Division 1 preview: Can Guaraní edge out victory against Guaireña?

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 23:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Rogelio Lorenzo Livieres (5100 seats)

It's a fresh start in Division 1 - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Guaraní and Guaireña did in their pre-season friendlies!

Insights:
  • Guaraní have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guaireña haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Division 1 game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Nacional Asuncion. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Guaraní form and stats

The season before, Guaraní's league statistics were 7 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, ending with 6th place in the Division 1. From these 18 matches they scored 24 goals and gave away 27. Appearing as the home team in the former season Guaraní delivered 4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) with 11 goals and 16 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Guaraní handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and two defeats.

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Guaireña form and stats

Let's have a look at how Guaireña performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 8 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 14 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 12/9 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Guaireña have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were two victories, zero draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Guaireña are hosting 9 de Octubre in the Copa Sudamericana only three days away.

Head 2 Head

The participants have played each other before in this season, with the match result Guaireña - Guaraní 0-0 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - five - one (Guaraní wins - draws - Guaireña wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GuaraníF. Fernández Acosta
F. Fernández Acosta
4 goals
GuaireñaC. Duarte Martínez
C. Duarte Martínez
2 goals
GuaireñaR. Salinas
R. Salinas
2 goals

Guaraní missing players

Guaireña missing players

Guaraní Guaireña
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
3 1 1 Won W 0 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 0 Lost L 1 2 5
11 7 3 Scored S 1 5 10
14 8 1 Conceded C 3 6 15
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
55% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 40% 55%
36% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 45%
27% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 36%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
36% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 45%
18% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 36%
55% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 36%
 
4.7 6.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.5
4.5 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.3
1.8 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.5 13 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8.6 8.6
4 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.8
25% 26% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 21% 24%
 
9.5 8 4 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.6 8.3
3.4 3.4 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Guaireña haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Guaraní have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Guaraní have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Guaraní have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Guaraní haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 12 de Octubre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cerro Porteño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 General Caballero JLM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Guaireña 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guaraní 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Libertad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nacional Asuncion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Olimpia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Resistencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sol de America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sportivo Ameliano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tacuary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.