Nacional Asunción and Guaireña have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Division 1.
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!
Nacional Asunción form and stats
When playing at home in the Division 1, Nacional Asunción have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at Estadio Arsenio Erico, but a victory now would be sweet for Nacional Asunción.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Santiago Gerardo Rojas Lopez not having conceded a league goal in 248 minutes.
A strong away win for Nacional against Libertad the last match, as L. Villagra and C. Arrua were on target. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Guarani.
Nacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. From these home matches, Nacional have conceded only 10 goals.
Guaireña form and stats
Guaireña have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Division 1, after 1-6-4 (11 played).
Guaireña's last game was the home draw against General Diaz (1-1). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at River Plate.
Guaireña have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Guaireña struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Guaireña - Nacional 0-0. Last two meetings between the teams: Nacional won one, Guaireña won zero and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Santacruz González 5 goals |  J. Verdún Duarte 5 goals | S. Salcedo González 5 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Guaireña missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Guaireña | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 30 | 16 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 37 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 37 |
| 86% | 77% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 71% | 69% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 86% |
| 32% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 46% | 46% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 43% | 46% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 77% | 64% |
| 39% | 54% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 21% |
| 32% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 264 | 130 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 123 | 249 |
| 101 | 49 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 44 | 94 |
| 30% | 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 34% | 39% |
- Guaireña has the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Division 1
- Nacional Asunción has the most matches under the total-line (19) 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 Porteno | 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 | Guarani | 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 | Guaireña | 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 America | 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 |