With the tense opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Division 1 meeting of the season. Guaraní eagerly anticipate Sportivo Ameliano in front of their home support.
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.
Guaraní form and stats
Last season, Guaraní's league results were 6 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, producing 9th position in the Division 1. In these 22 matches they scored {23 goals} and gave away 32. Performing as the host team in the last season Guaraní managed 5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 14 conceded.
Guaraní faced defeat in their previous match, away at Libertad (0-1). Heartbreak for Guaraní in their last match as Libertad's Villalba scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that, an away loss at Sportivo Ameliano.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Guaraní have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Sportivo Ameliano form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sportivo Ameliano performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 2 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded {32 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 8 with 9/21 goals scored/conceded. The visitors settled for one point in their first Division 1 away game of the season. During their previous season 11 away games resulted in 1 win, 2 draws and 8 defeats.
Sportivo has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cerro Porteno for a 1-1 draw.
Before that match, the win at home hosting Olimpia in the Supercopa (1-0). Sportivo Ameliano are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sportivo Ameliano has managed {1 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous four meetings): Guaraní won two games, one match ended with a draw and Sportivo Ameliano got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two. The matches between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Arce Barrios 1 goals |
Guaraní missing players
Sportivo Ameliano missing players
| Guaraní | Sportivo Ameliano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Guaraní | Last season | Sportivo Ameliano | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 44 | 22 | Played | P | 22 | 44 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Lost | L | 15 | 24 | ||
| 53 | 32 | Scored | S | 21 | 54 | ||
| 56 | 29 | Conceded | C | 37 | 70 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 73% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 89% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 27% | ||
| 7% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 11% | ||
| 50% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 18% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 23% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 25% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 8 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 30% | ||
| 8.4 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nacional Asuncion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | General Caballero JLM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Libertad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cerro Porteno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sportivo Ameliano | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Guaraní | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Guaireña | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Tacuary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Resistencia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 49 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 48 |
| 3 | Nacional Asuncion | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 45 |
| 4 | Libertad | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Tacuary | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 7 | General Caballero JLM | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Guaireña | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Guaraní | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -9 | 23 |
| 10 | Sol de America | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 21 |
| 11 | Resistencia | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -21 | 12 |
