Approaching the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table teams battle it out. Both will be targeting to better their league status, Nacional Asunción in 7th and Sportivo Ameliano in 6th spot.
- Nacional Asunción haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sportivo Ameliano haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Nacional nor Sportivo Ameliano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
Nacional Asunción's struggle is real here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco with only 5 points collected from 7 Division 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-4. Nacional Asunción has recorded two wins in a row here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Nacional regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Sportivo Ameliano and win 1-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Libertad (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Nacional Asunción perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nacional Asunción as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Nacional Asunción has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 13 league matches, 10 have had zero, one or two goals.
Nacional Asunción aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in the league, with only {6 goals} from 7 games. Nacional's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sportivo Ameliano form and stats
The visitors are W3-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
Two away games in a row for Sportivo Ameliano, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Nacional Asunción. That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Sportivo Luqueno.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sportivo Ameliano playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 4 Sportivo Ameliano wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Sportivo Ameliano find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past scoreline featuring both these participants is the Sportivo Ameliano - Nacional 0-0 played not long ago this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Nacional Asunción victories, three draws and one Sportivo Ameliano win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Sarquis 6 goals |  G. Aguilar Encina 3 goals | C. Ocampos 3 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Sportivo Ameliano missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Sportivo Ameliano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 50% | 62% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 75% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 38% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 31% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 4.4 | 4.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7.9 | 10.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.2 | 8.2 |
| 3.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 30% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 38% | 36% |
| 8.1 | 7.4 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 3 | 6.6 | 9.3 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
- Nacional Asunción haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sportivo Ameliano haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Libertad | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Guarani | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sportivo Trinidense | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Nacional Asunción | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 10 | Resistencia | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 12 |
| 11 | Guairena | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -12 | 9 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | -14 | 8 |
