Match Report
5 points for River Plate (7th), 8 for Cerro (6th): a 3-point gap. Cerro had been under-performing their position — 48th on five-round form against 6th in the table. Per game in the league, River Plate were scoring 0.86 and conceding 1.43, Cerro 1 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — River Plate 1, draws 1, Cerro 2, at 2.25 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
The venue was Estadio Luis Franzini in Montevideo, with room for 6,000 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.