Division 1: Two sides in reasonable shape get together for this fixture. Cerro Porteño with a wee upper hand with their 2nd place in the table?
- Nacional Asunción have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Division 1
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Copa Libertadores game only four days ago.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Division 1 numbers at home for Nacional Asunción so far this season.
The Nacional Asunción goalkeeper Hector Espinola is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.
Nacional enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sportivo Luqueno's place. The match ended 1-0.
In the match before that, Nacional Asunción hosted Resistencia and drew the game 0-0.Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 16 league games, 12 have had two goals or less.
Nacional Asunción have scored {9 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Nacional have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño have an excellent away record in the Division 1 so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa Libertadores home loss versus Palmeiras with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Lucena got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, top player of the team. Lucena had 58 successful passes (of 68 total).
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus General Caballero JLM.Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this club's 14 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Cerro Porteño has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. Cerro Porteño have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cerro Porteño have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (4-2-0) when facing Nacional Asunción.These opponents have fought earlier this season: Cerro Porteño - Nacional 4-1. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Aquino 6 goals |  G. Aguilar Encina 4 goals | C. Ocampos 4 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 35 |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 84% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 37% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 37% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 68% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 32% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 5.3 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 5.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 12.8 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.2 | 10.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 25% | 16% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 46% | 44% |
| 9.1 | 9.4 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
- Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals away as Nacional Asunción have scored home.
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most points (20) away in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nacional Asunción have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Division 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | Guarani | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Nacional Asunción | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 7 | Olimpia | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Resistencia | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 11 | Guairena | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | -15 | 11 |
