A total of 18 fixtures have been played and Cerro Porteño are 14 points on top of Sol de América. What happens today?
- Cerro Porteño is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Sol de América have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Division 1
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Cerro Porteño at their home stadium (Estadio General Pablo Rojas) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Porteño has won four games in a row. The Sportivo Luqueno match was the last time out without a victory.
The Porteño goalkeeper Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 371 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.
The Cerro Porteño supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Olimpia in Division 1 and win 1-0.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Guairena.Porteño are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. Porteño have conceded 9 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sol de América form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sol de América playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season.
188 minutes! That's how long the América goalkeeper Ruben Escobar Fernandez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
América had fun at their own home (Estadio General Pablo Rojas) last time out, beating Guairena 3-0. I. Cazal, L. de la Cruz and Chico scored.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at River Plate.A quick return to home after this game, as Sol de América are hosting Deportivo Santani in the Copa Paraguay only three days away.
The travelling fans enjoy América's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Sol de América in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other already this season, with the match result Sol de América - Porteño 1-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerro Porteño eight wins, one draw and Sol de América one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Morales 11 goals |  M. Boselli 9 goals |  F. da Costa Aragão 7 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Sol de América missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Sol de América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 40 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 23 | 36 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 46 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 69% | 62% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 31% | 31% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 47% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 9% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 25% |
| 31% | 31% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 38% |
| 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9.2 | 9.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.8 | 9.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 32% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 37% | 32% |
| 8.2 | 7.7 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most clean sheets (16) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Sol de América have the most dropped points from leading position (16) 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 | 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 Asuncion | 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 | Guaraní | 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 América | 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 |