MONTEVIDEO. Progreso and Peñarol didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday. Peñarol was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Parque Capurro stadium in Montevideo on Thursday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was José Burgos who was helped by Nicolás Taran and Marcelo Alonso. The 4th official was Daniel Rodríguez. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 17 degrees Celsius or 62.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Peñarol had a superior ball possession 65% while Progreso was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Peñarol was putting more pressure with 89 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Peñarol to win the match.
Progreso shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Peñarol shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
Progreso received 5 yellow cards (A. Fuerte, A. Romero, J. Barboza, R. Formento and M. Viera). Talking about the opposition, Peñarol received 5 yellow cards (M. Musto, I. Laquintana, W. Gargano, E. Elizalde and G. Gonzalez).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Progreso will have 25 points like Cerro Largo to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Peñarol will have 29 points to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Progreso will play away against Torque on the 17th of December with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Progreso (1 draw).
Peñarol will host Sud América on the 17th of December with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Peñarol (3 draws).
Progreso – Formation
Progreso
61'
47'
Progreso started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Álvaro Alejandro Fuerte Michetti decided to play with the following team: Rodrigo Formento, Bryan Bentaberry, Rodrigo Mieres, Andrés Romero, Danilo Asconeguy, Nahuel Fagian, Gonzalo Andrada, Santiago Arias, Maximiliano Viera, Gastón Colmán and Luciano Rodriguez.
The home team had on the bench: Rafael Sánchez, Martín Arguiñarena, Martin Marta, Lucas Morales, Alex Silva Quiroga, Jonathan Barboza, Joaquín Gottesman, Luciano Olaizola, Gustavo Alles and Nahuel Roldán.
Substitutions
Progreso made 5 changes: N. Fagian for A. Silva (46′), G. Colman for L. Olaizola (61′), M. Viera for J. Barboza (61′), S. D. Arias Fierro for J. Gottesman (72′) and B. Bentaberry for G. Alles (83′).
Peñarol – Formation
Peñarol
Peñarol started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
José Mauricio Larriera Dibarboure played with: Kevin Dawson, Giovanni González, Edgar Elizalde, Carlos Rodríguez, Valentín Rodríguez, Walter Gargano, Agustín Canobbio, Jesús Trindade, Pablo Ceppelini, Facundo Torres and Rubén Bentancourt.
They had on the bench: Neto, Ezequiel Busquets, Agustin Da Silveira Munoa, Maxi Pereira, Agustín Álvarez, Ignacio Laquintana, Damián Musto, Máximo Alonso, Alvaro Nicolas Garcia Silvera and Nicolas Rossi.
Substitutions
Peñarol made 4 changes: P. Ceppelini for I. Laquintana (46′), W. Gargano for M. Musto (71′), F. Torres for A. Garcia (90′) and N. Rossi for (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
