It's advantage Guaraní so far with their 3rd position in the Division 1 table, welcoming Nacional Asunción who are placed 5th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Guaraní form and stats
Overall Division 1 stats at home this season for Guaraní are 2-4-1 (wins-draw-losses).
It's back home for Guaraní, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Olimpia away with the result 2-1. R. Bobadilla and J. Florentín found the net in that victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus 12 de Octubre.
Guaraní are traveling soon after this match as the Division 1 match at River Plate awaits in four days.
The Guaraní fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Guaraní are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Rogelio Lorenzo Livieres in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
Playing away, Nacional Asunción, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Division 1, have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Division 1 this season.
Impressive finishing from L. Cabral and R. Báez secured the home win 2-0 against Sportivo San Lorenzo in their previous game. A 0-2 defeat away at Libertad before that.
After this away game Nacional return home for a Division 1 game against 12 de Octubre. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nacional have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Nacional Asunción - Guaraní 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Guaraní won four, Nacional Asunción won three and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Bobadilla 9 goals |  F. Fernández Acosta 6 goals |   G. Beltrán Paredes 4 goals |
Guaraní missing players
Nacional Asunción missing players
| Guaraní | Nacional Asunción | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 87% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 73% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 53% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 29% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 33% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 27% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 20% |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.6 | 3.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 158 | 66 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 61 | 144 |
| 77 | 31 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 16 | 45 |
| 29% | 23% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 42% |
- Guaraní has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (8)
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 3 | Guaraní | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Libertad | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Nacional Asunción | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Guairena | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | River Plate | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 15 |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueno | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Sol de America | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -11 | 13 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 12 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 9 |