National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sol de América or Olimpia that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sol de América and Olimpia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Sol de América form and stats
América was eliminated in the 3rd place final last season in the Copa Paraguay.Sol de América have performed here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco this season with 6 wins from 9 Division 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 3. On the other hand, in the Copa Paraguay, Sol de América has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco after three straight home wins.
The América goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 194 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.
A nice win for América last time playing, versus Nacional Asuncion. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with J. Toledo (2) and D. Valdez scoring for the victors.
Ahead of that match, América won a home game hosting Olimpia (1-0).The América fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. On the other hand, América have conceded 9 goals.
Olimpia form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Total Copa Paraguay statistics for Olimpia: 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Olimpia are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Olimpia failed to get anything from their last game, a Division 1 home match vs Libertad that ended with defeat 2-3. Olimpia were so close to getting something from the game against Libertad, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal eight minutes into overtime.
A 0-1 defeat away at Sol de América before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Olimpia have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. Olimpia have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (América wins - draws - Olimpia wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Silva González 9 goals |  J. Recalde Ramírez 9 goals |   F. da Costa Aragão 7 goals |
Sol de América missing players
Olimpia missing players
| Sol de América | Olimpia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 14 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 21 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guarani | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Sol de América | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 4 | Libertad | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueno | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -10 | 21 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 20 |
| 7 | 12 de Octubre | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 8 | River Plate | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -8 | 17 |
| 9 | Olimpia | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 15 |
| 10 | Guairena | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 14 |