Home advantage could prove decisive in Nacional Asunción - General Caballero JLM battle

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Arsenio Erico (5100 seats)

Nacional Asunción have won 33 points playing as the host team. General Caballero JLM have brought back 24 points using the away locker rooms. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Nacional Asunción have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Division 1
  • General Caballero JLM have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Division 1

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Nacional Asunción form and stats

The total Division 1 statistics playing at home this season for Nacional Asunción are 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Nacional Asunción lost their last game at Sportivo Ameliano after a 0-2 scoreline. The first defeat after going undefeated through four league fixtures.

Ahead of that match, Nacional won a home game hosting Guairena (2-0).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nacional Asunción matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats (from 5 games).

Nacional Asunción have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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General Caballero JLM form and stats

There's been little loot from General Caballero JLM's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Division 1. General Caballero JLM only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

Martínez was the last player to score for the away team. General Caballero JLM haven't scored a league goal in the last 211 minutes. 310 minutes! That's how long the Caballero goalkeeper Gustavo Ariel Arevalos Jara and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

General Caballero JLM's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tacuary that finished 0-0.

A loss, in the Copa Paraguay away at Deportivo Santani, before that. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and General Caballero JLM playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting General Caballero JLM as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Caballero in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nacional Asunción have won every one of the 4 latest battles versus this side. Can they do it again?

Nacional Asunción and General Caballero JLM have played each other previously this season: Nacional Asunción - General Caballero JLM 2-0. The matches between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

Nacional AsunciónG. Aguilar Encina
G. Aguilar Encina
8 goals
Nacional AsunciónC. Ocampos
C. Ocampos
7 goals
General Caballero JLMC. González Martínez
C. González Martínez
5 goals

Nacional Asunción missing players

General Caballero JLM missing players

Nacional Asunción General Caballero JLM
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 13 5 Played P 3 14 28
11 5 2 Won W 1 2 8
8 4 3 Drew D 2 7 9
9 4 0 Lost L 0 5 11
29 14 7 Scored S 3 9 25
28 11 3 Conceded C 2 16 31
89% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
64% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 64%
32% 23% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 25%
14% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 14%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
43% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 39%
39% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 36%
29% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 39%
 
5.3 5.4 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.1 4.3
4.7 4.5 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.9 6.2
1.8 1.7 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.4
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
9.9 12.8 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 7.7 8
3.6 4.7 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.3
28% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 22% 27%
 
8.9 8.5 8.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 11.3 9.3
3.3 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.5 3.6
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • General Caballero JLM have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Division 1
  • General Caballero JLM have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Division 1
  • Nacional Asunción have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Division 1

  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 22 16 3 3 39 15 11 9 2 0 21 4 11 7 1 3 18 11 24 51
2 Cerro Porteño 22 11 8 3 40 29 11 5 5 1 21 13 11 6 3 2 19 16 11 41
3 Sportivo Trinidense 22 11 5 6 34 21 11 7 2 2 18 8 11 4 3 4 16 13 13 38
4 Guarani 22 8 9 5 29 24 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 15 10 5 33
5 Nacional Asunción 22 9 6 7 23 21 11 4 3 4 11 10 11 5 3 3 12 11 2 33
6 Olimpia 22 8 7 7 32 26 11 4 4 3 18 13 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 31
7 Sportivo Ameliano 22 7 9 6 27 28 11 3 4 4 13 17 11 4 5 2 14 11 -1 30
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 9 7 27 28 11 4 5 2 12 8 11 2 4 5 15 20 -1 27
9 General Caballero JLM 22 6 6 10 21 28 11 4 1 6 13 15 11 2 5 4 8 13 -7 24
10 Guairena 22 3 8 11 15 31 11 1 3 7 6 17 11 2 5 4 9 14 -16 17
11 Resistencia 22 4 5 13 14 35 11 2 3 6 6 17 11 2 2 7 8 18 -21 17
12 Tacuary 22 4 3 15 16 31 11 3 3 5 14 14 11 1 0 10 2 17 -15 15

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.