18 rounds of fixtures have been played and Guaireña are 14 points ahead of River Plate. What happens today?
- Guaireña have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Division 1
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (13) 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.
Guaireña form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for Guaireña, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Division 1, at their home stadium (Estadio Parque del Guairá) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Guaireña are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 358 minutes without scoring a league goal. Jorge Nunez was the last player to find the net. The Guaireña goalkeeper Hector Espinola is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 281 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.
Guaireña shared the glory with Libertad in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Sol de America the opponent.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Guaireña here at Estadio Parque del Guairá in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 9 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Guaireña have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
River Plate form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for River Plate so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but River Plate are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
It's the second away game in a row for River Plate, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Olimpia in the Division 1 last time out.
A loss against Olimpia was the result prior to that, in a home game.Many goals are not expected from the visiting River as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. River's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Guaireña and River Plate have met before this season: Guaireña - River Plate 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Guaireña won four games, two matches ended with a draw and River Plate has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  F. Romero González 5 goals |  P. Zeballos Ocampos 5 goals | J. Mendoza Torres 2 goals |
Guaireña missing players
River Plate missing players
| Guaireña | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 20 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 16 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 33 |
| 68% | 67% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 89% |
| 47% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 74% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 47% |
| 21% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 32% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 37% | 22% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 53% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 21% |
| 37% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 30% | 37% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7.2 | 7.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.9 | 7.7 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 37% | 27% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 39% | 31% |
- Guaireña have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Division 1
- Guaireña have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Division 1
- Guaireña have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Division 1
- Guaireña have the most clean sheets (11) in Division 1
- Guaireña have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Division 1
- River Plate have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (13) in Division 1
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals (17) away in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals (32) in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Division 1
- River Plate have the the worst goal difference (-19) 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 Porteno | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | Guaireña | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Guarani | 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 America | 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 |