Defensor Sporting pay a visit to River Plate and Parque Federico Omar Saroldi brimming with confidence, but the hosts is hard to beat. More news on the game here!
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Defensor Sporting have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
This promises to be an action-packed game with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's go!
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have performed here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi this season with 5 wins from 7 Primera Division matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2.
River Plate enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Peñarol's place. The match ended 3-1 with Brunelli and Busquets (2) scoring.
Preceding that match was the home game against Boston River that was lost 0-1.River Plate have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi with 13 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, River have conceded 10 goals.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
Defensor Sporting have an excellent away record in the Primera Division so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. Visiting Defensor Sporting has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Defensor Sporting are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Wanderers. That win felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without winning.
A 1-1 draw at Torque's stadium before that.The travelling fans enjoy Defensor's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. Defensor Sporting's manager Russo has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {3 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Defensor Sporting have managed a streak of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when playing River.River Plate - Defensor Sporting 0-4 was the score in these sides' latest H2H match, earlier this season. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Balboa Camacho 6 goals |  J. Dos Santos Duré 5 goals | A. Ferrari Malviera 5 goals |
River Plate missing players
Defensor Sporting missing players
| River Plate | Defensor Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 30 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 82% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 41% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 8.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.9 | 8.5 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 78% | 52% |
| 8.9 | 8.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
- Defensor Sporting have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Defensor Sporting have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Primera Division
- Defensor Sporting have the most scored goals (13) away in Primera Division
- Defensor Sporting have the the best goal difference (+10) away in Primera Division
- Defensor Sporting haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peñarol | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Nacional | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 29 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Wanderers | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | La Luz | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 10 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Torque | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Racing | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Boston River | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Fénix | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 12 |
