Preview
- It's the Apertura of the 2025 Primera División as Nacional and Defensor Sporting lock horns at Estadio Gran Parque Central on 2025-05-18 at 19:00 GMT.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between P. Peirano and I. Ithurralde.
- Nacional have accumulated 28 points to lie 2nd whereas Defensor Sporting have 24 points to sit 4th.
- Neither Nacional nor Defensor Sporting are missing any players.
- We anticipate Nacional lining up with five at the back (5-4-1), and Defensor Sporting are expected to line up in 3-4-1-2.
- Nacional lost 0-2 to Internacional, and Defensor Sporting were defeated 0-1 by Peñarol.
- Nacional look strong (3-1-1) over the last 5 matches, whereas Defensor Sporting have 2-1-2 in the same span.
- Nacional have clearly got the edge H2H: in 54 meetings, they've beaten Defensor Sporting 24 times, with 18 draws and only 12 losses.
- We predict Nacional to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (3-3-1) and 2.14 goals/game.
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Nacional
Defensor Sp.
Events
| 12' | C. Oliva | ||
| 39' | F. Ginella | ||
HT 0 - 0 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | J. Alvarez | ||
| 53' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 57' | |||
| 65' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 67' | |||
| 73' | |||
| 73' | K. AltezK. Prieto | ||
| 73' | |||
| 85' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 88' | |||
| 89' | |||
| 90+5' | R. Otero | ||
Lineups
Standings
Nacional is going head to head with Defensor Sp. on 18/5/2025 18:00 GMT at Estadio Gran Parque Central for the Uruguay Primera División. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Nacional v Defensor Sp. H2H statistics!