Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Peñarol (1st, 38 pts) and Fénix (4th, 10 pts). Fénix ranked just 46th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. In league terms the two rates read 2.13/0.33 for Peñarol and 1.43/1.29 for Fénix (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.22.
12 matches unbeaten backed Peñarol's arrival, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Peñarol, 1 for Fénix and 2 drawn, at 1.2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 20% of meetings.
The match was played at Estadio Campeón del Siglo in Montevideo (capacity 40,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Peñarol led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.