Racing vs Defensor Sporting betting preview

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Competition: Uruguay Segunda Division
Competition: Thu 09.December
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Charrúa (60235 seats)

Racing and Defensor Sporting are both riding high in the Segunda Division with their 3rd and 4th positions respectively. This could be a super fixture!

Insights:
  • Racing have the most points (24) at home in Segunda Division
  • Defensor Sporting have the most scored goals (33) in Segunda Division

It's no vacation for neither Racing nor Defensor Sporting as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Racing form and stats

Racing are steadily winning Segunda Division games and points here at Estadio Charrúa. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

Racing are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Defensor Sporting.

In the match before that, Racing hosted Central Espanol and drew the game 1-1.

Racing has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Racing have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Defensor Sporting form and stats

As the visiting team in Segunda Division matches, Defensor Sporting, who have the most scored goals (33) in Segunda Division, have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far. Defensor Sporting has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The supporters enjoyed Defensor Sporting's previous game versus Racing, a Segunda Division 3-0 win played at home.

A loss against Cerro was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Defensor has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Defensor as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Racing and Defensor Sporting have faced each other before this season: Defensor Sporting - Racing null. Racing-Defensor Sporting H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Racing three wins, Defensor Sporting five wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Defensor SportingD. Vera Méndez
D. Vera Méndez
10 goals
RacingA. Cruz Techera
A. Cruz Techera
8 goals
Defensor SportingA. Sant'Anna Quintero
A. Sant'Anna Quintero
6 goals

Racing missing players

Defensor Sporting missing players

Racing Defensor Sporting
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 2 12 25
10 7 1 Won W 1 7 13
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 8
28 16 3 Scored S 3 20 38
20 5 2 Conceded C 2 10 23
76% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
60% 58% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 68%
32% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 44%
16% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 20%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
36% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 36%
44% 58% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 44%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 24%
 
5.5 6.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.2
4 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.8 3.5
2.2 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.7 11.3 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.2 9.6
4.2 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.1 4
27% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 36%
 
8.6 8.2 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 7.2 7.8
3 2.6 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Segunda Division this season:
  • Defensor Sporting have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Segunda Division
  • Defensor Sporting have the most scored goals (33) in Segunda Division
  • Defensor Sporting have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Segunda Division
  • Defensor Sporting have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Segunda Division
  • Racing have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Racing have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Segunda Division
  • Racing have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Segunda Division
  • Racing have the most points (24) at home in Segunda Division
  • Racing have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Segunda 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 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 Segunda Division

The Segunda División Profesional is the second level of Uruguayan football. It is sometimes called Primera B. It currently has twelve teams playing a regular season from March to October, followed by a promotion playoff for teams placed three, four, five and six in the league table.