National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nacional Asunción or Sportivo Ameliano that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
Last season, Nacional's Copa Paraguay journey ended in the 1st round.Nacional Asunción are steadily winning Division 1 games and points here at Estadio Villa Congreso. 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games.
No payout for Nacional Asunción in their previous match, an away game at Tacuary that ended in defeat 1-2. The defeat against Tacuary was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored two minutes into stoppage time (by Fernandez).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Guairena.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Division 1 game versus Sportivo Ameliano in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Villa Congreso.
Nacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. As for guarding their own goal, Nacional Asunción have only let in {4 goals} at home.
Sportivo Ameliano form and stats
Last season their Copa Paraguay adventure ended in the round of 16.Sportivo Ameliano have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Division 1, after 0-2-8 (10 played).
Sportivo Ameliano go into this game after a win, the home game against Sol de America that ended 2-1.
Prior to that match, the Sportivo manager Pumpido faced defeat when travelling to 12 de Octubre and losing 0-4.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Division 1 trip to Nacional Asunción.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Sportivo Ameliano, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Nacional Asunción victories, one draw and zero Sportivo Ameliano wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. Bruera loves to face Sportivo Ameliano and have scored 3 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Bruera 18 goals | J. Santacruz González 12 goals |  J. Sanguina Morínigo 7 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Sportivo Ameliano missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Sportivo Ameliano | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 23 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 18% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7.6 | 6.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 49% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 45 |
| 2 | Nacional Asunción | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteno | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Libertad | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Tacuary | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Guairena | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | General Caballero JLM | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Sportivo Ameliano | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | Guarani | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 10 | Sol de America | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -10 | 20 |
| 11 | Resistencia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -15 | 20 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -18 | 11 |
