Estadio Parque del Guairá: Guaireña vs Sportivo Luqueño Division 1 preview

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Fri 11.December
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Parque del Guairá (12000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Guaireña in 6th and Sportivo Luqueño in 8th place.

Insights:
  • Guaireña has the most dropped points from leading position (28) 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.

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Guaireña form and stats

When playing at home in the Division 1, Guaireña have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. Three draws in a row here at Estadio Parque del Guairá for Guaireña, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

No payout for Guaireña in their previous match, an away game at 12 de Octubre that ended in defeat 0-3. In the match before that, Guaireña hosted Sportivo San Lorenzo and drew the game 2-2.

Guaireña have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Parque del Guairá with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Guaireña have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Sportivo Luqueño form and stats

As the visiting team in Division 1 matches, Sportivo Luqueño have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.

Sportivo Luqueño's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Libertad that finished 2-2. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Guaraní's place.

Drawing 2-2 against Libertad after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager H. López Mora needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. The draw against Libertad came from a losing position. The Sportivo manager H. López Mora brought on Valdeci as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sportivo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Guaireña - Sportivo Luqueño 0-1, played this season. Last two meetings between the teams: Guaireña won zero, Sportivo Luqueño won one and one draw. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sportivo LuqueñoI. Pitta Saldívar
I. Pitta Saldívar
7 goals
GuaireñaJ. Verdún Duarte
J. Verdún Duarte
5 goals
GuaireñaS. Salcedo González
S. Salcedo González
5 goals

Guaireña missing players

Sportivo Luqueño missing players

Guaireña Sportivo Luqueño
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 2 Played P 2 15 31
8 6 1 Won W 1 5 9
14 6 1 Drew D 1 3 9
9 4 0 Lost L 0 7 13
39 24 2 Scored S 2 13 35
42 19 0 Conceded C 1 23 47
90% 94% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 87%
84% 81% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 68%
48% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 53% 58%
19% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 32%
10% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 13%
61% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 52%
23% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 26%
26% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.3
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.8 8.2 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.5 8.3
3.2 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.2
39% 46% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 35%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Guaireña has the most dropped points from leading position (28) in Division 1
  • Guaireña have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Porteno 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 Asuncion 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 America 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 Diaz 22 3 5 14 22 46 11 2 3 6 10 19 11 1 2 8 12 27 -24 14

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.