A home victory is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Cerro Porteño fans are hoping that the difference between 3rd and Guaraní's 11th position in the table will show on the ground.
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Division 1
- Guaraní have the fewest scored goals (3) in Division 1
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
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.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Seven points from three Division 1 home games is a great start for Cerro Porteño, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Samudio was the last player to find the net.
The Cerro Porteño club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Guaraní and win 1-0. The victory against Guaraní came after Galeano's winning goal. The Porteño manager Rolón was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Heartbreak before that as Cerro Porteño lost 0-2 at Olimpia's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cerro Porteño have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
It should be considered that a look at the 27 most recent league matches shows that 23 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Cerro Porteño has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Porteño have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Guaraní form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Division 1 for Guaraní with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Two away games in a row for Guaraní, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Cerro Porteño.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Nacional Asuncion.We have checked recent matches where Guaraní have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 0 draws and 5 defeats.
Low on goals? 11 of this club's last 12 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Guaraní has managed 0 goals and let in 3 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Porteño have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Guaraní.It's not the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Guaraní - Cerro Porteño 1-2. Caceres (Guaraní) was sent off when these teams last met. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 10 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Fernández Acosta 13 goals |  R. Morales 8 goals | A. Oviedo Álvarez 8 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Guaraní missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Guaraní | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 21 | 12 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 46 | 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 33 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 31 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 93% |
| 62% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 53% | 66% |
| 34% | 33% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| 21% | 27% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 21% | 20% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 41% |
| 66% | 73% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 24% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 41% |
| 6.1 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 11.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 8.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 33% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 25% | 29% |
| 8.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 9.2 | 7.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most clean sheets (18) in Division 1
- Guaraní have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Division 1
- Guaraní have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Division 1
- Guaraní have the fewest scored goals (3) in Division 1
- Guaraní have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Nacional Asuncion | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Tacuary | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Guairena | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Sportivo Ameliano | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Resistencia | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 10 | General Caballero JLM | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Guaraní | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 3 |
