Match Report
The table read 1st (Montevideo City Torque, 12 pts) against 2nd (Cerro Largo, 11 pts), 1 points apart. The last five rounds placed Cerro Largo no better than 37th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Montevideo City Torque 2.75 scored and 0.75 conceded per game, Cerro Largo 1 and 0.71, with the league averaging 1.17.
Five consecutive wins preceded this game for Montevideo City Torque. Cerro Largo had drawn four in a row. Recent form was uneven: 15/15 points for Montevideo City Torque, 4/15 for Cerro Largo.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 4 Montevideo City Torque wins, 0 for Cerro Largo, 4 draws, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
The referee was Augusto Olmos, with 10 matches in our database and 0.0 yellows per game on average. The match was played at Estadio Charrúa (capacity 14,000). Cerro Largo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Montevideo City Torque: Nahuel Da Silva (84'), Esteban Obregón (88') · Cerro Largo: Santiago Marcel (41')
Key stats
Possession: Montevideo City Torque 55% · Cerro Largo 45% · Total shots: 11-10 · On target: 3-6 · Corners: 12-5