Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cerro Largo 5th with 25 points, River Plate 7th with 5, 20 apart. Cerro Largo had been under-performing their position — 45th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, River Plate were scoring 0.86 and conceding 1.43, Cerro Largo 1.27 and 0.93, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
8 meetings are on record — 1 won by River Plate, 4 by Cerro Largo, 3 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host.
Parque Federico Omar Saroldi in Montevideo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
River Plate: Rodrigo Pollero López (87') · Cerro Largo: Franco Rossi (47')