It's still early in the Division 1 season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Libertad - River Plate preview!
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.
Libertad form and stats
The first Division 1 game here at Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz resulted in a draw. Last season Libertad's home game statistics were 10 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats from 11 games.
Happy days for Libertad in their previous game, a Division 1 match away at Nacional Asuncion (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Olimpia.
Libertad has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
River Plate form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Division 1 ended in defeat. Last season River Plate had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 4, drew 2 and lost 5.
River Plate had fun at their own home (Estadio Dr. Nicolás Leoz) last time out, beating General Diaz 3-2. S. Torales, M. Prieto and R. Alborno scored. Prior to that match, the River Plate manager M. Philipp faced defeat when travelling to Guairena and losing 0-2.
Late drama in the previous game, when M. Prieto scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat General Diaz.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Copa Sudamericana trip to Deportivo Cali.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, River Plate has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's five Libertad victories, two draws and one River Plate win. four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 2 goals |  M. Prieto 2 goals |  D. Viera Ruiz Díaz 1 goals |
Libertad missing players
River Plate missing players
| Libertad | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6.7 | 8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 8.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | 10 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 46% |
| Libertad | Last season | River Plate | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 44 | 22 | Played | P | 22 | 44 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 74 | 45 | Scored | S | 21 | 43 | ||
| 41 | 14 | Conceded | C | 28 | 55 | ||
| 98% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 93% | ||
| 75% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 61% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 39% | ||
| 25% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 18% | ||
| 7% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 7% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 55% | ||
| 39% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 25% | ||
| 16% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 27% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 489 | 240 | Total Shots | T S | 220 | 412 | ||
| 210 | 103 | Shots on Target | S O | 75 | 140 | ||
| 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Guarani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Nacional Asuncion | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Cerro Porteno | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | River Plate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Guairena | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueno | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 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 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 38 | 54 |
| 2 | Libertad | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteno | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Guarani | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Sol de America | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 31 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | General Diaz | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 8 | River Plate | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueno | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -17 | 21 |
| 11 | Deportivo Capiata | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 21 |
| 12 | Deportivo Santani | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 19 |