Who will win between Defensor Sporting and Liverpool UY?

Liverpool UY look the stronger side: they won the last meeting 2-1, sit fourth with nine points and are unbeaten in three away games. Defensor's home form is poor — one win in their last five at home.

Are Liverpool UY the favourites to win this match?

Yes, Liverpool UY are marginal favourites. Our read favours their form and mental edge, and they arrive unbeaten in three away games. Defensor Sporting have lost three of their last five at home.

Will both teams score in this match?

BTTS is a live option: both teams scored in three of the last five meetings, and the head-to-head average is 2.7 goals per game. Defensor's 4-2 home win in June 2025 shows the pattern.

Defensor Sporting

16.08.2026 18:00

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Liverpool UY

Defensor Sporting 0:4 Liverpool UY — Match Report

Gary RedknappFootball AnalystMATCH REPORT

Liverpool UY won 4-0 at Defensor Sporting in Primera División. Rubén Bentancourt scored the first goal in the 17th minute, and the visitors stretched their lead after the interval.

Bentancourt's opener kept Liverpool ahead until the 81st minute, when Facundo Barceló made it 2-0. Barceló scored again in the 90th minute, and Diego Romero added a fourth in the same minute. Tomás Pozzo was shown a red card in the 63rd minute.

Facundo Barceló's brace was the decisive individual contribution, with his two goals arriving after the 80th minute. Three of Liverpool's four goals came after the 63rd-minute sending-off, and they ended with a comfortable margin.

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