A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Cerro Porteño fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Sportivo San Lorenzo's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Overall Division 1 stats at home this season for Cerro Porteño are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).
It's back home for Cerro Porteño, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating River Plate away with the result 2-0. J. Patiño and E. Giménez found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Porteño won a home game hosting Libertad (2-1).
Goals decide football matches and Porteño are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded.
Sportivo San Lorenzo form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1. A depressing four defeats in a row for Sportivo San Lorenzo in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Guaraní.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Division 1 home defeat versus Libertad with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting General Díaz's place.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sportivo have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. The Sportivo manager S. Orteman Rodríguez has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Porteño four wins, two draws and Sportivo San Lorenzo two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Churín 3 goals | Á. Cardozo Lucena 2 goals | Ó. Ruiz Roa 2 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Sportivo San Lorenzo missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Sportivo San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 80% |
| 70% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 50% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 60% | 80% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 6.1 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 126 | 61 | 27 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 54 | 124 |
| 50 | 29 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 22 | 37 |
| 34% | 34% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 27% | 27% |
- Cerro Porteño has the most scored goals in the first half (10)
- Cerro Porteño have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo have yet to win a game away.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Nacional Asuncion | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Guaraní | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Guairena | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | River Plate | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Sol de America | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 10 | General Díaz | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueno | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -12 | 6 |