Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Peñarol (1st, 35 pts) and Danubio (4th, 10 pts). On recent form Danubio sat only 33rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Peñarol 2 scored and 0.8 conceded per game, Danubio 1.57 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.17.
Peñarol were unbeaten in 6, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Peñarol have 5 wins to Danubio's 0, with 0 draws, at 1.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. These meetings skew tight — only 0% saw more than two goals.
Estadio Campeón del Siglo in Montevideo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,700. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Peñarol: Matías Arezo (81'), Héctor Villalba (84')