Primera Division fixture preview and statistics: River Plate fight Cerrito

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Mon 28.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi (6000 seats)

Yet another entertaining match in the Primera Division. River Plate is in the 11th spot after participating in three fixtures. They greet Cerrito who are placed 13th after three matches.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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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River Plate form and stats

0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for River Plate so far this season.

The River Plate club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi: A 1-2 defeat against Boston River (placed 5th).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Plaza Colonia with a 1-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does River handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and four defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the River Plate at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Cerrito form and stats

Only one away game in the Primera Division so far for Cerrito and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 3 losses from 7 travels.

Cerrito might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Deportivo Maldonado proved too strong as Cerrito slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Parque Maracaná.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Boston River with the score of 1-0.

Cerrito are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

It's early days yet, but Cerrito has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

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

River Plate missing players

Cerrito missing players

River Plate Cerrito
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
3 2 0 Scored S 0 1 1
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 67%
 
5.3 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 3
5.7 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 5
4.7 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.7 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 4 8
4.3 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.3
23% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 14%
 
7.3 7.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 9
2.7 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 2.3
River Plate Last season Cerrito
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 6   Won W   5 11
9 5   Drew D   3 7
10 4   Lost L   7 12
45 25   Scored S   16 34
42 18   Conceded C   20 37
87% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
70% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 63%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 40%
37% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 27%
23% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 10%
57% 47%   BTTS BTTS   40% 43%
23% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 33%
33% 33%   Failed to Score F T   40% 33%
 
5 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.1
6 6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4
2.6 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
2 0   Red cards R C   5 8
 
9.9 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 8.6
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.1
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 36%
 
9.7 9.1   Shots against (avg) S A   6.8 7.4
3.7 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.9 3.4

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

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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.