1st position in the Segunda Division table for Villa Española so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Racing visits Estadio Charrúa.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Villa Española form and stats
4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Segunda Division numbers at home for Villa Española, who have the the best goal difference (+13) in Segunda Division, so far this season.
The Villa Española goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 328 minutes without conceding a goal in the Segunda Division.
Española drew their last game, 0-0 away at Juventud (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Española won a home game hosting Villa Teresa (3-0).
There will be little rest for Villa Española after this match as they are travelling to Cerrito for a Segunda Division game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Española in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Racing form and stats
Playing away, Racing have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Segunda Division this season.
Racing won their last game, 1-0 versus Rocha played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Albion at their stadium, the result 2-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Atenas in just three days.
Racing have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Racing have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Racing - Española 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Villa Española wins - draws - Racing wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. López Bruzzese 8 goals | P. Silva Silva 4 goals |  M. Ferreira Soppi 4 goals |
Villa Española missing players
Racing missing players
| Villa Española | Racing | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 18 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 84% |
| 68% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 68% |
| 58% | 78% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 53% |
| 42% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 162 | 77 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 94 | 163 |
| 82 | 39 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 47 | 76 |
| 38% | 44% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 19% | 28% |
- Racing is in the best form (3-3-0)
- Villa Española has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Segunda Division
- Villa Española has the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Segunda Division
- Villa Española has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Segunda Division
- Villa Española has the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Segunda Division
- Villa Española has the the best goal difference (+13) in Segunda Division
- Villa Española have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Villa Española have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Villa Española haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Villa Española | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Cerrito | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 34 |
| 3 | Juventud | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Rampla Juniors | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Racing | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | Villa Teresa | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 7 | Tacuarembó | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Sud América | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 9 | Atenas | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 21 |
| 10 | Central Espanol | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 11 | Rocha | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Albion | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |