Cerro and River Plate meet at Estadio Monumental Luis Tróccoli, in a match for the 12 th round of the First Division. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 4 matches won 1 and tied 3. but the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 18-11-2017, for the First Division, which ended in a draw by (2-2). M. Franco (26 ‘and 74’) scored the goals of the game, for Cerro, and M. Saavedra (62 ‘) and G. Vega (75’), for River Plate. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 8th and 11th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 13th ranked in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.
CA Cerro :
After 12 wins, 10 draws and 8 losses, the home team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 14 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Athens, by (0-1). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Racing (1-2), after in the previous match they won (0-1). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 7 points in away matches and 4 at their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 15 conceded in away matches, against 23 goals scored and 26 conceded at home. For the championship, Cerro won 13 points out of 30 possible, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in the last 10 games that he played in his stadium. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 14 of the last 16 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 30 matches in the competition, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
The Clausura is nearing the end and Cerro is doing a medium-sized campaign, so he knows that if he wants to look for something else in the competition he will obviously need to evolve in the missing rounds, show greater capacity and quality in his matches, and that is how games are won. Adding all three points in this round is the objective and the local team knows they have the conditions to achieve it, therefore, they must show quality in the field, dominating the spaces and not letting the opponent play, as this tends to increase the probability of victory . In this match the best players that are available will go to the field.
River Plate:
After 11 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 11 th position of the league, with 12 points won. In the last match, they have won in a home match against Defensor Sporting by (3-2), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Progreso, by (2-2). Interestingly, this is a team that has conquered more positive results outside its stadium, since it won 8 points as a visitor and only 4 in its stadium. For the league, River Plate won 14 points out of 30 possible points, after 3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (6 out of 15 matches). The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 10 of the last 15 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 30 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only managed 2 comebacks.
The current season, in general, is not bad for River Plate, so the only change that is intended is for the better. In this way, he hopes to show a good performance in the field to win the victory and he knows that if he has an attitude he can do it. Therefore, he expects to score well when necessary and to attack efficiently when he has the ball, since he roasted will not run the risk of being surprised. In the Clausura his position is not one of the best and that is precisely why he is motivated to win the three points, because he wants to go up in the classification. In this match Ivan Silva will be absent, for being in the medical department.
PREDICTION: CA Cerro to win @ 2.10
