Cerro took all three points from Progreso with a 3-1 victory at Parque Abraham Paladino on Saturday afternoon. The visitors ran the show in moments that mattered, despite never dominating the ball for long stretches. We'd backed the hosts at 37 per cent confidence, but the match took a different turn entirely — and here's the thing, it wasn't the scoreline that surprised me so much as how Cerro managed it. Cambon struck twice in quick succession, opening the scoring in the seventh minute before adding a second fourteen minutes on. I remember the twenty-minute mark clearly; the visitors had settled into a rhythm that Progreso couldn't quite disrupt. Ocampo picked up a booking in the thirty-fourth minute, and by then it was already becoming obvious that Progreso's possession wouldn't translate into something concrete. The visitors doubled their lead in the seventy-third through Juambeltz, then Amaro made it three in the eighty-eighth. Rodriguez saw his penalty saved in stoppage time, which could have changed everything, but Cerro held their nerve. To be fair, Progreso had the shots — five on target against six — but the quality of chances told a different story. Progreso controlled 61 per cent of possession and registered 117 attacks compared to Cerro's 85, yet the statistics don't capture who actually played the better football. The hosts threw bodies forward but found themselves dragged out of position repeatedly. Cerro's defensive discipline, combined with their ability to punish mistakes, proved decisive. The result leaves Progreso sixteenth on twenty-two points after twenty-eight games, while Cerro move up to thirteenth with thirty-two. The visitors were unbeaten in five before this defeat to Serrito, but they've now turned that around with a performance that looked beyond the league table position.
Progreso — Cerro: 1:3, Primera División - Apertura
Primera División - Apertura
Progreso
L3 Sep · Away Albion FC · 1:2W7 Sep · Away Albion FC · 1:0L13 Sep · Home Cerro · 1:3L16 Sep · Home Club Nacional · 0:1W19 Sep · Away Boston River · 2:1W26 Sep · Home Racing Club de Montevideo · 2:1
1:3
Finished
Kick-off was BST
Cerro
W6 Sep · Home Racing Club de Montevideo · 1:0L10 Sep · Home Cerrito · 0:2W13 Sep · Away Progreso · 3:1L19 Sep · Home Peñarol Montevideo · 1:2L24 Sep · Home Deportivo Maldonado · 1:2D27 Sep · Away Juventud · 0:0
Venue:
Parque Abraham Paladino
City: Montevideo
In the Primera División - Apertura game on 13 September 2026, Cerro beat Progreso 1:3. Match numbers: shots on target 5:6, corners 6:0.
Match report
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %
61
–
39
Shots on target
5
–
6
Shots off target
8
–
3
Attacks
117
–
85
⚽
7' A. Cambon — Goal
⚽
14' A. Cambon — Goal
🟨
34' A. Ocampo — Yellow card
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37' A. Macelli — Yellow card
⇄
46' A. Ocampo — Substitution
⇄
46' E. Alvarez — Substitution
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50' R. Cristobal — Yellow card
⇄
57' B. Aleman — Substitution
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57' A. Severo — Substitution
⇄
62' R. Cristobal — Substitution
⇄
62' F. De Leon — Substitution
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63' A. Cambon — Substitution
🟨
69' D. Suarez — Yellow card
⚽
73' M. Juambeltz — Goal
⇄
78' Leonardo Pais — Substitution
🟨
79' F. Bregante — Yellow card
⇄
79' A. Cougo — Substitution
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88' J. Amaro — Goal
✗
90+1' E. Rodriguez — Penalty missed
Match events
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7'
0:1
Cerro
Goal
A. Cambon
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14'
0:2
Cerro
Goal
A. Cambon
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34'
0:2
Progreso
Yellow card
A. Ocampo
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37'
0:2
Cerro
Yellow card
A. Macelli
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46'
0:2
Progreso
Substitution
A. Ocampo off: G. Trasante
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46'
0:2
Progreso
Substitution
E. Alvarez off: M. Juambeltz
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50'
0:2
Progreso
Yellow card
R. Cristobal
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57'
0:2
Cerro
Substitution
B. Aleman off: A. Miranda
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57'
0:2
Cerro
Substitution
A. Severo off: F. Bregante
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62'
0:2
Progreso
Substitution
R. Cristobal off: S. Bruschi
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62'
0:2
Progreso
Substitution
F. De Leon off: N. Acosta
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63'
0:2
Cerro
Substitution
A. Cambon off: E. Rodriguez
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69'
0:2
Cerro
Yellow card
D. Suarez
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73'
1:2
Progreso
Goal
M. Juambeltz
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78'
1:2
Cerro
Substitution
Leonardo Pais off: P. Nongoy
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79'
1:2
Cerro
Yellow card
F. Bregante
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79'
1:2
Progreso
Substitution
A. Cougo off: G. Silva
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88'
1:3
Cerro
Goal
J. Amaro
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90+1'
1:3
Cerro
Penalty missed
E. Rodriguez assist: E. Rodriguez
Statistics
Line-ups
Progreso
| # | Player | number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renzo Damián Bacchia Rodríguez | 1 |
| 13 | H. Carrossu | 13 |
| 15 | Mauro Joaquín Martin Colmán | 15 |
| 24 | Emiliano Federico Álvarez Silva | 24 |
| 40 | Carlos Ayrton Cougo Rivero | 40 |
| 5 | Agustín Piñeiro | 5 |
| 7 | Lucas Agustín Ocampo Galván | 7 |
| 10 | N. Lopez | 10 |
| 17 | F. De Leon | 17 |
| 25 | Ramiro Nicolás Cristóbal Calderón | 25 |
| 14 | Lucas Viana Gauna | 14 |
| # | Player | number |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Lautaro Fernandez | 12 |
| 3 | Federico Garcia | 3 |
| 6 | Marco Saravia | 6 |
| 16 | Gian Franco Trasante Medina | 16 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Couture | 4 |
| 18 | Gonzalo Jorge Alberto Silva | 18 |
| 30 | Agustín Codagnone | 30 |
| 8 | Maximiliano Juambeltz Fernández | 8 |
| 11 | Nahuel Acosta | 11 |
| 21 | Santino Bruski Dias | 21 |
Cerro
| # | Player | number |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Yonatan Irrazábal Condines | 12 |
| 16 | Juan Cruz Guasone | 16 |
| 17 | Gianni Danielle Rodríguez Fernández | 17 |
| 21 | Nahuel Eloy Arena | 21 |
| 22 | Damián Suárez | 22 |
| 5 | Alejo Agustín Macelli | 5 |
| 7 | A. Severo | 7 |
| 10 | Brahian Milton Alemán Athaydes | 10 |
| 31 | Hairo Amaro | 31 |
| 77 | Leonardo Pais | 77 |
| 28 | Augusto Cambon | 28 |
| # | Player | number |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Emiliano Darío Denis Figueroa | 25 |
| 5 | Mauro Román Villar | 5 |
| 6 | Francisco Bregante Torres | 6 |
| 8 | Agustín Sebastián Miranda Cambón | 8 |
| 19 | Emiliano Sosa | 19 |
| 32 | Rodrigo Mederos | 32 |
| 35 | Pablo Ngoy | 35 |
| 14 | Emiliano Rodríguez Rosales | 14 |
| 33 | Tiago Rijo | 33 |
| 77 | Bruno Morales | 77 |
Match prediction: Progreso — Cerro
Win: Progreso
Confidence
37%
Reasoning
- Прогресо — 15. place, 10 points after 15 games (2 wins, 4 draws, 9 losses)
- Серро — 16. place, 10 points after 15 games (2 wins, 4 draws, 9 losses)
- Прогресо, last 5 games: 2 wins, 3 losses
- Серро, last 5 games: 1 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses
- Head-to-head: 5 games, Прогресо — 3, 1 draws, Серро — 1
Analytical content. Not a call to gamble. 18+
Recent form
L3 Sep · Away Albion FC · 1:2W7 Sep · Away Albion FC · 1:0L13 Sep · Home Cerro · 1:3L16 Sep · Home Club Nacional · 0:1W19 Sep · Away Boston River · 2:1W26 Sep · Home Racing Club de Montevideo · 2:1
Recent matches
- 2:1 home: Racing Club de Montevideo
- 2:1 away: Boston River
- 0:1 home: Club Nacional
- 1:0 away: Albion FC
- 1:2 away: Albion FC
W6 Sep · Home Racing Club de Montevideo · 1:0L10 Sep · Home Cerrito · 0:2W13 Sep · Away Progreso · 3:1L19 Sep · Home Peñarol Montevideo · 1:2L24 Sep · Home Deportivo Maldonado · 1:2D27 Sep · Away Juventud · 0:0
Recent matches
- 0:0 away: Juventud
- 1:2 home: Deportivo Maldonado
- 1:2 home: Peñarol Montevideo
- 0:2 home: Cerrito
- 1:0 home: Racing Club de Montevideo