Nacional Asunción will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 25 points behind Cerro Porteño.
- Nacional Asunción has the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Division 1
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Division 1 game only four days ago.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
4-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Division 1 numbers at home for Nacional Asunción so far this season. So many draws at home for Nacional, an amazing four in a row now.
A good away victory last time out for Nacional, who won 3-2 against Sol de América. In the match before that, Nacional hosted Guairena and drew the game 0-0.
Nacional has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Nacional have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Cerro Porteño, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Division 1, collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Division 1. 6 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Cerro Porteño as they haven't lost any of their last 23 games. Porteño are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 13 in a row without losing.
The supporters enjoyed Cerro Porteño's previous game versus Olimpia, a Division 1 1-0 win played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs General Diaz.
R. Morales came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Olimpia last time out, making the manager F. Arce Rolón feel like a tactical genius.
Cerro Porteño have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Cerro Porteño as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cerro Porteño - Nacional 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Nacional wins - draws - Cerro Porteño wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Ó. Ruiz Roa 6 goals | C. Aquino 6 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 19 | 48 |
| 28 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 83% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 70% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 64% | 60% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 29% | 37% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 57% | 50% |
| 40% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 43% |
| 33% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 11.1 | 10.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 29% | 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 37% |
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals (14) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño has the most clean sheets (13) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerro Porteño is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Nacional Asunción has the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción has the most matches under the total-line (20) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 Porteño | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Guaraní | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | River Plate | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 29 |
| 6 | Guairena | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Nacional Asunción | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 9 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Sol de América | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 11 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | General Diaz | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 14 |