Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rubio Ñú & Cerro Porteño face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Paraguay. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Division 1. That game, against Sportivo Ameliano, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cerro Porteño.
Rubio Ñú form and stats
Rubio Ñú have reached this Copa Paraguay stage through battling and winning against Sportivo Valois Rivarola. Last season their Copa Paraguay adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far in the Division Intermedia for Rubio Ñú at their home stadium (Estadio Arsenio Erico) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Rubio drew their last game, 2-2 away at 2 de Mayo.
Ahead of that match, Rubio Ñú lost 0-2 at home to Sportivo Trinidense.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Division Intermedia game versus Atletico Colegiales in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Arsenio Erico.
Rubio Ñú have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Rubio have conceded only 7 goals.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño's mission in Copa Paraguay last season failed in the round of 16.Cerro Porteño are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Division 1.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cerro Porteño goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 350 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Porteño, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Sportivo Ameliano last time out.
Before that, Cerro Porteño secured a home win against Sol de America with the score 2-0.After this away game Porteño return home for a Division 1 game against Nacional Asunción. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Cerro Porteño has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Rubio Ñú victories, zero draws and eight Cerro Porteño wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Morales 8 goals | A. Oviedo Álvarez 8 goals | C. Aquino 5 goals |
Rubio Ñú missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Rubio Ñú | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 13 | 20 | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 8.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | Sportivo Luqueno | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 39 |
| 4 | Pastoreo | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Martin Ledesma | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Independiente FBC | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Fernando de la Mora | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | Atletico Colegiales | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 27 |
| 9 | Rubio Ñú | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Guarani de Trinidad | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | 3 de Febrero | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Atyra | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | River Plate | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | 2 de Mayo | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 15 |
| 15 | Deportivo Santani | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -18 | 15 |
| 16 | Sportivo Iteno | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -23 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Nacional Asunción | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Libertad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | General Caballero JLM | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Resistencia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | Guairena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Guarani | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Tacuary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | 12 de Octubre | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Sol de America | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
