Division 1: Nacional Asunción anticipated to subdue 12 de Octubre

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Mon 03.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Arsenio Erico (5100 seats)

Division 1: High-level against below par, at least based on the league table. Nacional Asunción - 12 de Octubre. Home win or a shock result?

Insights:
  • 12 de Octubre have the fewest scored goals (8) in Division 1

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nacional Asunción and 12 de Octubre.

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Nacional Asunción form and stats

The story so far in the Division 1 for Nacional Asunción at their home stadium (Estadio Arsenio Erico) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

The Nacional goalkeeper Santiago Gerardo Rojas Lopez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 216 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.

The spoils were shared in Nacional Asunción's previous game, also at home. Visiting 12 de Octubre (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.

Ahead of that game, a home victory hosting Tacuary in the Copa Paraguay.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.

Nacional Asunción are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Nacional have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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12 de Octubre form and stats

12 de Octubre have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Division 1, after 1-0-5 (6 played).

12 de Octubre aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 212 league minutes without a goal. Batallini was the last player to find the net.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nacional Asunción (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

The game before that was the Copa Paraguay-duel against Atletico Tembetary, a home loss (1-2).

After this away game 12 de Octubre return home for a Division 1 game against Guaraní. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Octubre as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. 12 de Octubre struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games. 12 de Octubre has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Nacional Asunción have pulled off a sequence of 16 consecutive games without defeat (5-11-0) when facing 12 de Octubre.

This happened when the sides played each other earlier this campaign; 12 de Octubre - Nacional 1-2. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Nacional AsunciónF. Bruera
F. Bruera
17 goals
Nacional AsunciónJ. Santacruz González
J. Santacruz González
6 goals
Nacional AsunciónR. Prieto
R. Prieto
4 goals

Nacional Asunción missing players

12 de Octubre missing players

Nacional Asunción 12 de Octubre
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 4 18 36
15 6 1 Won W 0 2 5
10 5 1 Drew D 0 7 9
11 7 3 Lost L 4 9 22
45 22 4 Scored S 2 11 24
41 23 6 Conceded C 12 27 62
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 86%
72% 78% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 61% 67%
56% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 44% 47%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 28%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 6%
58% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 44%
25% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 25%
25% 28% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 44%
 
5.1 4.8 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.9 4.9
4.2 3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 4.2
2.2 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2 2.1
9 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
8.4 8.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.8 7.6
3.4 3.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2 2.7
37% 33% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 25%
 
7.9 8.1 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 10.3 10.2
3.6 4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.6 4.7
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • 12 de Octubre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • 12 de Octubre have the fewest scored goals (8) in Division 1
  • 12 de Octubre have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Division 1
  • 12 de Octubre have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Division 1
  • 12 de Octubre have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Division 1
  • 12 de Octubre have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Division 1
  • 12 de Octubre is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 4 1 21 7 7 4 3 0 13 4 7 5 1 1 8 3 14 31
2 Nacional Asunción 13 8 4 1 18 9 6 3 2 1 7 4 7 5 2 0 11 5 9 28
3 Libertad 13 8 1 4 26 17 7 6 1 0 19 6 6 2 0 4 7 11 9 25
4 Olimpia 13 7 3 3 22 14 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 3 1 3 11 10 8 24
5 Guairena 14 5 3 6 19 19 7 4 0 3 12 8 7 1 3 3 7 11 0 18
6 Tacuary 14 5 3 6 13 15 7 3 3 1 7 4 7 2 0 5 6 11 -2 18
7 Sportivo Ameliano 14 5 2 7 17 17 7 5 0 2 11 4 7 0 2 5 6 13 0 17
8 Sol de America 14 5 2 7 14 19 7 4 1 2 8 5 7 1 1 5 6 14 -5 17
9 Guaraní 13 3 5 5 12 18 6 3 2 1 9 7 7 0 3 4 3 11 -6 14
10 Resistencia 13 3 5 5 9 15 7 2 2 3 5 7 6 1 3 2 4 8 -6 14
11 General Caballero JLM 14 4 2 8 15 22 7 3 1 3 10 12 7 1 1 5 5 10 -7 14
12 12 de Octubre 13 2 0 11 8 22 7 1 0 6 4 13 6 1 0 5 4 9 -14 6

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.