Match Report
Peñarol and Vélez Sarsfield went into the game level on 11 points, 2nd against 1st in the table. On recent form Vélez Sarsfield sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Peñarol were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.67, Vélez Sarsfield 1.83 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Peñarol came in having won six on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Peñarol held 15 points of 15 and Vélez Sarsfield 7.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Peñarol, 2 draws and 3 for Vélez Sarsfield, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was Estadio Campeón del Siglo in Montevideo, with room for 40,700 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.