The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Nacional Asunción are in the 7th position while the guesting Sol de América worry at 10th.
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sol de América have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Division 1 game only four days ago. That game, against Sportivo Luqueno, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sol de América.
This is a local derby, usually meaning added tension and importance.
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. Nacional has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sportivo Luqueno defeat 86 days ago.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus General Diaz in the Division 1 last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at River Plate that finished 1-1.
G. Beltrán was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against General Diaz after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Nacional has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Nacional have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sol de América form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sol de América so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-6 (win-draw-lose).
219 minutes! That's how long the América goalkeeper Ruben Escobar Fernandez and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Sol de América, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Sportivo Luqueno in the Division 1 last time out. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting 12 de Octubre.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting América as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For América, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sol de América - Nacional 2-3, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Nacional victory, five draws and four Sol de América wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Viera Recalde 8 goals |  J. Santacruz González 6 goals | C. Arrua 5 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Sol de América missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Sol de América | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 40 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | 42 |
| 34 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 29 | 54 |
| 85% | 75% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 73% | 69% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 94% | 79% |
| 36% | 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 58% |
| 18% | 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 39% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 48% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 62% | 64% |
| 36% | 50% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 19% | 21% |
| 30% | 25% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 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 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9.6 | 10.1 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 8.6 | 9 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 32% | 35% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 37% | 34% |
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sol de América have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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 | 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 |