📏 Form Guide

Rampla Juniors

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Rampla Juniors will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 6-2 Primera Division (Apertura) defeat last time out to Nacional de Football.

Alexis Castro (4', 45') and Mauricio Pereyra (56') scored for Nacional de Football.

Matches with Rampla Juniors have often been exciting ones lately with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past 6 games alone, a total of 21 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 6 of these belonging to Rampla Juniors. Such a pattern might not be carried forward into this match, of course.

Defensor Sporting

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In the game prior to this, Defensor Sporting drew 1-1 in the Primera Division (Apertura) tie with Liverpool FC.

The stats tell the story, and Defensor Sporting have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in all. Defensively, Defensor Sporting seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 04/06/2017 shows us that Rampla Juniors have won 0 of these games & Defensor Sporting 3, with the number of drawn results being 3.

A sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 for Picapiedras and 10 coming from El Tuerto. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league encounter between the two was Primera Division match day 3 on 21/09/2019 and the score finished Defensor Sporting 1-0 Rampla Juniors.

📋 Team News: Rampla Juniors

Matías Toma (Back injury), Delis Vargas (Torn muscle bundle), Emiliano Mozzone (sprain) and Gustavo Machado (Broken jaw) won’t be available for Rampla Juniors manager Rosario Martínez. Gonzalo Camargo will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

ℹ️ Team News: Defensor Sporting

Thanks to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Defensor Sporting boss Marcelo Méndez has zero fitness concerns to speak of before this game. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Guillermo de los Santos, Sebastián Guerrero, Fernando Elizari and Agustín Soria.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Rampla Juniors will do well to be putting a goal past this Defensor Sporting side who we think should get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’ve gone for a very competitive game with a 0-1 advantage for Defensor Sporting at the end of this one.

There should be little in it.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 17:15 24/04/2024