Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Nacional (1st, 21 pts) held a 16-point advantage over River Plate (7th, 5 pts). The last five rounds placed River Plate no better than 30th for form, against 7th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 0.86/1.43 for River Plate and 2.29/0.86 for Nacional (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.17.
River Plate entered with three losses in a row. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for River Plate against 8/15 for Nacional.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — River Plate 1, draws 1, Nacional 3, at 4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 80% of the meetings. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Parque Federico Omar Saroldi in Montevideo (capacity 6,000). On the scoreboard, Nacional led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.
Goal scorers
Nacional: J. Millán (17'), Maximiliano Gómez (53'), Nicolás López (56')