Match Report
The table read 3rd (Defensor Sporting, 13 pts) against 8th (Rentistas, 1 pts), 12 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Rentistas: only 47th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Defensor Sporting were scoring 1.43 and conceding 1.14, Rentistas 0.43 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.09 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Rentistas — five in succession. Defensor Sporting had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Rentistas, 0.
With 21 matches recorded and 2.6 yellow cards per game, Y. Álvarez was the man in the middle. The venue was Estadio Luis Franzini in Montevideo, with room for 6,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Defensor Sporting led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 2-3.