Home advantage could prove decisive in Olimpia - Nacional Asunción battle

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Sun 23.Jul
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Manuel Ferreira (22000 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team steals the points or a score draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Olimpia and Nacional Asunción meet at Estadio Manuel Ferreira.

Insights:
  • Olimpia have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Division 1
  • Nacional Asunción have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Division 1

This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more pressure and importance.

It's no vacation for neither Olimpia nor Nacional Asunción as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Olimpia form and stats

The total Division 1 results at home this season for Olimpia are 4-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Olimpia coach Camblor and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Sportivo San Lorenzo in the Copa Paraguay.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Resistencia (2-3).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Olimpia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 6 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Some stats: A review of the 10 most recent league matches highlights that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.

The manager Camblor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sportivo Trinidense in only four days.

The Olimpia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Olimpia have conceded 13 goals.

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Nacional Asunción form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Nacional Asunción has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away matches in a row for Nacional, whose manager Achucarro could celebrate last time after the Copa Paraguay win against Cristobal Colon JAS.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tacuary in the Division 1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nacional Asunción when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.

The schedule is very tough for Nacional Asunción now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Division 1 game at Guarani is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Nacional have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games.

Head 2 Head

Nacional Asunción have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (2-4-0) when facing Olimpia.

Olimpia - Nacional Asunción 0-1 was the product when these two participants formerly played each other, some time ago this season. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Nacional AsunciónG. Aguilar Encina
G. Aguilar Encina
6 goals
Nacional AsunciónC. Ocampos
C. Ocampos
6 goals
OlimpiaG. Paiva Ayala
G. Paiva Ayala
5 goals

Olimpia missing players

Nacional Asunción missing players

Olimpia Nacional Asunción
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 2 12 24
8 4 1 Won W 1 5 9
7 4 0 Drew D 1 3 7
9 4 1 Lost L 0 4 8
35 19 3 Scored S 1 12 24
31 15 4 Conceded C 0 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 88%
75% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 58%
58% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 33%
33% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 17%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 42%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 42%
21% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 29%
 
6 6.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.4 5.5
4.4 5.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.2 4.3
2.2 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11.1 10.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.3 10.2
4.2 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.8
35% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 35% 27%
 
6.7 6.4 7 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.2 9.1
3.1 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.4
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nacional Asunción have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Division 1
  • Olimpia have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Division 1
  • Olimpia have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Division 1
  • Olimpia have the most points from losing position (11) in Division 1
  • Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 16 3 3 39 15 11 9 2 0 21 4 11 7 1 3 18 11 24 51
2 Cerro Porteno 22 11 8 3 40 29 11 5 5 1 21 13 11 6 3 2 19 16 11 41
3 Sportivo Trinidense 22 11 5 6 34 21 11 7 2 2 18 8 11 4 3 4 16 13 13 38
4 Guarani 22 8 9 5 29 24 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 15 10 5 33
5 Nacional Asunción 22 9 6 7 23 21 11 4 3 4 11 10 11 5 3 3 12 11 2 33
6 Olimpia 22 8 7 7 32 26 11 4 4 3 18 13 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 31
7 Sportivo Ameliano 22 7 9 6 27 28 11 3 4 4 13 17 11 4 5 2 14 11 -1 30
8 Sportivo Luqueno 22 6 9 7 27 28 11 4 5 2 12 8 11 2 4 5 15 20 -1 27
9 General Caballero JLM 22 6 6 10 21 28 11 4 1 6 13 15 11 2 5 4 8 13 -7 24
10 Guairena 22 3 8 11 15 31 11 1 3 7 6 17 11 2 5 4 9 14 -16 17
11 Resistencia 22 4 5 13 14 35 11 2 3 6 6 17 11 2 2 7 8 18 -21 17
12 Tacuary 22 4 3 15 16 31 11 3 3 5 14 14 11 1 0 10 2 17 -15 15

Read more about Division 1

The Primera División, sometimes known as the Copa TIGO or División Profesional, is the top level of football in Paraguay. The season lasts almost a year, running from January to December in two parts; Apertura and Clausura. The twelve teams meet each other twice in each section.