About Match
7 points and 5 places separate them: Nacional 2nd with 13, Defensor Sporting 7th with 6. Defensor Sporting have been under-performing their position — 33rd on five-round form against 7th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Nacional 1.14 scored and 1.14 conceded per game, Defensor Sporting 0.86 and 1.29, with the league averaging 1.17.
8 meetings are on record — 3 won by Nacional, 2 by Defensor Sporting, 3 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Estadio Gran Parque Central stages the fixture, a ground that holds 37,000.