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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Defensor Sporting to Win
Defensor Sporting will do battle with visiting team River Plate at The Estadio Luis Franzini in the Primera Division (Apertura) fixture on Sunday.
All Defensor Sporting v River Plate match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Under 2.5
📏 Form Guide
Defensor Sporting
WWDLWD
Defensor Sporting enter this match after a 2-2 Primera Division (Apertura) stalemate vs Boston River.
Fixtures involving Defensor Sporting have proved to be engaging affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 13 of these being chalked up by Defensor Sporting. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be sustained here.
River Plate
WWLDDW
River Plate will come into the clash following on from a 3-1 Primera Division (Apertura) win with the eclipse of Montevideo Wanderers in their previous game.
Gustavo Díaz's River Plate have fired home 9 times in the course of their latest six matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 5.
↔️ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head clashes dating back to 03/04/2022 shows that Defensor Sporting have won 3 of these games & River Plate 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 2.
In all, 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 10 of them for El Tuerto and 5 belonging to La Dársena. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The previous league encounter featuring these sides was Primera Division match day 13 on 30/11/2023 when it ended Defensor Sporting 0-1 River Plate.
📋 Team News: Defensor Sporting
The Defensor Sporting boss Marcelo Méndez has no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this game thanks to a fully healthy squad available to choose from. Suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Anderson Duarte and Agustín Soria.
🗞️ Team News: River Plate
River Plate manager Gustavo Díaz has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ihojan Pérez (Meniscus injury) and Tiziano Correa (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be playing here. Facundo González will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.
⚡ Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Defensor Sporting will probably create enough chances to score more than one when they meet River Plate, who could well struggle finding the net themselves.
Accordingly, we see a fairly comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Defensor Sporting when the full-time whistle blows.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura, 17:10 14/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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2-0
🏟️ Team Focus:
Defensor Sporting
Formed: 1913
Stadium: The Estadio Luis Franzini (16,000)
Captain: Álvaro Navarro
Chairman: Alberto Ward
Manager: Marcelo Méndez
Competitions: Primera Division (Apertura) position 5
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | DWWDW |
| 2 |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 19 | WWWDW |
| 3 |
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | WDWDL |
| 4 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | WDDDW |
| 5 |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | WDLWD |
| 6 |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | WLDDW |
| 7 |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | LLWDW |
| 8 |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | WDLLW |
| 9 |
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7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 8 | LWLLD |
| 10 |
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7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | LLDDW |
| 11 |
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 7 | DWLLL |
| 12 |
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8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -6 | 7 | LDDWD |
| 13 |
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7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 5 | LDWLL |
| 14 |
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7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 4 | LDDDD |
| 15 |
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8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 4 | DDLLD |
| 16 |
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7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 4 | DLWLL |
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Defensor Sporting |
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Danubio |
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Defensor Sporting |
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Nacional de Football |
| Racing Club |
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Defensor Sporting |
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River Plate |
| River Plate |
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Montevideo Wanderers |
| Liverpool FC |
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River Plate |
| Fénix |
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River Plate |
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Boston River |
| River Plate |
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Danubio |
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Danubio |
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Nacional de Football |
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Cerro |
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Danubio |
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River Plate |
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Boston River |
| Liverpool FC |
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River Plate |
| Fénix |
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River Plate |
| Nacional de Football |
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River Plate |
| Liverpool FC |
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River Plate |
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River Plate |
| Montevideo Wanderers |
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River Plate |
| Liverpool FC |
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Defensor Sporting |
| Rampla Juniors |
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Defensor Sporting |
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Montevideo Wanderers |
| River Plate |
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Progreso |
| Peñarol |
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River Plate |
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