Guaireña will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Libertad.
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.
Guaireña form and stats
Guaireña have collected 18 points from their Division 1 home games so far after 5-3-3. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Guaireña.
In the match before that, Guaireña hosted 12 de Octubre and drew the game 3-3.
Guaireña have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 18 goals in 11 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Guaireña have conceded 11 goals.
Libertad form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 3 losses in the Division 1.
Ahead of that match was the Copa Libertadores away draw versus Boca Juniors that ended 0-0.
Libertad has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 11 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Libertad in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Libertad - Guaireña 5-2. Guaireña-Libertad H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Guaireña one win, Libertad one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Ferreira Vidal 13 goals |  O. Cardozo Marín 8 goals |  J. Verdún Duarte 5 goals |
Guaireña missing players
Libertad missing players
| Guaireña | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 30 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 43 |
| 29 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 45% | 45% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 68% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 59% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 73% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 193 | 92 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 110 | 235 |
| 75 | 37 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 51 | 97 |
| 40% | 49% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | 44% |
- All of Libertad's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Guaireña has the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Division 1
- Libertad has the most matches over the total-line (15) in Division 1
- Libertad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Libertad have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Libertad haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Guaraní | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | River Plate | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 29 |
| 6 | Guaireña | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Nacional Asunción | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 9 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Sol de América | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 11 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | General Díaz | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 14 |