The visiting Cerro Porteño side should be favourites in this visit to Nacional Asunción, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.
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.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
Nacional Asunción's struggle is real here with only 7 points collected from 8 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 2-1-5.The fans are hoping that Nacional Asunción will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Division 1 game against Sol de América. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Deportivo Santaní that ended 0-0.
There will be little rest for Nacional Asunción after this match as they are travelling to Libertad for a Division 1 game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Nacional Asunción here, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Nacional Asunción's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Division 1 home defeat versus Olimpia with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Before that, Cerro Porteño travelled to Deportivo Capiatá and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
With an average of more than two away goals per game, Cerro Porteño are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Cerro Porteño have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Nacional Asunción and Cerro Porteño have met before this season: Cerro Porteño - Nacional Asunción 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Nacional Asunción won 2, Cerro Porteño won 6 and 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
 
J. Larrivey
5 goals / 1 assists
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Ó. Ruíz
4 goals / 2 assists
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J. Benítez
4 goals / 1 assists
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Nacional Asunción missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Cerro Porteño | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | Played | 8 | 17 |
| 14 | 6 | Scored | 16 | 39 |
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | 9 | 20 |
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 38% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 82% |
| 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | 62% | 59% |
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | 50% | 47% |
| 6% | 12% | Over 4.5 | 12% | 18% |
| 47% | 25% | Both teams to score | 75% | 71% |
| 18% | 25% | Clean Sheet | 12% | 24% |
| 47% | 62% | Failed To Score | 12% | 6% |
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 2 |
- Cerro Porteño hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Cerro Porteño is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | Libertad | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Guaraní | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | Sportivo Luqueño | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Deportivo Capiatá | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 22 |
| 7 | River Plate | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Sol de América | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Nacional Asunción | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | General Díaz | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 13 |
| 12 | Deportivo Santaní | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -13 | 11 |
