Open game expected at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera: Wanderers vs Torque preview

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Competition: Uruguay Primera Division
Competition: Mon 27.June
Match begins: 22:15 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera (10000 seats)

Wanderers have taken 9 of their 21 in total here at their familiar ground. How will they do versus Torque?

Insights:
  • Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Torque have the fewest clean sheets (0) away 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.

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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Wanderers form and stats

Wanderers have collected 9 points from their Primera Division home games so far after 2-3-2.

Wanderers shared the glory with Albion in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Izquierdo made a successful contribution in the game against Albion, bringing on Rivero who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Before that, Wanderers had a home game versus Liverpool which ended with a victory 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wanderers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Wanderers have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. Wanderers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parque Alfredo Víctor Viera in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.

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Torque form and stats

There's been little loot from Torque's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Primera Division. Torque only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.

Palacios and Allende (2) scored in Torque's previous match, the home game against Rentistas that ended 3-1.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Penarol.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Torque in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Torque, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Torque are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Torque have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this season, as the records show this recent game: Wanderers - Torque 1-1. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (Wanderers wins - draws - Torque wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WanderersM. Méndez Acosta
M. Méndez Acosta
9 goals
TorqueM. Allende Bravo
M. Allende Bravo
6 goals
WanderersH. Rivero
H. Rivero
4 goals

Wanderers missing players

Torque missing players

Wanderers Torque
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 1 8 17
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
7 3 0 Drew D 0 3 7
4 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
18 7 1 Scored S 3 11 21
12 6 0 Conceded C 1 13 22
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
53% 38% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
24% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 47%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 24%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 76%
41% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 18%
 
4.7 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 9 4.8 5.4
5.1 4.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 14 5.6 5.1
3.9 3.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2.9
7 6 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.1 9.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12 12.4
4.1 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.9
26% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 28% 25%
 
11.4 13 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9.8 9.2
4.3 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5 4.4
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • All of Torque's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Torque have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Torque have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Torque have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Primera Division
  • Torque haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wanderers 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 Liverpool 15 10 2 3 21 8 7 6 0 1 11 2 8 4 2 2 10 6 13 32
2 Nacional 15 8 4 3 28 10 8 4 3 1 11 5 7 4 1 2 17 5 18 28
3 Deportivo Maldonado 15 8 3 4 20 14 7 4 1 2 9 6 8 4 2 2 11 8 6 27
4 Boston River 15 8 3 4 20 16 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 5 1 1 9 4 4 27
5 Penarol 15 7 5 3 10 6 7 4 1 2 6 4 8 3 4 1 4 2 4 26
6 Danubio 15 6 6 3 13 9 7 2 2 3 5 5 8 4 4 0 8 4 4 24
7 Fenix 15 7 2 6 15 16 8 5 1 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 6 9 -1 23
8 River Plate 15 5 6 4 20 15 9 4 4 1 14 7 6 1 2 3 6 8 5 21
9 Wanderers 15 5 6 4 16 11 7 2 3 2 6 6 8 3 3 2 10 5 5 21
10 Defensor Sporting 15 5 5 5 14 16 8 2 3 3 7 12 7 3 2 2 7 4 -2 20
11 Rentistas 15 5 1 9 16 21 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 3 0 5 11 11 -5 19
12 Plaza Colonia 15 2 7 6 12 15 7 1 3 3 4 8 8 1 4 3 8 7 -3 13
13 Torque 15 2 7 6 16 20 8 1 4 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 9 12 -4 13
14 Cerro Largo 15 3 3 9 7 23 6 2 1 3 3 9 9 1 2 6 4 14 -16 12
15 Albion 15 2 5 8 16 31 8 1 3 4 11 17 7 1 2 4 5 14 -15 11
16 Cerrito 15 2 5 8 9 22 8 1 3 4 5 11 7 1 2 4 4 11 -13 8

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.