MONTEVIDEO. Peñarol conquers Albion 2-0 after A. Pizzorno scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Estadio Campeón del Siglo stadium in Montevideo on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Alberto Javier Feres assisted by Richard Fabián Trinidad Díaz Méndez and Matías Rodríguez. The 4th official was Bruno Sacarelo. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.2 degrees Celsius or 57.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Peñarol was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Albion that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Peñarol was more aggressive with 111 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Peñarol won the match​.

Peñarol shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Albion shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Peñarol received 2 yellow cards (J. Ramos and I. Laquintana). On the other side, Albion didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Albion didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Callorda Lafont (Albion) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (19′).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Primera Division, Peñarol will host Torque on the 24th of September with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Peñarol (2 draws).

Albion will host Deportivo Maldonado on the 29th of October with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Deportivo Maldonado (1 draw).

Peñarol – Formation

The manager Leonardo Alfredo Ramos Giró decided to play with the following team: Kevin Dawson, Ezequiel Busquets, Yonatthan Rak, Hernán Menosse, Juan Ramos, Sebastián Cristóforo, Walter Gargano, Ignacio Laquintana, Kevin Méndez, Lucas Viatri and Hernán Rivero.

The home team had on the bench: Thiago Cardozo, Agustin Da Silveira Munoa, Matías Aguirregaray, Facundo Bonifazi, Rodrigo Saravia, Nicolás Milesi, Agustín Álvarez, Billy Arce, Rubén Bentancourt and Nicolás Rossi.

Substitutions

Peñarol made 4 changes: H. Rivero for R. Bentancourt (46′), W. Gargano for N. Rossi (62′), S. Cristoforo for R. A. Saravia Salvia (82′) and L. Viatri for N. Milesi (82′).

Albion – Formation

Ignacio Risso Thomasset played with: Yonatan Irrazábal, Francisco Ibáñez, Federico Platero, Ángelo Pizzorno, Emiliano Ancheta, Kevin Lewis, Martin Barrios, Santiago Correa, Alejo Cruz, José Neris and Maximiliano Callorda.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alberto Eiraldi, Rodrigo Izquierdo, Ousmane N’Dong, Cristian Barros, Juan Muguerza, Nahuel Acosta, Maximiliano Noble, Delis Vargas, Federico Rodríguez and Santiago Cappi.

Substitutions

Albion made 3 changes: M. Barrios for N. Acosta (74′), A. Cruz Techera for C. Barros (82′) and S. Correa for O. Ndong (87′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.​

• Peñarol – Albion – 2-0
• Rentistas – Danubio – 0-1