Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Parque Abraham Paladino clash with River Plate, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Primera Division table.
Progreso and River Plate should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Progreso form and stats
When playing at home, Progreso have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.Progreso are returning here after visiting Cerro in a Primera Division game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Plaza Colonia that was lost 0-1.
Progreso are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 4 goals in 4 matches. Progreso's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
River Plate form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Primera Division, are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. Bitter travels for River Plate as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Santos.River Plate's last game was the home draw against Fénix (2-2). Preceding that game, the 0-6 loss visiting Nacional's place.
River Plate are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels and have only managed 1 goal from 5 away games. The River Plate manager J. Giordano has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Progreso won 2 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and River Plate has 4 wins.Progreso missing players
River Plate missing players
| Progreso | River Plate | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | Played | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 4 | Scored | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | 4 | Conceded | 12 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 89% |
| 56% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 44% |
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 20% | 22% |
| 56% | 50% | Both teams to score | 20% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | Clean Sheet | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 25% | Failed To Score | 80% | 44% |
| 6 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| 4 | 2.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.2 | 6.1 |
| 3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 3 | 3 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate has failed to keep a clean sheet in 9 matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Peñarol | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 2 | Fénix | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Cerro Largo | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Wanderers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Progreso | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Danubio | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 7 | Nacional | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Boston River | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Racing | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Rampla Juniors | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Juventud | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Plaza Colonia | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | River Plate | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Defensor Sporting | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 16 | Cerro | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 4 |