Nacional vs Defensor Sporting

Nacional beat Defensor Sporting 3-2 in the Uruguay Primera Division on Sunday 20 September 2026, 0-1 at half-time. In their last 13 meetings, including this one, Defensor Sporting won 1, Nacional won 6 and 6 were drawn.

Uruguay Primera Division Sun 20 Sep 2026, 20:30 Save

Nacional

HT 0-1

Defensor Sporting

Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Esteban Ostojich

Nacional vs Defensor Sporting timeline

27' Germán Barrios 0-1 Goal · Right foot shot, Defensor Sporting
34' Francisco Calvo Yellow card, Nacional
34' Axel Frugone Yellow card, Defensor Sporting
38' Rubén Botta Yellow card, Nacional
63' Guillermo de los Santos Yellow card, Defensor Sporting
72' Nicolás Medina 0-2 Goal · Right foot shot, Defensor Sporting
84' Luciano Rodríguez Yellow card, Nacional
89' Maxi Gómez 1-2 Penalty · Penalty, Nacional
90+2' Maxi Gómez 2-2 Goal · Right foot shot, Nacional
90+4' Francisco Calvo 3-2 Goal · Right foot shot, Nacional
90+5' Axel Frugone Red card · Second Yellow Card, Defensor Sporting
90+7' Maxi Gómez Yellow card, Nacional

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0' 15' 30' HT 60' 75' 90'

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Nacional vs Defensor Sporting stats

1st Half 2nd Half

NacionalDefensor Sporting

63% Possession 37%

111 Attacks 83

101 Dang. Attacks 50

11 Shots 3

6 Shots On Target 3

13 Corners 2

75% Pass Accuracy 63%

2 Saves 3

8 Fouls 11

4 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 1

2 Offsides 3

Nacional vs Defensor Sporting lineups

Confirmed

Nacional 3-4-2-1

1 Luis Mejía

20 Rubén Botta
29 Tiziano Correa

11 Maximiliano Silvera

Substitutes

Defensor Sporting 4-2-3-1

12 Kevin Dawson

5 Germán Barrios
24 Lucas de los Santos

26 Brian Montenegro

Substitutes

1 Lucas Machado
7 Nicolás Medina 61'
10 Xavier Biscayzacú
19 Juan Díaz
20 Mateo Caballero 79'
21 Nicolás Scotti 79'
25 Diego Abella del Campo
29 Tomás Pozzo
30 Erico Cuello 61'
55 Martín Rabuñal 68'

Nacional and Defensor Sporting player stats

Nacional player stats

1 Luis Mejía GK	90	0
5 Francisco Calvo DEF	90	1
15 Gastón Martirena DEF	90	0
32 Tomás Viera DEF	90	0
37 Luciano Rodríguez DEF	90	0
21 Camilo Cándido DEF	57	0
23 Lucas Rodríguez MID	90	0
6 Luciano Boggio MID	74	0
29 Tiziano Correa FWD	90	0
11 Maximiliano Silvera FWD	57	0
20 Rubén Botta FWD	57	0
14 Alejandro Martínez MID Sub	33	0
31 Rodrigo Martínez MID Sub	33	0
39 Luciano Gonzalez MID Sub	16	0
9 Maxi Gómez FWD Sub	33	2

Defensor Sporting player stats

12 Kevin Dawson GK	90	0
2 Edgar Elizalde DEF	90	0
3 Guillermo de los Santos DEF	90	0
15 Axel Frugone DEF	90	0
4 Geanfranco Rodríguez DEF	79	0
11 Lucas Agazzi DEF	79	0
8 Nicolás Wunsch MID	90	0
24 Lucas de los Santos MID	90	0
5 Germán Barrios MID	68	1
22 Alan Torterolo MID	61	0
26 Brian Montenegro FWD	90	0
20 Mateo Caballero DEF Sub	11	0
7 Nicolás Medina MID Sub	29	1
30 Erico Cuello MID Sub	29	0
55 Martín Rabuñal MID Sub	22	0
21 Nicolás Scotti FWD Sub	11	0

Min: Minutes played
G: Goals
A: Assists
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
Pass: Passes
Fls: Fouls committed
Rtg: Rating
Sh: Shots
SoT: Shots on target
xG: Expected goals
xGoT: Expected goals on target
KP: Key passes
BCC: Big chances created
BCM: Big chances missed
Drb: Successful dribbles
Off: Offsides
Pass: Passes
Pass%: Pass accuracy
KP: Key passes
F3rd: Passes in the final third
Crs: Crosses
ACrs: Accurate crosses
LB: Long balls
Tch: Touches
Tkl: Tackles
Int: Interceptions
Clr: Clearances
Blk: Shots blocked
Rec: Ball recoveries
Duel: Duels won
Aer: Aerials won
DrbP: Dribbled past
Fls: Fouls committed
FlsD: Fouls won
YC: Yellow cards
Disp: Dispossessed
Lost: Possession lost
Err: Errors leading to a shot
Sv: Saves
SvIn: Saves inside the box
HC: High claims
Tch: Touches
LB: Long balls
Pass%: Pass accuracy

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Nacional vs Defensor Sporting form

Nacional All venues

3 W · 2 D · 0 L

Points per game: 2.20
Scored per game: 1.6
Conceded per game: 1.0
Both teams scored: 60%
Over 2.5 goals: 40%

Defensor Sporting All venues

1 W · 3 D · 1 L

Points per game: 1.20
Scored per game: 0.8
Conceded per game: 1.0
Both teams scored: 60%
Over 2.5 goals: 20%

Results before kick-off, most recent first, from each team's side. Open a game to see its full stats.

Season averages

NacionalDefensor Sporting

40% Win rate 20%

1.00 Goals scored 0.80

1.00 Goals conceded 1.80

40% Both teams score 60%

20% Over 2.5 goals 40%

40% Clean sheets 20%

60% Scored first 80%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

10.40 Match corners 8.20

Primera Division matches only, before kick-off: 5 each.

40% Win rate 20%

1.00 Goals scored 0.90

1.00 Goals conceded 1.50

50% Both teams score 70%

40% Over 2.5 goals 40%

40% Clean sheets 10%

50% Scored first 40%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

10.90 Match corners 9.40

Primera Division matches only, before kick-off: 10 each.

46% Win rate 25%

1.39 Goals scored 0.82

1.25 Goals conceded 1.07

54% Both teams score 54%

57% Over 2.5 goals 29%

32% Clean sheets 25%

46% Scored first 39%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

9.75 Match corners 9.43

Primera Division matches only, before kick-off: 28 each.

Nacional at home and Defensor Sporting away this season.

50% Win rate 8%

1.43 Goals scored 0.69

0.86 Goals conceded 0.92

43% Both teams score 62%

50% Over 2.5 goals 15%

43% Clean sheets 15%

50% Scored first 38%

0.00 xG for 0.00

0.00 xG against 0.00

10.29 Match corners 9.31

Primera Division matches only, before kick-off: 14 for Nacional and 13 for Defensor Sporting.

Defensor Sporting vs Nacional head to head

1 Defensor Sporting wins 6 draws 6 Nacional wins

2.9 goals per game 77% both teams scored 54% over 2.5 goals

Nacional vs Defensor Sporting standings

Primera Division table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	13	9	3	1	22	8	+14	30
2	Montevideo City Torque	13	9	1	3	26	14	+12	28
3	Nacional	13	8	2	3	19	13	+6	26
4	Peñarol	13	6	5	2	17	9	+8	23
5	Deportivo Maldonado	13	6	4	3	18	10	+8	22
6	Atlético Progreso	14	6	2	6	15	17	-2	20
7	Racing	13	5	4	4	18	14	+4	19
8	Juventud	13	4	6	3	12	10	+2	18
9	Cerro	13	5	3	5	15	19	-4	18
10	Wanderers	13	4	4	5	14	19	-5	16
11	Boston River	13	4	3	6	15	17	-2	15
12	Albion	13	4	1	8	15	20	-5	13
13	Defensor Sporting	13	3	3	7	16	23	-7	12
14	Cerro Largo	14	1	7	6	12	19	-7	10
15	Danubio	13	2	4	7	7	15	-8	10
16	Central Español	13	2	2	9	8	22	-14	8

Primera Division home table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Deportivo Maldonado	18	12	5	1	32	12	+20	41
2	Racing	18	11	5	2	28	13	+15	38
3	Peñarol	19	10	5	4	35	20	+15	35
4	Nacional	18	10	2	6	28	17	+11	32
5	Montevideo City Torque	18	10	2	6	32	24	+8	32
6	Liverpool	17	8	5	4	23	14	+9	29
7	Wanderers	17	7	6	4	20	16	+4	27
8	Defensor Sporting	18	7	4	7	20	24	-4	25
9	Cerro Largo	18	5	7	6	22	18	+4	22
10	Albion	18	6	4	8	29	27	+2	22
11	Juventud	17	6	4	7	18	18	0	22
12	Cerro	17	6	4	7	13	15	-2	22
13	Central Español	18	6	4	8	20	24	-4	22
14	Boston River	17	5	5	7	16	15	+1	20
15	Danubio	17	4	8	5	17	18	-1	20
16	Atlético Progreso	17	5	2	10	16	26	-10	17

Primera Division away table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Peñarol	17	10	4	3	22	9	+13	34
2	Montevideo City Torque	17	9	4	4	27	17	+10	31
3	Liverpool	18	8	6	4	24	17	+7	30
4	Nacional	17	9	2	6	24	24	0	29
5	Albion	17	7	4	6	18	17	+1	25
6	Wanderers	19	7	3	9	23	33	-10	24
7	Deportivo Maldonado	17	6	4	7	22	20	+2	22
8	Racing	17	5	7	5	17	18	-1	22
9	Juventud	18	4	7	7	19	25	-6	19
10	Atlético Progreso	19	5	4	10	16	24	-8	19
11	Central Español	17	5	4	8	15	24	-9	19
12	Boston River	18	5	2	11	18	32	-14	17
13	Cerro Largo	18	4	4	10	13	25	-12	16
14	Cerro	18	4	3	11	16	38	-22	15
15	Defensor Sporting	17	2	8	7	15	19	-4	14
16	Danubio	18	2	6	10	12	27	-15	12

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Primera Division 2026 standings as of 13 Nov 2026, 21:05 UK. Last 5 shows the most recent result first.

Pre-match probabilities

52%Nacional 28%Draw 20%Defensor Sporting

Half-time result Pro

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Draw
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Nacional or draw 81%
Defensor Sporting or draw 48%
Nacional or Defensor Sporting 72%

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Venue: Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Capacity 37,000 · Grass
Weather: 21°C, light rain Wind 13 km/h · Humidity 74%
Managers: Daniel Carreño Nacional José Larriera Dibarboure Defensor Sporting
Officials: Referee Esteban Ostojich 1st Assistant A. Berisso 2nd Assistant F. Piccardo 4th Official F. Armán

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Nacional vs Defensor Sporting stats

Nacional vs Defensor Sporting lineups

Nacional 3-4-2-1

Defensor Sporting 4-2-3-1

Nacional and Defensor Sporting player stats

Nacional vs Defensor Sporting form

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Defensor Sporting vs Nacional head to head

Nacional vs Defensor Sporting standings

Pre-match probabilities

Half-time result Pro

Double chance

Half-time / full-time Pro

Both teams to score

First to score Pro

Goals 0.5 Pro

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Goals 4.5 Pro

First-half goal Pro

Nacional goals 0.5 Pro

Nacional goals 1.5 Pro

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Nacional goals 3.5 Pro

Defensor Sporting goals 0.5 Pro

Defensor Sporting goals 1.5 Pro

Defensor Sporting goals 2.5 Pro

Defensor Sporting goals 3.5 Pro

Corners 4 Pro

Corners 5 Pro

Corners 6 Pro

Corners 7 Pro

Corners 8 Pro

Corners 9 Pro

Corners 10 Pro

Corners 11 Pro

Corners 10.5 Pro

Most likely scores Pro