1st position in the Division 1 table for Cerro Porteño so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 6th-placed Nacional Asunción visits Estadio General Pablo Rojas.
Cerro Porteño and Nacional Asunción 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 located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Division 1, have performed here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas this season with 7 wins from 9 Division 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Porteño haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus General Diaz, 198 days ago. After failing to beat General Diaz here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas, Cerro Porteño has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
It's back home for Porteño, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating General Diaz away with the result 3-1. C. Aquino and R. Martínez (2) found the net in that victory. Before that, Cerro Porteño had a home game versus Olimpia which ended with a victory 2-0.
Cerro Porteño are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew one and lost one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 9 games), Porteño's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Cerro Porteño have conceded only 7 goals.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Nacional Asunción, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Division 1, playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Nacional's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Nacional Asunción aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 271 league minutes without a goal. R. Baez Mendoza was the last player to find the net.
Two away games in a row for Nacional, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Olimpia in the Division 1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs 12 de Octubre.
Nacional Asunción lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Nacional played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.
The attacking power of Nacional when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Nacional Asunción in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nacional Asunción - Porteño 0-0. Cerro Porteño-Nacional Asunción H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Porteño five wins, Nacional Asunción one win, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Churín 6 goals | Ó. Ruiz Roa 4 goals |   G. Beltrán Paredes 4 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Nacional Asunción missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Nacional Asunción | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 10 | 16 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 61% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 72% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 11% | 33% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 209 | 100 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 77 | 167 |
| 92 | 48 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 23 | 54 |
| 35% | 38% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 35% |
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño has the most points (22) at home in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nacional Asunción have scored away.
- Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cerro Porteño is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Nacional Asunción has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (9) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Division 1
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Libertad | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| 4 | Guarani | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 5 | River Plate | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 25 |
| 6 | Nacional Asunción | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Guairena | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 18 |
| 10 | 12 de Octubre | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -18 | 16 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -22 | 13 |
| 12 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 19 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -16 | 12 |