Head-to-Head
Club Nacional de Montevideo have won four of the last five Liga AUF Uruguaya head-to-head meetings between the two clubs.
Club Nacional de Montevideo
- Club Nacional de Montevideo enter their match against Cerro Largo on Tuesday sitting 9th in the Liga AUF Uruguaya Apertura 2026 table with 10 points from 7 games, while the visitors are 10th with 9 points from 7 matches, so momentum could be key in this clash.
- Jadson Viera, who took charge of Nacional in October 2025, has kept the Nacional identity intact, even though they’ve picked up a mixed bag of 2 wins and 3 losses in their last 5 league games.
- Nacional operate within a 4-2-3-1 framework and have had more joy when they have played their normal game, building attacks from the back, playing vertical football through the middle of the pitch and using the wings to stretch the opposition defense.
- Last time out, Nacional beat Montevideo Wanderers 2-0 at home, but they also lost away to struggling Juventud de las Piedras and mid-table Defensor Sporting.
Cerro Largo
- Danielo Nunez’s more pragmatic setup has been in place at Cerro Largo since August 2024 and the visitors arrive in good form after taking back-to-back wins from their previous 2 league outings.
- Cerro Largo beat Deportivo Maldonado 3-1 at home, prior to a 3-1 away win against Central Espanol that brought their away record to 2 wins and 2 losses from 4 away games in the Apertura.
Key Players
- Maximiliano Gomez is Nacional’s highest scorer in the Apertura, but the forward has only scored three goals in six appearances so far.
- That's still the club's top tally, so he could get a chance to increase his tally on Tuesday.
- Axel Pandiani is Cerro Largo’s leading scorer in the league with three in four.
- Two of those came in his last five appearances, so back him to score anytime.
Betting Insights
The odds for a Nacional win at 1.4 look reasonable here, considering they are the bigger club and have home advantage , but there’s a good chance this fixture won’t see both teams score as at least one of the defences will be solid.
Prediction
Both teams to score - No is priced at 1.67 , but we’re siding with Nacional to win and the game to see over 2.5 goals at odds of 1.9 .
