Defensor Sp. – Penarol Prediction & Picks (07.06.2018)

Defensor Sporting and Peñarol face, in a match for the 7th round of the First Division. The record of direct confrontations of the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 11 matches won 5, drew 3 and lost 3. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 05-05-2018, ended with the Peñarol victory by (4-1). Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.

Sporting Defender:

After 10 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, the home team is currently in the 5 th position, with 6 points won. In their last match, they lost with Torque by (1-0), after in the previous match they won (1-2) out in a match against Boston River. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses in away matches, with 12 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 24 goals scored and 16 conceded. For the championship, Defensor Sporting won 25 points out of 30 possible points, after 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 10 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 19 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 8 times, but have won the first leg in 3. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 10 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (31′- Four. Five’).

We have reached the last day and Defensor Sporting aims to improve their campaign, so they hope to get a good result against their fans. If you manage to make a good display, with a strong defensive score and an effective attack you can get a positive result, but if you make mistakes you may be surprised. That being the case, he will have to enter the field with a lot of concentration and determination, because if he does it that way he will have more hypothesis to reach a positive result. For this meeting the coach Eduardo Acevedo must bring to play what he has of better available.

Peñarol:

The away team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 9 points won, after 13 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Athens, by (1-2). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Torque, by (3-4). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in away matches, with 24 goals scored and 14 conceded; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 39 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last 9 away matches for the championship, Peñarol has 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 19 points out of 27 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-1 (6 out of 10 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 16 of its last 19 matches for the First Division, of these 16 came to the break in advantage in 10 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 12 .

Without a doubt the Peñarol is the favorite to the first place of the group, as such, the team’s thought at this moment is to conquer the victory. To make a good campaign in the competition it will be necessary to face all the games with great seriousness and the regularity must always be present, since he does not want the other teams to create difficulties. It is to think that he will try to impose his football from the initial minutes of the game and if he makes a solid exhibition during the match he will be able to conquer the three points with naturalness. For this game the coach Leonardo Ramos must bring to play what is best available.