Wanderers vs Defensor Sporting: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera (10000 seats)

This has the looks of another engrossing encounter at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera in the Primera Division. Wanderers is in 2nd place and receive Defensor Sporting in 13th position. Read all about the game here!

Insights:
  • Defensor Sporting have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Primera Division

These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Wanderers form and stats

The hosts won their first Primera Division game here at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Wanderers last season were 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from 7 games.

Wanderers are confident in defense, having played 249 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Wanderers in their previous game, a fixture away at Fenix (placed 4th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.

Ahead of that match, Wanderers won a home game hosting Cerro Largo (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wanderers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won five times, drawn six and lost two.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Wanderers at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Defensor Sporting form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Primera Division, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 11 matches.

Defensor Sporting's previous game was their home loss versus Torque (1-3).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Penarol.

Defensor Sporting 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, two draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

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

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Wanderers, five draws and four wins for Defensor Sporting. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Wanderers missing players

Defensor Sporting missing players

Wanderers Defensor Sporting
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
5 1 1 Scored S 0 1 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 7.7
7.3 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 9
4.3 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 13.7
3.7 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 5.3
45% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 12%
 
11.7 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 17 14.7
4 6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 6
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Defensor Sporting have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Primera Division
Wanderers Last season Defensor Sporting
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   13 26
13 8   Won W   7 13
5 3   Drew D   4 5
12 4   Lost L   2 8
35 18   Scored S   20 38
34 10   Conceded C   10 23
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
63% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 65%
50% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 42%
20% 7%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 19%
3% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 12%
43% 33%   BTTS BTTS   31% 35%
37% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   54% 46%
27% 27%   Failed to Score F T   31% 27%
 
4.7 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.6
2.9 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 3
6 3   Red cards R C   1 4
 
10.1 10.3   Shots (avg) S (   8 9.5
3.7 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 35%
 
8.5 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.4 7.8
3.4 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 3 2 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 7 7
2 Wanderers 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 7
3 Boston River 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
4 Fenix 4 2 1 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 -1 7
5 Deportivo Maldonado 3 2 0 1 7 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 6
6 Danubio 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 6
7 Rentistas 3 2 0 1 6 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 -1 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 3 1 1 1 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 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 Cerrito 3 1 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 3
13 Defensor Sporting 3 1 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 -4 3
14 Penarol 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 1
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
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 Albion 22 13 5 4 31 18 11 6 2 3 13 8 11 7 3 1 18 10 13 44
2 Danubio 22 12 5 5 24 14 11 6 2 3 10 6 11 6 3 2 14 8 10 41
3 Racing 22 10 8 4 27 16 11 7 3 1 15 4 11 3 5 3 12 12 11 38
4 Defensor Sporting 22 11 4 7 33 21 11 5 1 5 15 12 11 6 3 2 18 9 12 37
5 Cerro 22 10 7 5 26 20 11 4 5 2 11 7 11 6 2 3 15 13 6 37
6 Central Espanol 22 9 6 7 29 29 11 5 3 3 16 15 11 4 3 4 13 14 0 33
7 Juventud 22 8 5 9 27 27 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 4 1 6 13 16 0 29
8 Uruguay Montevideo 22 7 4 11 21 27 11 3 2 6 13 18 11 4 2 5 8 9 -6 25
9 Atenas 22 5 9 8 20 17 11 2 4 5 9 10 11 3 5 3 11 7 3 24
10 Rampla Juniors 22 5 6 11 14 32 11 3 4 4 9 15 11 2 2 7 5 17 -18 21
11 Villa Teresa 22 4 6 12 17 32 11 0 3 8 6 19 11 4 3 4 11 13 -15 18
12 Rocha 22 4 3 15 20 36 11 3 1 7 14 19 11 1 2 8 6 17 -16 15

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.