With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Segunda Division game of the season. Cerro look forward to welcoming Defensor Sporting in front of their home support.
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!
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.
Cerro form and stats
Last season, Cerro's league statistics were 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 15th position in the Primera Division. Over these 15 matches they scored 13 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Cerro managed 3-3-1 (win-draw-lost) with 8 goals and 6 conceded. Game days at Estadio Charrúa have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Cerro as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
A strong away win for Cerro against Albion the last match, as L. Quiñones and A. Chopitea were on target.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Wanderers that finished 1-1.There will be little rest for Cerro after this match as they are travelling to Central Español for a Segunda Division game in only four days.
Defensor Sporting form and stats
Let's have a look at how Defensor Sporting performed last season in the Primera Division: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 5 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 16 and conceded 20 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 4/12 goals scored/conceded.
Defensor Sporting go into this game after a win, the home game against Rocha that ended 2-1.
Ahead of that match was the Primera Division away draw versus Cerro Largo that ended 0-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Defensor manager E. Acevedo Cardozo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Albion.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Cerro victories, five draws and five Defensor Sporting wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Vera Méndez 2 goals |   R. Chopitea Trujillo 1 goals |  L. Quiñones Prieto 1 goals |
Cerro missing players
Defensor Sporting missing players
| Cerro | Defensor Sporting | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| Cerro | Last season | Defensor Sporting | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 10 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 55 | 20 | Conceded | C | 27 | 51 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 68% | 81% | ||
| 70% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 78% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 43% | ||
| 19% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 57% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 22% | ||
| 32% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 41% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventud | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Cerro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Racing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Villa Teresa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Atenas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rampla Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Central Español | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Danubio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rocha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Uruguay Montevideo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | Liverpool | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 34 |
| 2 | Penarol | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Torque | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Nacional | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Plaza Colonia | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | Boston River | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 7 | Fenix | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | River Plate | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Deportivo Maldonado | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Wanderers | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Cerro Largo | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Progreso | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Danubio | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 14 | Cerro | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 15 | Defensor Sporting | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Rentistas | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 10 |