Torque vs Plaza Colonia pre-match guide

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Luis Franzini (18000 seats)

Torque will want to draw on their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 11 points behind Plaza Colonia.

Insights:
  • Torque haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Plaza Colonia have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Primera Division

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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Torque form and stats

Torque have collected 12 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 4-0-5.

A good away victory last time out for Torque, who won 2-1 against Sud America.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Progreso and winning 4-1.

The Torque fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Torque have conceded 11 goals.

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Plaza Colonia form and stats

The away performances of Plaza Colonia have been very solid so far with 7 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats in the Primera Division. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Colonia's record of six away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Penarol game.

Plaza Colonia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Penarol proved too strong as Plaza Colonia slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Rentistas.

The travelling fans enjoy Plaza Colonia's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. The Colonia defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 8 games). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head encounter ended Plaza Colonia - Torque 1-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Torque four wins, three draws and Plaza Colonia three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plaza ColoniaDiogo
Diogo
5 goals
TorqueS. Guerrero Martínez
S. Guerrero Martínez
4 goals
TorqueA. Teuten Ponzoni
A. Teuten Ponzoni
3 goals

Torque missing players

Plaza Colonia missing players

Torque Plaza Colonia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 9 3 Played P 2 8 16
9 4 1 Won W 2 7 11
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 5 2 Lost L 0 0 2
28 12 3 Scored S 3 12 21
20 11 4 Conceded C 1 3 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
81% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 56%
62% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 38%
25% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 6%
25% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 44%
25% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 62% 56%
31% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 12%
 
4.9 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.1
5.2 4.3 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 6.2 5.3
3.1 2.9 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.6
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
9.6 10 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.4 8.1
4.8 4.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 3.4
36% 31% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 50% 39%
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Plaza Colonia have not yet lost a game away.
  • Plaza Colonia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Plaza Colonia have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have the most clean sheets (5) away in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have the most points (22) away in Primera Division
  • Plaza Colonia have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Primera Division
  • Torque haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 11 3 1 20 7 7 4 2 1 8 4 8 7 1 0 12 3 13 36
2 Nacional 15 9 2 4 23 14 8 7 0 1 16 3 7 2 2 3 7 11 9 29
3 Penarol 15 7 7 1 22 10 8 5 3 0 16 4 7 2 4 1 6 6 12 28
4 Liverpool 15 8 3 4 38 20 7 5 2 0 23 8 8 3 1 4 15 12 18 27
5 River Plate 15 7 5 3 27 20 7 3 3 1 13 7 8 4 2 2 14 13 7 26
6 Torque 15 8 1 6 26 19 9 4 0 5 12 11 6 4 1 1 14 8 7 25
7 Fenix 15 6 3 6 20 22 7 3 1 3 9 10 8 3 2 3 11 12 -2 21
8 Cerro Largo 15 6 2 7 20 22 7 4 0 3 13 10 8 2 2 4 7 12 -2 20
9 Cerrito 15 5 4 6 14 15 7 3 2 2 7 4 8 2 2 4 7 11 -1 19
10 Sud America 15 5 3 7 15 22 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 3 0 5 7 13 -7 18
11 Wanderers 15 5 2 8 12 16 8 4 2 2 8 4 7 1 0 6 4 12 -4 17
12 Rentistas 15 4 4 7 12 21 8 1 1 6 5 15 7 3 3 1 7 6 -9 16
13 Boston River 15 3 5 7 14 19 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 1 3 4 7 11 -5 14
14 Deportivo Maldonado 15 3 5 7 11 22 8 1 3 4 6 12 7 2 2 3 5 10 -11 14
15 Progreso 15 2 5 8 13 26 7 1 2 4 7 14 8 1 3 4 6 12 -13 11
16 Villa Espanola 15 1 6 8 14 26 8 1 4 3 9 11 7 0 2 5 5 15 -12 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.