Nacional Asunción perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Cerro Porteño can look both up and down from their 6th position.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
When playing at home in the Division 1, Nacional Asunción, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Division 1, have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 4 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Santiago Gerardo Rojas Lopez not having conceded a league goal in 183 minutes.
Nacional Asunción's last game was hosting Olimpia (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. Before that game, the home loss against Bahia with the scoreline 1-3.
C. Núñez was on the receiving end of a red card in the Nacional Asunción-Olimpia match, being sent off in the 39th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 1-0 victory.
Nacional Asunción have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Arsenio Erico with 6 goals in 4 league matches. On the other hand, Nacional Asunción have conceded 4 goals.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cerro Porteño in their Division 1 away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Cerro Porteño's previous game was their home loss versus General Diaz (0-1). A 0-4 loss hosting Barcelona before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerro Porteño's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cerro Porteño have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Nacional Asunción one win, three draws and Cerro Porteño six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 E. Zaracho Zorrilla 3 goals |  G. Beltrán Paredes 3 goals | J. Santacruz González 2 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 3.9 | 2.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | 42 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 45 | 94 |
| 24 | 16 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 46% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 33% | 36% |
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Cerro Porteño has the most scored goals in the first half (7)
- Cerro Porteño have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (4)
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nacional Asunción have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nacional Asunción have scored in all their matches so far.
- Nacional Asunción haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Nacional Asunción | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Guarani | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Guairena | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Cerro Porteño | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | River Plate | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Sol de America | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -13 | 3 |