Nacional de Football will play Progreso in Friday’s Intermediate Round clash.
Our Nacional de Football v Progreso tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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Nacional de Football
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Nacional de Football will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 2-1 Primera Division (Apertura) success over Defensor Sporting.
The only scorer from Nacional de Football was Nicolás López (65').
Fixtures with Nacional de Football have usually been absorbing encounters recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes, the sum total of 23 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 15 of them being chalked up by Nacional de Football.
Progreso
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Since being beaten in their last game against Juventud in Primera Division (Apertura) competition, Progreso and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Emmanuel Más (76' Own goal) was the scorer for Juventud.
The stats tell the story, and Progreso have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. At the back, Progreso just haven’t been too solid at all. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 18/02/2021 shows us that Nacional de Football have won 4 of them & Progreso 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.
A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 12 of them from Bolsos and 3 being from Los Gauchos Del Pantanoso. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league contest between these clubs was Primera Division (Apertura) match day 3 on 16/02/2025 and the score finished Progreso 1-5 Nacional de Football.
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Team News: Progreso
Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Progreso boss to be concerned with. Luis Maldonado (Muscle injury) won’t be playing here.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Progreso have enough to put one past this Nacional de Football lineup, however it isn’t expected to be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re expecting both teams to score in a 2-1 winning margin for Nacional de Football at full-time. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Regarding the current betting odds in the 90 minute result market, the win for Nacional de Football can be had for 1.18, backing a drawn result is 6.5 & taking a punt on victory for Progreso comes in at 15. These are the best of the returns being offered at this very moment.
Peter Guest,
22:00 21/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Nacional de Football
Formed: 1899
Stadium: The Estadio Gran Parque Central (37,000)
Captain: Diego Polenta
Chairman: Alejandro Balbi
Manager: Álvaro Recoba
Competitions: Primera Division (Apertura) position 2, Intermediate Round (Group 2), Copa Libertadores (Group F)