With the edgy opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Division 1 battle of the season. Nacional Asunción look forward to welcoming Resistencia in front of their home following.
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
These are active days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Division 1. That game was an away game at General Caballero JLM, so at least Nacional are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nacional Asunción form and stats
Last season, Nacional Asunción's league statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, resulting in 3rd position in the Division 1. Over these 18 matches they scored 26 goals and gave away 19. Performing as the host team in the former season Nacional Asunción produced 5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) with 10 goals and 9 conceded.
A strong away win for Nacional Asunción against General Caballero JLM the last match, as Bruera and Morel were on target. Sweet to taste a league win after four games without.
Before that, Nacional played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Guairena.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nacional Asunción handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nacional Asunción as they are travelling to their away game against 12 de Octubre in the Division 1. That match is four days after this one.
Resistencia form and stats
Let's have a look at how Resistencia performed last season in the Division Intermedia: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 13 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 20/11 goals scored/conceded. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Resistencia's last three away games as they have all been lost.
The followers enjoyed Resistencia's previous fixture versus Sol de América (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home. Yippee; their first three points in the league after eight matches not winning.
A loss against Libertad was the result prior to that, in a home game.Resistencia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 5 matches.
After this away game Resistencia return home for a Division 1 game against Guaraní. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Nacional - Resistencia 1-2 was the output when this pair of squads last met, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Nacional Asunción zero wins, zero draws and Resistencia two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. Palacios loves to play against Nacional and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.Top Goalscorers
  F. Bruera 12 goals |  R. Martínez Rolón 7 goals | D. Martínez 6 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Resistencia missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Resistencia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | 15 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 33 | 19 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 21 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 78% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 78% |
| 70% | 82% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 70% |
| 22% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 35% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 27% | 13% |
| 65% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 82% | 65% |
| 13% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 26% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9.7 | 11 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | 4 |
| 33% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | 35% |
| 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13 |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Olimpia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sportivo Ameliano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nacional Asunción | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Resistencia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Guairena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sol de América | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Guaraní | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Libertad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
