Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sportivo Iteño & Tacuary face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Copa Paraguay. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Sportivo Iteño form and stats
Sportivo Iteño participated in Copa Paraguay the last season, where they reached the round of 16.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Division Intermedia this season. Sportivo Iteño have only managed 0 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Estadio River Plate.
The Sportivo followers got no joy from their last game, a Copa Paraguay duel also played here at Estadio River Plate: A 2-3 defeat against Tacuary.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sportivo San Lorenzo (2-5).Sportivo Iteño have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.
Tacuary form and stats
Last season their Copa Paraguay adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
Two away matches in a row for Tacuary, whose boss Almeida could celebrate last time after the Copa Paraguay win against Sportivo Iteño.
It was a Division 1 defeat before that one as the away game against Nacional Asuncion wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.The travelling fans enjoy Tacuary's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Tacuary as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Tacuary have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Sportivo.Top Goalscorers
  I. Valdez 7 goals | M. Fernández 4 goals | N. Bareiro Zorrilla 2 goals |
Sportivo Iteño missing players
Tacuary missing players
| Sportivo Iteño | Tacuary | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 51 | 19 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 52% | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 67% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | ||
| 15 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 Trinidense | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 25 | 55 |
| 2 | Sportivo Luqueno | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 19 | 54 |
| 3 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 | Pastoreo | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | Fernando de la Mora | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 39 |
| 6 | Atletico Colegiales | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Independiente FBC | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 8 | Martin Ledesma | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 33 |
| 9 | Rubio Nu | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 10 | Atyra | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Guarani de Trinidad | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -8 | 27 |
| 12 | 3 de Febrero | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 27 |
| 13 | River Plate | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | 2 de Mayo | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 22 |
| 15 | Deportivo Santani | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -18 | 22 |
| 16 | Sportivo Iteño | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -30 | 17 |
| 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 Asuncion | 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 America | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Guarani | 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 |
