Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Cerro Largo (4th, 26 pts) held a 17-point advantage over Villa Española (16th, 9 pts). On recent form Villa Española sat only 32nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 16th overall. Per game in the league, Villa Española were scoring 0.93 and conceding 1.73, Cerro Largo 1.6 and 0.73, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
Villa Española entered with four losses in a row. Level finishes had become the habit for Cerro Largo: three in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The match was played at Estadio Obdulio Varela in Montevideo (capacity 6,000). Cerro Largo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.