River Plate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Defensor Sporting.
River Plate and Defensor Sporting 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 local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
River Plate form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what River Plate have to build on here at Estadio Parque Federico Saroldi in the Primera Division. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on River Plate to get some points in this home game.
In their previous game, the manager J. Fossati led his River Plate to a defeat in the Primera Division match away at Penarol. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Parque Federico Saroldi. Preceding that match was a defeat to Progreso (1-2).
The River Plate fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the River Plate defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (12) away in Primera Division, are W3-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primera Division.
Defensor Sporting's last game was the home draw against Cerro (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Plaza Colonia's place.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Defensor Sporting are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Defensor Sporting have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
River Plate - Defensor Sporting 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: River Plate won 4, Defensor Sporting won 5 and 1 draw. 7 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
M. Pavone
8 goals
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N. González
7 goals
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L. Urruti
6 goals
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River Plate missing players
Defensor Sporting missing players
| River Plate | Defensor Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 38 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | 52 |
| 51 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 52 |
| 88% | 81% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 74% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 47% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 58% |
| 32% | 38% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 44% | 42% |
| 18% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 31% | 24% |
| 59% | 69% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 64% |
| 18% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 21% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | 21% |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
- Defensor Sporting have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Defensor Sporting haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Penarol | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Progreso | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Plaza Colonia | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Defensor Sporting | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Cerro Largo | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Boston River | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | River Plate | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Racing | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Cerro | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Danubio | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Juventud | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Fénix | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Rampla Juniors | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 3 |