Rentistas and Cerro Largo regulars can't wait for Primera Division meeting at Complejo Deportivo Rentistas

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Complejo Deportivo Rentistas (10600 seats)

Primera Division: We're expecting an appealing and important fight featuring Rentistas and Cerro Largo at Complejo Deportivo Rentistas. Both teams need the win!

Insights:
  • Rentistas have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (5) in Primera Division

It's no vacation for neither Rentistas nor Cerro Largo 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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Rentistas form and stats

Rentistas's struggle is real here at Complejo Deportivo Rentistas with only 4 points collected from 6 Primera Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-4.

Rentistas's last game was hosting Cerro Largo (placed 14th) and winning 2-0.

Prior to that, an away loss at River Plate.

This is expected to be a close game, with Rentistas perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rentistas as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Rentistas has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 8.

Rentistas have scored 4 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.

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Cerro Largo form and stats

There's been little loot from Cerro Largo's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 8 away games in the Primera Division. Cerro Largo only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Cerro Largo, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Cerro play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Rentistas (placed 11th).

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Deportivo Maldonado.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by Cerro Largo in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Cerro Largo, 5 draws and 11 defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cerro Largo's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 8 matches. In the opposite end, Cerro Largo have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Rentistas - Cerro Largo 2-0. Rentistas-Cerro Largo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rentistas two wins, Cerro Largo four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these teams have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

RentistasL. Acevedo Tabárez
L. Acevedo Tabárez
3 goals
RentistasH. Silveira Pereira
H. Silveira Pereira
3 goals
RentistasP. da Rocha Júnior
P. da Rocha Júnior
2 goals

Rentistas missing players

Cerro Largo missing players

Rentistas Cerro Largo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 2 8 13
4 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
8 4 0 Lost L 1 6 8
14 4 0 Scored S 2 3 5
19 10 0 Conceded C 3 14 21
92% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
62% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 69%
46% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 23%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
31% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 38% 23%
31% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 23%
46% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 62% 62%
 
4 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.9
4.9 5.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6 5.6
3.5 4.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.4 3.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9.8 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.1 8.1
3.2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.3
34% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 15% 17%
 
9.8 10.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.6 9.4
4.1 3.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Cerro Largo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cerro Largo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cerro Largo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest points (2) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the fewest scored goals (5) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the most conceded goals (14) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Primera Division
  • Cerro Largo have yet to win a game away.
  • Cerro Largo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rentistas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Rentistas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rentistas have scored more than double the goals of Cerro Largo.
  • Rentistas have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home 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 Deportivo Maldonado 13 8 1 4 19 13 6 4 0 2 9 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 6 25
2 Liverpool 12 7 2 3 16 6 5 4 0 1 8 1 7 3 2 2 8 5 10 23
3 Nacional 12 6 4 2 22 8 6 2 3 1 6 5 6 4 1 1 16 3 14 22
4 Peñarol 12 6 4 2 9 5 5 3 1 1 5 3 7 3 3 1 4 2 4 22
5 Boston River 12 6 3 3 15 13 7 2 2 3 8 11 5 4 1 0 7 2 2 21
6 Fenix 13 6 2 5 13 14 7 4 1 2 7 6 6 2 1 3 6 8 -1 20
7 River Plate 12 5 4 3 19 13 8 4 3 1 14 7 4 1 1 2 5 6 6 19
8 Wanderers 12 4 6 2 13 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 6 2 3 1 8 4 5 18
9 Danubio 12 4 6 2 8 5 5 1 2 2 2 2 7 3 4 0 6 3 3 18
10 Defensor Sporting 12 4 4 4 11 13 7 2 2 3 6 11 5 2 2 1 5 2 -2 16
11 Rentistas 13 4 1 8 14 19 6 1 1 4 4 10 7 3 0 4 10 9 -5 16
12 Torque 12 2 5 5 14 16 6 1 2 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 8 9 -2 11
13 Albion 12 2 4 6 15 27 7 1 3 3 10 15 5 1 1 3 5 12 -12 10
14 Cerro Largo 13 2 3 8 5 21 5 2 1 2 2 7 8 0 2 6 3 14 -16 9
15 Plaza Colonia 12 1 5 6 9 13 6 0 3 3 3 8 6 1 2 3 6 5 -4 8
16 Cerrito 12 2 4 6 8 16 6 1 2 3 4 8 6 1 2 3 4 8 -8 7

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.