PRIMERA DIVISION | Apertura.

✍🏻Cerro DWDLLL 📉

Cerro will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-0 Primera Division (Apertura) defeat last time out to Peñarol.

In that match, Cerro managed 46% possession and 3 shots on goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Penarol got 5 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Maximiliano Silvera (3') and Leonardo Fernández (81', 90') scored for Peñarol.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Cerro have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Cerro have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 13 goals in the process.

✍🏻Cerro Largo

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Cerro Largo head into the encounter following on from a 2-0 Primera Division (Apertura) win with the defeat of Rampla Juniors in their most recent match.

A succession of reliable performances from the Cerro Largo defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 outings overall. In that period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 8. We will have to find out whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 07/10/2020 shows us that Cerro have won 1 of them and Cerro Largo 2, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

Those games were notable for their low tally of goals, too, with a sum of 5 scored between them in total.

The last league contest between these clubs was Primera Division match day 13 on 30/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Cerro Largo 0-0 Cerro.

On that occasion, Cerro Largo had 59% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Cerro had 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

📋 Team News: Cerro

The Cerro boss Gustavo Ferreyra does not have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match with a fully injury-free group available to choose from. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Alejo Macelli, Martín González and Emiliano Álvarez.

ℹ️ Team News: Cerro Largo

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Cerro Largo boss does not have any fitness worries at all before this game.

✨ Prediction_ under 2.5 goals 

Our thinking is that Cerro Largo and Cerro could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens.