Division 1 match guide and stats: Cerro Porteño against Nacional Asunción

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 00:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio General Pablo Rojas (45876 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Cerro Porteño have their presumed home advantage while Nacional Asunción are ahead 2 points in the Division 1 table.

Insights:
  • Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

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Cerro Porteño form and stats

Cerro Porteño have collected 17 points from their Division 1 home games so far after 5-2-2.

A good away victory last time out for Porteño, who won 2-1 against Sol de America.

Before that match, a win away at Olimpia.

Cerro Porteño has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Nacional Asunción form and stats

As the visiting team in Division 1 matches, Nacional Asunción have produced an overall stat of 3-5-1 so far. Nacional seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

E. Zaracho was the last player to score for the away team. Nacional Asunción haven't scored a league goal in the last 182 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Division 1 home defeat versus Guairena with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against River Plate wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The travelling fans enjoy Nacional Asunción's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Nacional have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cerro Porteño - Nacional Asunción 2-2 was the score in these contenders' latest h2h game, played this season. Data for the prior ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Cerro Porteño, five draws and two wins for Nacional Asunción. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Nacional AsunciónL. Villagra Enciso
L. Villagra Enciso
12 goals
PorteñoM. Boselli
M. Boselli
9 goals
Cerro PorteñoR. Morales
R. Morales
8 goals

Cerro Porteño missing players

Nacional Asunción missing players

Cerro Porteño Nacional Asunción
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 2 12 24
11 6 1 Won W 0 3 9
7 3 1 Drew D 1 6 8
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 7
32 16 3 Scored S 2 19 31
24 10 4 Conceded C 3 15 27
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
75% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 71%
42% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 46%
17% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 25%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
38% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 50%
42% 45% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 29%
29% 18% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
5.4 4.6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.4 5
5.1 4.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 3.5
2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
9 8.5 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 9.3
3.7 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 3.9
36% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 44% 33%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 18 12 2 4 36 15 9 5 2 2 14 9 9 7 0 2 22 6 21 38
2 Olimpia 18 10 3 5 34 23 9 4 3 2 19 13 9 6 0 3 15 10 11 33
3 Nacional Asunción 18 8 6 4 26 19 9 5 1 3 10 9 9 3 5 1 16 10 7 30
4 Cerro Porteño 18 8 4 6 24 22 9 5 2 2 13 9 9 3 2 4 11 13 2 28
5 Guairena 18 6 8 4 20 14 9 3 4 2 8 5 9 3 4 2 12 9 6 26
6 Guarani 18 7 4 7 24 27 9 4 1 4 11 16 9 3 3 3 13 11 -3 25
7 12 de Octubre 18 5 7 6 20 25 9 2 4 3 9 16 9 3 3 3 11 9 -5 22
8 Sportivo Luqueno 18 5 3 10 19 29 9 3 3 3 15 16 9 2 0 7 4 13 -10 18
9 Sol de America 18 3 5 10 18 28 9 0 2 7 4 18 9 3 3 3 14 10 -10 14
10 River Plate 18 2 6 10 13 32 9 1 2 6 5 15 9 1 4 4 8 17 -19 12

Read more about Division 1

The Primera División, sometimes known as the Copa TIGO or División Profesional, is the top level of football in Paraguay. The season lasts almost a year, running from January to December in two parts; Apertura and Clausura. The twelve teams meet each other twice in each section.