📊 Form Guide

Defensor Sporting

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Defensor Sporting go into this match after a 0-0 Primera Division (Apertura) stalemate against Montevideo Wanderers.

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Defensor Sporting have been participants. In terms of the goal weighting from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 4 and Defensor Sporting got themselves 4.

Cerro

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Previously, Cerro drew 0-0 in the Primera Division (Apertura) tie with Progreso.

A series of very capable performances by the Cerro defensive players has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their previous 6 outings in total. In that time, their own attack force has managed to score 6. Let’s find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

👥 Head to head

Drawn results are a common outcome in games between the two sides. In their head to head meetings starting from 27/08/2020, the records show 5 of these. That’s a very high 83 per cent of games being drawn.

13 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 for El Tuerto and 4 created by Villeros. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.17.

The last league contest between these clubs was Primera Division match day 2 on 07/09/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Cerro 1-1 Defensor Sporting.

📋 Team News: Cerro

Thanks to a largely healthy group, there is just the lone fitness issue for the Cerro gaffer Gustavo Ferreyra to contend with. Yonatan Irrazábal (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.

💡 Prediction

In this match, Cerro will likely be able to find the net against this Defensor Sporting lineup, but it may not quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re tipping a 2-1 winning margin for Defensor Sporting at the end of this one. Hopefully this is a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 20:11 14/04/2025