River Plate and Nacional fans can't wait for Primera Division event at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Fri 20.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Federico Omar Saroldi (6000 seats)

14 rounds of fixtures are played and both River Plate and Nacional are doing great. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • River Plate have the most points from losing position (11) in Primera Division
  • Nacional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

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.

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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River Plate form and stats

2-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primera Division numbers at home for River Plate so far this season. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi, but a victory now would be sweet for River.

River travelled for their previous game, a trip to Villa Española that ended 1-1.

In the match before that, River hosted Torque and drew the game 3-3.

River have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi with 11 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, River have conceded 7 goals.

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Nacional form and stats

2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nacional in their Primera Division matches away. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Nacional have lost on their last two travels.

G. Corujo scored in Nacional's previous match, the home game against Liverpool that ended 1-0.

Prior to that match, the Nacional manager A. Capuccio Díaz faced defeat when travelling to Cerrito and losing 0-2.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nacional have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Nacional's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

NacionalG. Bergessio
G. Bergessio
12 goals
River PlateD. Arezo Martínez
D. Arezo Martínez
10 goals
River PlateT. Borbas
T. Borbas
5 goals

River Plate missing players

Nacional missing players

River Plate Nacional
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 6 2 Played P 1 6 14
6 2 1 Won W 1 2 9
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
25 11 3 Scored S 2 7 23
20 7 3 Conceded C 1 9 12
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
43% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 14%
29% 33% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
64% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 43%
21% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 43%
29% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 14%
 
5.9 6.3 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.7 4.2
5.4 4.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 8.8 6.9
2.6 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 9.8 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.5 9.7
4.9 5.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 4.4
36% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 37%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Nacional's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Nacional have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Nacional have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Nacional haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • River Plate have the most points from losing position (11) in Primera Division
  • River Plate have the most scored goals in the second half (18) 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 Plaza Colonia 14 10 3 1 18 7 6 3 2 1 6 4 8 7 1 0 12 3 11 33
2 Nacional 14 9 2 3 23 12 8 7 0 1 16 3 6 2 2 2 7 9 11 29
3 Penarol 14 7 6 1 21 9 8 5 3 0 16 4 6 2 3 1 5 5 12 27
4 Liverpool 14 7 3 4 35 20 6 4 2 0 20 8 8 3 1 4 15 12 15 24
5 River Plate 14 6 5 3 25 20 6 2 3 1 11 7 8 4 2 2 14 13 5 23
6 Torque 14 7 1 6 22 18 9 4 0 5 12 11 5 3 1 1 10 7 4 22
7 Cerrito 13 5 3 5 14 12 6 3 1 2 7 4 7 2 2 3 7 8 2 18
8 Wanderers 14 5 2 7 11 14 8 4 2 2 8 4 6 1 0 5 3 10 -3 17
9 Cerro Largo 14 5 2 7 17 21 6 3 0 3 10 9 8 2 2 4 7 12 -4 17
10 Sud America 14 5 2 7 14 21 6 2 2 2 7 8 8 3 0 5 7 13 -7 17
11 Rentistas 14 4 4 6 12 19 8 1 1 6 5 15 6 3 3 0 7 4 -7 16
12 Fenix 13 4 3 6 16 21 6 2 1 3 7 9 7 2 2 3 9 12 -5 15
13 Deportivo Maldonado 13 3 4 6 11 20 7 1 3 3 6 10 6 2 1 3 5 10 -9 13
14 Boston River 13 2 5 6 12 17 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 0 3 4 5 11 -5 11
15 Progreso 14 2 5 7 12 22 6 1 2 3 6 10 8 1 3 4 6 12 -10 11
16 Villa Española 14 1 6 7 13 23 8 1 4 3 9 11 6 0 2 4 4 12 -10 9

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.