three consecutive losses here at Parque Cincuentenario Juan Gaspar Prandi is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Colonia shared the glory with River Plate in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Penarol that was lost 1-3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Colonia as they are travelling to their away game against Nacional in the Primera Division. That match is one day after this one.

The Colonia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. Plaza Colonia have conceded 9 from these games.

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Torque form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Primera Division, on their Primera Division travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Two points from the last two away games for Torque, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Impressive finishing from M. Allende and S. Scotto secured the home win 2-1 against Liverpool in their previous game. Before that, Torque secured a home win against River Plate with the score 1-0.

Torque has another fixture away, a Primera Division game, against Boston River in just one days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Torque are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Torque are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Colonia wins - draws - Torque wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TorqueG. Del Prete
G. Del Prete
8 goals

Plaza Colonia missing players

Torque missing players

Plaza Colonia Torque
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 6 3 Played P 0 6 14
3 1 0 Won W 0 3 7
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
6 3 2 Lost L 0 1 4
13 6 2 Scored S 0 9 20
17 9 6 Conceded C 0 4 15
86% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 93%
64% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 86%
43% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
21% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
29% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 36%
29% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
128 62 32 Total Shots T S 0 72 151
48 26 13 Shots on Target S O 0 24 57
27% 23% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 35%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Plaza Colonia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torque has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Primera Division
  • Torque has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primera Division
  • 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.

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

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.