Match Report
River Plate (7th, 5 pts) visited Defensor Sporting (2nd, 14 pts) with 9 points between them. On recent form Defensor Sporting sat only 33rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Defensor Sporting were scoring 1.71 and conceding 1.43, River Plate 0.86 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 5 Defensor Sporting wins, 1 for River Plate, 0 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 33% of the wins in this matchup. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Estadio Luis Franzini, capacity 16,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Defensor Sporting led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Defensor Sporting: Guillermo de los Santos (33')
Key stats
Possession: Defensor Sporting 57% · River Plate 43% · Total shots: 14-14 · On target: 6-7 · Corners: 5-10