Nacional de Football 2-1 Defensor Sporting — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Uruguay - Premier League, 18 May 2025

📅18/05/2025 · 🕒00:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-0 2nd Score 1-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
57%
1.53
Draw
23%
3.8
Away
20%
5.11
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.91
Over 2.5
48%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
45%
1.9
No
55%
1.81
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
2-3 Goals
39%
4-5 Goals
21%
6+ Goals
13%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
31%
1/2
5%
1/X
5%
X/1
19%
X/2
8%
X/X
12%
2/1
7%
2/2
7%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
57%
Home Win
61%
-3.9pp
23%
Draw
23%
+0.6pp
20%
Away Win
16%
+3.3pp
52%
Under 2.5
48%
+3.6pp
48%
Over 2.5
52%
-3.6pp
45%
BTTS Yes
49%
-3.7pp
55%
BTTS No
51%
+3.7pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Nacional de Football EU Bookmakers 65%
Head to Head
AWAY Defensor Sporting EU Bookmakers 20%
-3% / -6% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -7% / -7%
1.96/0.79 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.82/1.42
+19% / +6% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -7% / +5%
57% Ball Possession 43%
14 Total Shots 8
6 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
350 · 77% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 209 · 68%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
2.9 Yellow Cards 2.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Nacional de Football
2W-4D-0L
AWAY Defensor Sporting
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
53% Ball Possession 47%
11 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
22.09.2024 Nacional de Football Nacional de Football 1-1 HT 0-1 Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting URU
11.03.2024 Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting 3-3 HT 1-1 Nacional de Football Nacional de Football URU
05.12.2023 Nacional de Football Nacional de Football 1-0 HT 0-0 Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting URU
08.05.2023 Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting 2-2 HT 1-1 Nacional de Football Nacional de Football URU
09.10.2022 Nacional de Football Nacional de Football 1-1 HT 1-0 Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting URU
15.05.2022 Defensor Sporting Defensor Sporting 0-2 HT 0-1 Nacional de Football Nacional de Football URU
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Nacional de Football
2-1
AWAY Defensor Sporting
59% Ball Possession 41%
10 Total Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 1
POST-MATCH Nacional de Football vs Defensor Sporting
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Nacional de Football edged past Defensor Sporting 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Nacional de Football as the likeliest winner at 57%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals read — no to both teams scoring (55%) — went the other way, though.

On the day, Nacional de Football had 59% of the ball to Defensor Sporting's 41%, shots finished 10-9.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Nacional de Football had the better of it with 2 wins, 4 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Nacional de Football and 1.17 for Defensor Sporting.

What was the final score of Nacional de Football vs Defensor Sporting?

Nacional de Football 2-1 Defensor Sporting in the Uruguay - Premier League on 18/05/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Nacional de Football vs Defensor Sporting?

Before kick-off our model rated a Nacional de Football win the most likely single outcome at about 57%, with the full match-result split Nacional de Football 57%, draw 23%, Defensor Sporting 20%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Nacional de Football) — while Under 2.5, BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Nacional de Football) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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