National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tacuary or Sportivo Trinidense that keep their silverware dream alive.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Tacuary nor Sportivo Trinidense 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.
Tacuary form and stats
Last season, Tacuary's Copa Paraguay journey ended in the quarter-finals.1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Tacuary have to build on here at Estadio Luís Alfonso Giagni in the Division 1.
Tacuary suffered an unpredictable loss 0-4 against Libertad in their previous outing, also played at home. As you see from the result above, Tacuary suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sportivo Luqueño in the Division 1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tacuary have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olimpia are coming to town in two days.
Tacuary have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Tacuary have conceded 8 from these games.
Sportivo Trinidense form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Diaz was the last player to score for the away team. Sportivo Trinidense haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Trinidense as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Guairena.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Guarani in the Division 1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Sportivo Trinidense in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Sportivo Trinidense, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Division 1 trip to Sportivo Ameliano.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Sportivo Trinidense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sportivo Trinidense have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Tacuary.Top Goalscorers
  P. Delvalle 8 goals |  A. Álvarez Rojas 6 goals |  O. Giménez Irala 5 goals |
Tacuary missing players
Sportivo Trinidense missing players
| Tacuary | Sportivo Trinidense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | ||
| 13.2 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Resistencia | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Guarani | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Sportivo Ameliano | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Guairena | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 14 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Olimpia | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Nacional Asunción | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | General Caballero JLM | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Sportivo Trinidense | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Sportivo Luqueño | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
