Club Nacional – Liverpool M. Prediction & Picks (19.05.2018)

Nacional and Liverpool meet at Centenario Stadium, in a match for the 3rd round of the First Division. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, which in the last 6 matches won 3, tied 1 and lost 2. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 03.33-2018, ended with a draw by (0-0).

National:

Currently in the 2nd position, the team of the house won 4 points so far. In the 1st round, they won at home to the Phoenix by (3-1). On the following day, the final score was tied by (2-2) in the visit to Cerro.

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 8 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches played in this competition, he got the comeback in 3 of the 5 matches in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 9 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

Nobody was better than the National in the Opening of the Uruguayan championship and it is not by chance that he ended up conquering the cup, being that now, in the Intermediate Tournament, his objective is to once again make a satisfactory campaign. So far it is good and surely one of the favorites to stay in the leadership of your group, so you do not want to waste points. So before his fan will sweat to transform the favoritism that has victory. For this game the coach Alexander Medina should take to the field what he has of better available.

Liverpool:

Currently in 7th place, the visiting team did not win any points until this moment. In the 1st day lost out with Racing by (2-0). On the following day, the final score recorded a defeat by (3-4) in the home game against the Danube. For the league, Liverpool won 8 points out of 24 possible points, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 8 away matches.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 4 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches). The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 16 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Liverpool campaign in the Apertura was relatively good and his desire was to keep it throughout the season. On the other hand, in this Intermediate Tournament that does not happen, because it has not yet managed to score points. It’s a short competition and there are no margins for mistakes, so you need to react as quickly as possible and that happens directly through the games away from home. It is true that he will face one of the greatest teams in the country and the difficulty tends to be great, but it would be extremely important to get points. For this game the coach Paulo Pezzolano should take to the field what he has of better available.