The Primera Division (Apertura) game at The Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo on Saturday sees home side Danubio take on Cerro Largo.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Danubio v Cerro Largo are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Danubio
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Danubio will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-0 Primera Division (Apertura) defeat last time out to Peñarol.
Diego Sosa (34') was the scorer for Peñarol.
Danubio have really struggled up front of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 3 vs opponents during the course of their last six fixtures. In those games, Danubio have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 6.
Cerro Largo
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Cerro Largo will come into the clash following on from a 0-1 Primera Division (Apertura) win with the eclipse of Deportivo Maldonado in their most recent fixture.
For 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Cerro Largo, a comparatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes out as a paltry 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by Cerro Largo equalling 1. In any event, it remains to be seen if the trend will be replicated here in this game.
Coming into this fixture, Cerro Largo are winless against Danubio when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head to head clashes stretching back to 16/01/2021 tells us that Danubio have won 2 of them & Cerro Largo 3, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined sum of 11 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 5 for La Franja and 6 being from Cerro Largo. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Primera Division match day 3 on 02/09/2023 which ended up with the score at Danubio 2-0 Cerro Largo.
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Team News: Danubio
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Danubio gaffer Mario Saralegui to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Juan Millán (Achilles tendon surgery) misses out.
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Team News: Cerro Largo
Owing to a fully healthy group ready to go, the Cerro Largo boss doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game.
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Prediction
Our assessment here is that Cerro Largo will need to apply a lot of pressure to break down this Danubio lineup who we reckon will get the vital goal that wins it.
That’s why our selection here is for a good battle with a 1-0 winning margin for Danubio when the full-time whistle blows.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
01:16 19/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Danubio
Formed: 1932
Stadium: The Estadio Jardines del Hipódromo (18,000)
Captain: Leandro Sosa
Chairman: Arturo Del Campo
Manager: Mario Saralegui
Competitions: Primera Division (Apertura) position 9, Copa Sudamericana (Group E)