Match Report
Tacuarembó (7th, 3 pts) visited Oriental (1st, 13 pts) with 10 points between them. Tacuarembó had been under-performing their position — 27th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Oriental 1.33 scored and 0.83 conceded per game, Tacuarembó 0.83 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.14.
Oriental had not won in 5 games.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 2 for Oriental, 1 for Tacuarembó and 4 drawn, at 2.43 goals per meeting. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
The match was played at Parque Luis Méndez Piana (capacity 6,500). On the scoreboard, Oriental led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Oriental: Nicolas Kozlovsky (30'), Christian Franco da Cruz (48')
Key stats
Possession: Oriental 65% · Tacuarembó 35% · Total shots: 14-13 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 4-5