Match Report
13 points for Cerro (4th), 16 for Peñarol (1st): a 3-point gap. The last five rounds placed Cerro no better than 45th for form, against 4th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Cerro 1.29 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Peñarol 1.71 and 0.43, with the league averaging 1.18.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Cerro 1, draws 0, Peñarol 6, at 3 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 71% of the meetings went to the host.
Estadio Monumental Luis Tróccoli staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,000. With 98 matches recorded and 2.5 yellow cards per game, L. González was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Cerro: Emiliano Rodríguez (26') · Peñarol: Matías Arezo (15'), Leonel Jaime (77')
Key stats
Possession: Cerro 36% · Peñarol 64% · Total shots: 4-10 · On target: 3-6 · Corners: 3-2