Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Olimpia & Libertad face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Paraguay. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a local fight, usually meaning more tension and importance.
It's no vacation for neither Olimpia nor Libertad 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.
Olimpia form and stats
When playing at home in the Division 1, Olimpia have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games.
A strong away win for Olimpia against 12 de Octubre the last match, as Paiva, Montenegro and Recalde were on target.
In the match before that, Olimpia hosted Resistencia and drew the Division 1 game 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Olimpia handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Olimpia, as the Division 1 home game vs Sol de América is only four days away.
Olimpia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco with 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Olimpia have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Libertad form and stats
Libertad's mission in Copa Paraguay last season failed in the 3rd place final.2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Libertad in their Division 1 matches away.
Libertad are travelling again after losing away to Cerro Porteno in their previous match (0-1).
A draw for Libertad before that, at their own venue hosting Guaraní (2-2).There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Libertad manager Garnero as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Guairena.
Libertad have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 7 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Libertad have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Libertad have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Olimpia.The games between these sides have sometimes been brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 13 goals |  G. Paiva Ayala 11 goals |  R. Santa Cruz Cantero 11 goals |
Olimpia missing players
Libertad missing players
| Olimpia | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 49 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Nacional Asunción | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteno | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Libertad | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Tacuary | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Guairena | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Resistencia | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 11 |
| 9 | Sol de América | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Guaraní | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | General Caballero JLM | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 3 |
