Match Report
Uruguay Montevideo, 4th on 9 points, faced a 41-point deficit to Albion (1st, 50). The last five rounds placed Albion no better than 16th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.09 goals per team per game, Albion ran at 1.27 scored and 0.65 conceded, Uruguay Montevideo at 1.33 and 1.
Albion entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Uruguay Montevideo arrived off seven straight defeats. Albion had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Uruguay Montevideo, 0.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Albion, 1 draw and 2 for Uruguay Montevideo, at 1.33 goals per meeting. Only 17% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estadio Luis Franzini staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Uruguay Montevideo: S. Gularte (63')
Key stats
Possession: Albion 73% · Uruguay Montevideo 27% · Total shots: 11-5 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 4-2