Betting preview: Guaireña faced with a tough challenge when Cerro Porteño visits

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Fri 22.Sep
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Parque del Guairá (12000 seats)

Pre-match info: 24 points divide the participants until now, Cerro Porteño on top. Will Guaireña upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Guaireña have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Division 1
  • Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (40) in Division 1

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Guaireña form and stats

With 1 Division 1 win, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Guaireña are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Guaireña hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sportivo Trinidense, Guarani and Libertad), they have won 2 of 5 matches! Guaireña are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Guaireña supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sportivo Trinidense and win 2-0.

Heartbreak before that as Guaireña lost 0-1 at Resistencia's place.

Guaireña have scored {6 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cerro Porteño form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.

Two away games in a row for Porteño, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Guarani. Before that loss this club had taken at least a draw from nine league matches in a row.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Nacional Asuncion.

Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league rounds have seen two or less goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Cerro Porteño's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cerro Porteño have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent game: Cerro Porteño - Guaireña 1-3. Guaireña-Cerro Porteño H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Guaireña one win, Cerro Porteño seven wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cerro PorteñoD. Churín
D. Churín
8 goals
GuaireñaJ. Verdún Duarte
J. Verdún Duarte
4 goals
Cerro PorteñoD. Bobadilla
D. Bobadilla
4 goals

Guaireña missing players

Cerro Porteño missing players

Guaireña Cerro Porteño
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
7 4 2 Won W 3 8 15
10 4 2 Drew D 2 5 13
16 8 1 Lost L 0 3 5
31 15 7 Scored S 9 24 55
50 23 6 Conceded C 6 20 40
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 85%
39% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 48%
24% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 33%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 18%
48% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 56% 67%
15% 19% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 27%
42% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
3.5 3.4 2.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.2 5.9
5.5 3.9 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.8 4.3
2.3 1.6 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.8 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
7.3 6.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 10.5 10.5
2.9 2.6 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 4.1
32% 37% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 36% 40%
 
10.2 7.9 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 8.3 7.9
4.5 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.7
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (19) away in Division 1
  • Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (40) in Division 1
  • Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Division 1
  • Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Guaireña have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guaireña have the fewest points (6) at home in Division 1
  • Guaireña have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) 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 22 16 3 3 39 15 11 9 2 0 21 4 11 7 1 3 18 11 24 51
2 Cerro Porteño 22 11 8 3 40 29 11 5 5 1 21 13 11 6 3 2 19 16 11 41
3 Sportivo Trinidense 22 11 5 6 34 21 11 7 2 2 18 8 11 4 3 4 16 13 13 38
4 Guarani 22 8 9 5 29 24 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 15 10 5 33
5 Nacional Asuncion 22 9 6 7 23 21 11 4 3 4 11 10 11 5 3 3 12 11 2 33
6 Olimpia 22 8 7 7 32 26 11 4 4 3 18 13 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 31
7 Sportivo Ameliano 22 7 9 6 27 28 11 3 4 4 13 17 11 4 5 2 14 11 -1 30
8 Sportivo Luqueno 22 6 9 7 27 28 11 4 5 2 12 8 11 2 4 5 15 20 -1 27
9 General Caballero JLM 22 6 6 10 21 28 11 4 1 6 13 15 11 2 5 4 8 13 -7 24
10 Guaireña 22 3 8 11 15 31 11 1 3 7 6 17 11 2 5 4 9 14 -16 17
11 Resistencia 22 4 5 13 14 35 11 2 3 6 6 17 11 2 2 7 8 18 -21 17
12 Tacuary 22 4 3 15 16 31 11 3 3 5 14 14 11 1 0 10 2 17 -15 15

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.