Struggling Rocha will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Rampla Juniors in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
The visiting Rampla Juniors played their last game only four days ago, a Segunda Division match.
Rocha form and stats
Rocha's struggle is real here at Estadio Dr. Mario Sobrero with only 5 points collected from 7 Segunda Division games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-5-2. With seven home Segunda Division games in a row without a win, the Rocha fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Central Espanol game long ago, can be stopped today.
Rocha are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 291 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Y. Jordan).
Rocha are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Central Espanol. Before that, Rocha drew at home versus Atenas.
Rocha lost the game against Central Espanol in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
There will be little rest for Rocha after this match as they are travelling to Villa Teresa for a Segunda Division game in only three days.
Rocha aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Dr. Mario Sobrero in the league, with only 4 goals from 7 games. Rocha's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rampla Juniors form and stats
Playing away, Rampla Juniors, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Segunda Division, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Segunda Division this season.
The Juniors goalkeeper Jhony Alexander da Silva Sosa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 226 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Rampla Juniors are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Segunda Division against Albion (placed 10th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Tacuarembo.
A quick return to home after this game, as Juniors are hosting Villa Espanola in the Segunda Division only three days away.
Juniors have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. 8 goals have been conceded by Juniors in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rampla Juniors - Rocha 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rocha two wins, one draw and Rampla Juniors seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Martiñones Rus 5 goals |   Y. Jordan Mosquera 3 goals | G. Barreto Mastropierro 3 goals |
Rocha missing players
Rampla Juniors missing players
| Rocha | Rampla Juniors | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 62% | 80% |
| 80% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 73% |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 47% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 13% |
| 53% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 60% |
| 27% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 117 | 54 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 56 | 112 |
| 49 | 19 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 21 | 48 |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | 42% |
- Rampla Juniors has the most clean sheets (4) away in Segunda Division
- Rampla Juniors have scored at least twice as many goals away as Rocha have scored home.
- Rocha has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Segunda Division
- Rocha has the fewest points (5) at home in Segunda Division
- Rocha has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Segunda Division
- Rocha has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Segunda Division
- Rocha has the the worst goal difference (-7) in Segunda Division
- Rocha have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerrito | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Villa Espanola | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Rampla Juniors | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Juventud | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 5 | Villa Teresa | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 20 |
| 6 | Tacuarembo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Atenas | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | Racing | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Sud America | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Albion | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Central Espanol | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Rocha | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 14 |