Division 1: Two sides who have played well as yet. Get to know Nacional Asunción - Cerro Porteño with this comprehensive preview!
- Nacional Asunción haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Division 1
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Division 1. That game was an away game at Sol de America, so at least Nacional Asunción are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nacional Asunción form and stats
Nacional Asunción have performed here at Estadio Arsenio Erico this season with 4 wins from 7 Division 1 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
A strong away win for Nacional Asunción against Sol de America the last match, as Aquino, Guerreño and Ríos were on target.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against 12 de Octubre.Nacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. From these home matches, Nacional Asunción have conceded only 4 goals.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño have an excellent away record in the Division 1 so far with 5-1-1 from 7 games. The fact that Cerro Porteño have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Carrizo and Giménez scored in Cerro Porteño's previous match, the home game against Sportivo Ameliano that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Rolón when Giménez scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute.
Prior to that result Porteño won their away game at Sol de America. The scoreline was 1-0.Few goals the story here? 11 of this team's last 14 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
Cerro Porteño have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. The Porteño defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({3 goals} in 7 games).
Head 2 Head
Cerro Porteño have avoided defeat in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Nacional Asunción.The most up to date past result featuring both these participants is the Cerro Porteño - Nacional 0-0 played earlier this season. The referee pulled out his red card when these teams last played each other, and the sinner was Espinola (Nacional Asunción). The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Bruera 17 goals |  R. Morales 8 goals | A. Oviedo Álvarez 8 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 18 | 37 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 | 23 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 25 | 61 |
| 43 | 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 92% |
| 73% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 61% | 65% |
| 57% | 56% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | 35% |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 11% | 22% |
| 5% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 8% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 27% |
| 24% | 28% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 61% | 62% |
| 22% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 22% | 19% |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 8.5 | 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 38% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 35% |
| 7.9 | 8.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most clean sheets (11) away in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most clean sheets (23) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the the best goal difference (+15) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Nacional Asunción | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Libertad | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Resistencia | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 6 | Guaireña | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Sportivo Ameliano | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Guarani | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | General Caballero JLM | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 7 |
