MONTEVIDEO (Interstat) — Oriental and Uruguay Montevideo played to a 1-1 draw at Parque Palermo on Sunday, with each side scoring once in the first half and neither side adding a goal after the break. Oriental was the home team, and Uruguay Montevideo was the visiting team. The match took place at Parque Palermo in Montevideo. The result was the third competition match of the season for both teams, and the draw left both still seeking a first win in the competition. The teams were level after 90 minutes at the home venue of Oriental.

Uruguay Montevideo opened the scoring in the 18th minute through Lucas Ortiz. Oriental answered in the 36th minute when F. Chocobar G. scored. The scoring list showed a goal for Uruguay Montevideo at 18 minutes and a goal for Oriental at 36 minutes. Ortiz was the scorer for Uruguay Montevideo, and Chocobar was the scorer for Oriental. The goals were the only scoring plays listed for the match. Ortiz and Chocobar were each credited with one goal while playing 90 minutes. After Chocobar’s equalizer, neither team found another goal, and the match finished level. Both goals came in the first half, and the second half produced no further scoring.

F. Chocobar G. of Oriental and Lucas Ortiz of Uruguay Montevideo supplied the key performances in the draw. Chocobar scored Oriental’s goal and was on the field for all 90 minutes. Ortiz scored Uruguay Montevideo’s goal and also played the full match. Their goals accounted for all the scoring at Parque Palermo, and neither side produced another goal after Chocobar’s equalizer in the 36th minute. The scoring sequence began with Ortiz’s 18th-minute goal for Uruguay Montevideo and continued with Chocobar’s 36th-minute goal for Oriental. Chocobar and Ortiz were the only players listed with a goal in the key performances.

The draw moved Uruguay Montevideo to 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in the competition. Uruguay Montevideo also stands at 0 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw across all competitions. Oriental is now 0 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws in the competition. Oriental’s record across all competitions is also 0 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws. Both teams remain without a victory this season, and neither side has won in the competition or across all competitions. The competition records and all-competitions records are identical for each team.

Uruguay Montevideo entered the match after a 3-1 loss to Colon and a 2-0 loss to Fenix. Oriental had lost 3-1 to River Plate and played to a 0-0 draw with Colon in its previous matches. In those matches, Colon scored three goals against Uruguay Montevideo, which scored one. Fenix scored two against Uruguay Montevideo, which did not score. River Plate scored three against Oriental, which scored one. Oriental and Colon each failed to score in their previous meeting. Those results left both teams searching for their first win of the campaign before the draw at Parque Palermo. The shared result added another draw to each team’s season record. Uruguay Montevideo’s previous results this season were the loss to Colon and the loss to Fenix, while Oriental’s previous results were the loss to River Plate and the draw with Colon.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Oriental 2, Uruguay Montevideo 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Oriental with an 85 percent probability to win. Oriental had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 0.5. The total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 2.5. The game simulator and ELO projections were made before the match at Parque Palermo.