Club Nacional vs Penarol — Primera División - Apertura 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 21+ matches
Club Nacional41%
Penarol32%✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Club Nacional creates 15% more chances
Season form · 23 home / 21 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under53
- Over47
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Club Nacional ↓
Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Club Nacional at home — creates 1.96, concedes 0.87 · 23 matches
Penarol away — creates 1.48, concedes 0.76 · 21 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Club Nacional attack 1.96 + Penarol defence 0.76 → ÷2 → 1.36
Penarol attack 1.48 + Club Nacional defence 0.87 → ÷2 → 1.18
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 41%?"
Club Nacional at 41% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 41% does not mean "Club Nacional will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Match Events
Liverpool MontevideoClub Nacional
JuventudPenarol
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Racing Montevideo
Boston River
Cerro Largo
Plaza Colonia
Atletico Torque
Progreso
Cerro
Danubio
Wanderers
Miramar
CA River PlateClub NacionalJuventudPenarolLiverpool MontevideoDefensor SportingRacing MontevideoBoston RiverPlaza ColoniaWanderersCerro LargoDanubioAtletico TorqueCerroProgresoMiramarCA River PlateIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Club Nacional host Penarol on Sunday, 9 February 2025 at 22:30. The match is part of the Primera División - Apertura 2026/2027 season.
Club Nacional 1 – 1 Penarol
Club Nacional and Penarol drew 1-1 in Primera División - Apertura on February 9, 2025.
Goals: M. Silvera (50'), J. Recoba (61').
The match was played at Gran Parque Central in Montevideo.