The league table in Division 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Nacional Asunción leading Sportivo Luqueño by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
Sportivo Luqueño could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Division 1 game only four sleeps ago.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
When playing at home in the Division 1, Nacional Asunción, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Division 1, have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.
The home team returns to Estadio Arsenio Erico after being equal after 90 minutes with River Plate (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Division 1 game ended 1-1. In the match before that, Nacional hosted Cerro Porteño and drew the game 0-0.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Nacional matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
The Nacional fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. From these home matches, Nacional have conceded only 4 goals.
Sportivo Luqueño form and stats
Playing away, Sportivo Luqueño have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Division 1 this season.
Sportivo Luqueño delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Olimpia (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Division 1 game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against 12 de Octubre wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.
It looked so good for Sportivo vs Olimpia, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sportivo Luqueño when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning two games.
Sportivo Luqueño have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Sportivo Luqueño have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Nacional won two, Sportivo Luqueño won two and six draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Zaracho Zorrilla 3 goals |  G. Beltrán Paredes 3 goals |  I. Pitta Saldívar 3 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Sportivo Luqueño missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Sportivo Luqueño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 89% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 89% |
| 78% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 78% |
| 33% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 2.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | 57 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 38 | 65 |
| 31 | 20 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 14 | 24 |
| 39% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 43% | 42% |
- Nacional Asunción has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (3) at home
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (5)
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nacional Asunción have won significantly less corners at 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 | Libertad | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Nacional Asunción | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Guarani | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Guairena | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | River Plate | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Sol de América | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | General Diaz | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueño | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -12 | 6 |