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Defensor Sporting vs Penarol prediction & preview

Next up: Primera División, Sun 15 Nov 2026, 23:00 UTC

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Head-to-head in numbers

Defensor Sporting and Penarol have met 33 times since April 2012. The record reads Defensor Sporting 6 wins, Penarol 19, with 8 draws. These games average 2.6 goals. Both teams have scored in 55% of meetings, and 52% have gone over 2.5 goals. Defensor Sporting's biggest win in this fixture was 2-0 in December 2016. Penarol's biggest win in this fixture was 5-1 in February 2016. Penarol are unbeaten in the last 13 meetings.

The last meeting, on 24 May 2026 (Primera División), finished Defensor Sporting 0-2 Penarol. Defensor Sporting's last 5 results, most recent first: W D L L L. Penarol's last 5 results, most recent first: D L D L D. Defensor Sporting sit 8th in the Primera División table. Penarol sit 4th in the Primera División table.

They meet next on 15 Nov 2026 (Primera División).

Recent meetings

Defensor Sporting wins

Draws

Penarol wins

Full head-to-head history

Where they stand

Primera División table

Primera: Apertura

League standings. P played, W wins, D draws, L losses, GF goals for, GA goals against, GD goal difference, and Pts points.
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Racing Montevideo	15	9	4	2	23	14	9	31	LDWDW
2	Deportivo Maldonado	15	9	2	4	24	16	8	29	WWLDW
3	Albion FC	15	8	4	3	26	16	10	28	WWWWW
4	Penarol	15	8	3	4	23	16	7	27	WDLDL
5	Central Espanol	15	7	3	5	23	22	1	24	WLWLD
6	Atletico Torque	15	6	5	4	22	16	6	23	WDWDL
7	Club Nacional	15	7	1	7	26	21	5	22	WLLWL
8	Defensor Sporting	15	5	6	4	13	11	2	21	LDWDW
9	Liverpool Montevideo	15	5	5	5	20	18	2	20	LWDLW
10	Wanderers	15	6	2	7	16	21	-5	20	WLWLL
11	Danubio	15	4	6	5	17	21	-4	18	LLWDD
12	Cerro Largo	15	5	2	8	16	19	-3	17	LWLLD
13	Boston River	15	5	2	8	14	20	-6	17	LWLWL
14	Juventud	15	4	3	8	17	22	-5	15	WWDDW
15	Progreso	15	2	4	9	12	23	-11	10	LLLWL
16	Cerro	15	2	4	9	8	24	-16	10	LLLDD

Primera: Clausura

League standings. P played, W wins, D draws, L losses, GF goals for, GA goals against, GD goal difference, and Pts points.
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Liverpool Montevideo	13	9	3	1	22	8	14	30	WWWDW
2	Atletico Torque	13	9	1	3	26	14	12	28	WWLWL
3	Club Nacional	13	8	2	3	19	13	6	26	WLWWW
4	Deportivo Maldonado	13	6	4	3	18	10	8	22	DWLDW
5	Penarol	13	6	5	2	17	9	8	22	DDLDW
6	Racing Montevideo	13	5	4	4	18	14	4	19	WDWLL
7	Progreso	13	6	1	6	13	15	-2	19	LWWDL
8	Juventud	13	4	6	3	12	10	2	18	LDLWD
9	Cerro	13	5	3	5	15	19	-4	18	LLDWL
10	Wanderers	13	4	4	5	14	19	-5	16	DLLLW
11	Boston River	13	4	3	6	15	17	-2	15	LLWWD
12	Albion FC	13	4	1	8	15	20	-5	13	DWWWW
13	Defensor Sporting	13	3	3	7	16	23	-7	12	WDLLL
14	Danubio	13	2	4	7	7	15	-8	10	LLWLW
15	Cerro Largo	13	1	6	6	10	17	-7	9	LWDLL
16	Central Espanol	13	2	2	9	8	22	-14	8	WLLLL

Primera: Promedios

League standings. P played, W wins, D draws, L losses, GF goals for, GA goals against, GD goal difference, and Pts points.
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Penarol	72	43	15	14	118	62	56	144	DDLDW
2	Club Nacional	72	43	14	15	129	75	54	140	WLWWW
3	Deportivo Maldonado	35	18	9	8	54	32	22	63	DWLDW
4	Liverpool Montevideo	72	34	22	16	98	68	30	124	WWWDW
5	Racing Montevideo	72	30	23	19	84	69	15	113	WDWLL
6	Atletico Torque	72	32	16	24	113	92	21	112	WWLWL
7	Juventud	72	28	18	26	82	82	0	102	LDLWD
8	Defensor Sporting	72	27	19	26	77	81	-4	100	WDLLL
9	Albion FC	35	13	8	14	47	44	3	47	DWWWW
10	Boston River	72	24	20	28	84	86	-2	92	LLWWD
11	Cerro Largo	72	21	23	28	74	82	-8	86	LWDLL
12	Central Espanol	35	11	8	16	35	48	-13	41	WLLLL
13	Cerro	72	22	18	32	62	95	-33	83	LLDWL
14	Wanderers	72	20	22	30	67	91	-24	82	DLLLW
15	Danubio	72	16	27	29	70	86	-16	75	LLWLW
16	Progreso	72	20	14	38	69	109	-40	74	LWWDL

Primera: Tabla Anual

League standings. P played, W wins, D draws, L losses, GF goals for, GA goals against, GD goal difference, and Pts points.
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Penarol	35	19	9	7	52	28	24	65	DDLDW
2	Deportivo Maldonado	35	18	9	8	54	32	22	63	DWLDW
3	Atletico Torque	35	19	6	10	59	41	18	63	WWLWL
4	Club Nacional	35	19	4	12	53	42	11	61	WLWWW
5	Racing Montevideo	35	16	12	7	45	31	14	60	WDWLL
6	Liverpool Montevideo	35	16	11	8	47	31	16	59	WWWDW
7	Wanderers	35	14	9	12	42	44	-2	51	DLLLW
8	Albion FC	35	13	8	14	47	44	3	47	DWWWW
9	Juventud	35	10	11	14	37	43	-6	41	LDLWD
10	Central Espanol	35	11	8	16	35	48	-13	41	WLLLL
11	Defensor Sporting	35	9	12	14	35	43	-8	39	WDLLL
12	Cerro Largo	35	9	10	16	33	41	-8	37	LWDLL
13	Boston River	35	10	7	18	34	47	-13	37	LLWWD
14	Cerro	35	10	7	18	29	53	-24	37	LLDWL
15	Progreso	35	10	5	20	31	49	-18	35	LWWDL
16	Danubio	35	6	14	15	29	45	-16	32	LLWLW

Primera: Torneo Intermedio

League standings. P played, W wins, D draws, L losses, GF goals for, GA goals against, GD goal difference, and Pts points.
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Penarol	7	5	1	1	12	3	9	16	WWDWL
1	Wanderers	7	4	3	0	12	4	8	15	WWWDW
2	Club Nacional	7	4	1	2	8	8	0	13	WLDWL
2	Cerro Largo	7	3	2	2	7	5	2	11	LWDDW
3	Deportivo Maldonado	7	3	3	1	12	6	6	12	DLDWW
3	Racing Montevideo	7	2	4	1	4	3	1	10	WLDDD
4	Liverpool Montevideo	7	2	3	2	5	5	0	9	DWLDW
4	Atletico Torque	7	4	0	3	11	11	0	12	LWWLW
5	Central Espanol	7	2	3	2	4	4	0	9	DLDDW
5	Juventud	7	2	2	3	8	11	-3	8	DWLDL
6	Albion FC	7	1	3	3	6	8	-2	6	DLDWL
6	Cerro	7	3	0	4	6	10	-4	9	LWWLL
7	Defensor Sporting	7	1	3	3	6	9	-3	6	WLDDD
7	Progreso	7	2	0	5	6	11	-5	6	LWLLW
8	Danubio	7	0	4	3	5	9	-4	4	DLDDD
8	Boston River	7	1	2	4	5	10	-5	5	LLDDL

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Promotion - Copa Libertadores (Group Stage)
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Promotion - Liga AUF Uruguaya (Torneo Intermedio - Play Offs: Final)

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