Soccer fixture guide: Home supporters with big hopes before Cerro Porteño - Resistencia

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio General Pablo Rojas (45876 seats)

Read up on this appealing fixture in the Division 1. Cerro Porteño is in the 2nd spot from completing four fixtures. They greet Resistencia who are placed 11th from four fixtures.

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

These are active days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Copa Libertadores. That game was an away game at Curico Unido, so at least Cerro Porteño are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Cerro Porteño form and stats

Two Division 1 home games so far for Cerro Porteño, who are yet to win here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas. Only 2 points so far.

Cerro Porteño are returning here after guesting Curico Unido in a Copa Libertadores fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Midfielder Carrizo was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Carrizo hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Guairena and winning 2-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Porteño home games with this odds we find 4 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 0 matches were won by at least two goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Copa Libertadores game versus Curico Unido in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.

Early season league goal statistics from Cerro Porteño's 2 home games: {2 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Resistencia form and stats

Things could have gone better for Resistencia in their Division 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Guarani with 0-4 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Guarani was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.

Prior to that result Resistencia won their away game at Sportivo Ameliano. The scoreline was 3-0.

You'll want to know how Resistencia managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Resistencia has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent matches featuring these opponents have all ended as Porteño victories. Are we destined for another one?

The games between these clubs have sometimes been "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cerro PorteñoR. Morales
R. Morales
2 goals
Cerro PorteñoC. Aquino
C. Aquino
1 goals
Cerro PorteñoW. Viera Caballero
W. Viera Caballero
1 goals

Cerro Porteño missing players

Resistencia missing players

Cerro Porteño Resistencia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
5 2 1 Scored S 0 3 3
2 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 75%
 
4.5 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4
4 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.5
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.2 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6.5 6.8
3.2 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
38% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 21%
 
7.2 8.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7.5 9
2.8 4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
Cerro Porteño Last season Resistencia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
44 22   Played P   22 44
30 16   Won W   4 12
8 4   Drew D   8 13
6 2   Lost L   10 19
70 40   Scored S   25 46
26 13   Conceded C   37 68
89% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
64% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 66%
39% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 52%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 27%
7% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 14%
32% 36%   BTTS BTTS   64% 52%
59% 59%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 23%
20% 14%   Failed to Score F T   27% 36%
 
6.2 6.3   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 3.9
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 6.9
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
6 0   Red cards R C   7 15
 
10.8 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   6.6 7.3
4.7 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.3
34% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 32%
 
7.5 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.2
2.8 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.5 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Libertad 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 10
2 Cerro Porteño 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 8
3 Sportivo Trinidense 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 7
4 Olimpia 3 2 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 6
5 Nacional Asuncion 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 6
6 Guarani 4 1 2 1 7 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 5 2 3 5
7 General Caballero JLM 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 5
8 Guairena 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 4
9 Sportivo Luqueno 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 3
10 Sportivo Ameliano 4 0 3 1 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 -3 3
11 Resistencia 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 3 2 -5 3
12 Tacuary 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Olimpia 22 15 4 3 42 19 11 8 3 0 19 7 11 7 1 3 23 12 23 49
2 Cerro Porteño 22 14 6 2 32 13 11 7 3 1 19 8 11 7 3 1 13 5 19 48
3 Nacional Asuncion 22 13 6 3 30 16 11 6 3 2 13 6 11 7 3 1 17 10 14 45
4 Libertad 22 10 4 8 35 27 11 7 3 1 25 11 11 3 1 7 10 16 8 34
5 Tacuary 22 9 4 9 27 25 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 3 1 7 12 16 2 31
6 Sportivo Ameliano 22 9 2 11 29 32 11 8 0 3 20 11 11 1 2 8 9 21 -3 29
7 General Caballero JLM 22 8 4 10 26 26 11 5 3 3 13 12 11 3 1 7 13 14 0 28
8 Guairena 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 6 1 4 17 13 11 1 5 5 9 18 -5 27
9 Guarani 22 6 5 11 23 32 11 5 2 4 17 14 11 1 3 7 6 18 -9 23
10 Sol de America 22 5 6 11 21 33 11 4 3 4 13 13 11 1 3 7 8 20 -12 21
11 Resistencia 22 5 6 11 16 32 11 3 3 5 7 16 11 2 3 6 9 16 -16 21
12 12 de Octubre 22 3 3 16 16 37 11 2 1 8 8 17 11 1 2 8 8 20 -21 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.