📊 Form Guide

Defensor Sporting

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Defensor Sporting go into this match following a 0-0 Intermediate Round tied result vs Montevideo Wanderers.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Defensor Sporting have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Defensor Sporting have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals during that time.

Cerro

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Cerro will come into the meeting after a 2-1 Intermediate Round win versus Cerro Largo in their most recent outing.

The only scorer from Cerro was Enzo Larrosa (32'). Mauricio Affonso (67') was the scorer for Cerro Largo.

Gustavo Ferreyra's Cerro have had reason to celebrate scoring 6 times throughout their previous six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those same matches adds up to 5.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 18/02/2021 shows us that Defensor Sporting have won 2 of these and Cerro 0, with the tally of draws being 4.

A combined sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 for El Tuerto and 5 for Villeros. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Primera Division (Apertura) match day 11 on 14/04/2025 which ended up with the score at Defensor Sporting 3-2 Cerro.

📰 Team News: Cerro

Cerro manager Gustavo Ferreyra has a number of players out of action. Yonatan Irrazábal (Cruciate ligament tear) and Pablo Da Silveira (unknown injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

💡 Prediction

We’re of the view that Defensor Sporting will most probably score more than once when they face Cerro, who could well find it tough getting goals.

We can therefore see a 2-0 margin for Defensor Sporting at the end of the match.

Andre Moura, 22:00 22/06/2025