MONTEVIDEO. Nacional overcomes Peñarol 3-1. Nacional got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from M. Laborda (45′) and L. Suarez (52′). Peñarol tried to recover with a goal from K. Mendez (61′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (75′ + 0′) scored by C. Candido for Nacional. Nacional was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio Gran Parque Central stadium in Montevideo on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Andrés Matonte with the support of Nicolás Taran and Martín Soppi. The 4th official was Santiago Motta. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18 degrees Celsius or 64.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nacional had a superior ball possession 61% while Peñarol was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nacional was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nacional won the match.
Nacional shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Peñarol shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Nacional received 2 yellow cards (L. Lozano and D. Zabala). On the other side, Peñarol received 4 yellow cards (Y. Rak, N. Rossi, B. Lozano and A. Da Silveira).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Nacional will have 28 points to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Peñarol will stay with 26 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Nacional will host Danubio on the 29th of October with a 23-16 head to head stats in favor of Nacional (2 draws).
Peñarol will host Torque on the 24th of September with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Peñarol (2 draws).
Nacional – Formation
Nacional
45'
90'
11'
Nacional started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pablo Eduardo Repetto Aquino decided to play with the following team: Sergio Rochet, Mathías Laborda, Camilo Cándido, Leandro Lozano, Léo Coelho, José Luis Rodríguez, Diego Rodríguez, Alfonso Trezza, Franco Fagúndez, Felipe Carballo and Luis Suárez.
The home team had on the bench: Martín Rodríguez, Mario Risso, Christian Almeida, Francisco Ginella, Diego Zabala, Alex Castro, Rodrigo Chagas, Emanuel Gigliotti, Juan Ignacio Ramírez and Santiago Ramírez.
Substitutions
Nacional made 4 changes: Leo Coelho for M. Risso (70′), F. Fagundez for F. Ginella (84′), A. Trezza for D. Zabala (90′) and C. Candido for A. Castro (90′).
Peñarol – Formation
Peñarol
Peñarol started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Leonardo Alfredo Ramos Giró played with: Kevin Dawson, Yonatthan Rak, Agustin Da Silveira Munoa, Matías Aguirregaray, Juan Ramos, Ignacio Laquintana, Walter Gargano, Nicolás Milesi, Brian Lozano, Kevin Méndez and Lucas Viatri.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Thiago Cardozo, Ezequiel Busquets, Facundo Bonifazi, Matías González, Sebastián Cristóforo, Agustín Álvarez, Billy Arce, Rubén Bentancourt, Nicolás Rossi and Hernán Rivero.
Substitutions
Peñarol made 5 changes: L. Viatri for R. Bentancourt (54′), W. Gargano for H. Rivero (54′), N. Milesi for S. Cristoforo (60′), J. Ramos for F. Bonifazi (72′) and K. Mendez for N. Rossi (72′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Nacional – Peñarol – 3-1
- Cerro Largo – Boston River – 1-1
