A peek at the Division 1 table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Read our Cerro Porteño - Nacional Asunción guide!
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (40) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción is in the worst form (1-0-4)
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
It's no vacation for neither Porteño nor Nacional Asunción 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.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
5-5-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Division 1 numbers at home for Cerro Porteño so far this season. Cerro Porteño are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row.
The spoils were shared in Cerro Porteño's previous game, also at home. Visiting Nacional Asunción travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The score 1-1 has occurred to the home team three league games in a row!
Preceding that game was the away draw at Tacuary that finished 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Porteño matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 17 most recent league games highlights that 13 of them had goals from both sides.
The Cerro Porteño fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Nacional Asunción has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cerro Porteño for a 1-1 draw.
A loss against Sportivo Trinidense was the result prior to that, in a home game.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nacional Asunción when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 0 times, drawing 3 and winning 2 games.
Nacional have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved faced each other previously this season: Nacional Asunción - Cerro Porteño 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerro Porteño four wins, three draws and Nacional Asunción three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Churín 8 goals |   G. Aguilar Encina 8 goals |  C. Ocampos 8 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Nacional Asunción missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Nacional Asunción | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 32 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 55 | 31 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 39 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 88% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 65% | 69% |
| 50% | 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 41% | 38% |
| 34% | 35% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| 19% | 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| 69% | 76% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 53% | 50% |
| 28% | 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 35% | 34% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 10.4 | 10.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.3 | 9.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| 42% | 45% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | 29% |
| 8 | 7.5 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
- Cerro Porteño have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (40) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nacional Asunción is in the worst form (1-0-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Libertad | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Guarani | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Nacional Asunción | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Olimpia | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Sportivo Ameliano | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Guairena | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 11 | Resistencia | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
