Nacional
- Club Nacional de Montevideo are ninth in the table and have lost their last three games in all competitions, while the visitors are bottom of the table with 10 points from 10 matches in the Liga AUF Uruguaya - Apertura 2026.
- Nacional are a big club and the Uruguayans pride themselves on their pragmatic approach, but under new boss Jorge Bava, who took charge in March 2026, they have injected more of a sense of urgency to their play and the pace of their attacking play.
- Bava has made Nacional much more direct, much more compact and has given the wing-backs more license to go wide, which creates more opportunities for the team to get into a vertical flow.
Cerro
- Alejo Macelli is Cerro’s top-scorer with only three goals from 13 games in the league this season, although he has scored two of those in his last five.
- Cerro’s 1-1 home draw with Montevideo City Torque, 3-1 away defeat to Central Espanol and 0-1 home reverse to Deportivo Maldonado represent the latest in a poor run of results for Cerro, who have drawn one and lost five of their six away league games in 2026, averaging just 0.5 goals per game while conceding 2.33 per game on the road.
Key Players
Bava’s men are still scoring goals, which is the only reason they haven’t slipped further down the standings, with 7 goals from 12 league games for their main man Maximiliano Gomez , who has scored three in his last five .
Betting Insights
Nacional’s odds of 1.33 look a little short on the face of it, but they still have the attacking edge in this one and home field advantage, while Cerro have no away victories in the league.
