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 5th position while the guesting Sportivo San Lorenzo worry at 12th.
It's no vacation for neither Nacional nor Sportivo San Lorenzo 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, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Division 1, have collected 10 points from their Division 1 home games so far after 3-1-3.
Nacional lost their last game at Libertad (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against General Diaz.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nacional as they are travelling to their away game against Guaraní in the Division 1. That match is four days after this one.
Nacional Asunción has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Nacional are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Arsenio Erico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Sportivo San Lorenzo form and stats
There's been little loot from Sportivo San Lorenzo's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 7 away games in the Division 1. Sportivo San Lorenzo only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw. Sportivo are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the 12 de Octubre fixture. Bitter travels for Sportivo as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Guaraní match.
Sportivo delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Olimpia (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Division 1 game. Prior to that match, the Sportivo manager C. Martínez Medina faced defeat when travelling to 12 de Octubre and losing 0-1.
An inspired comeback made the scores level in Sportivo San Lorenzo's duel with Olimpia. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after J. Salinas found the equalizer. As mentioned above, Sportivo drew the match against Olimpia. Manager C. Martínez Medina brought on J. Salinas to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting River Plate in just four days.
Sportivo San Lorenzo find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. For Sportivo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Sportivo San Lorenzo - Nacional 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Nacional won five, Sportivo San Lorenzo won two and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Beltrán Paredes 4 goals |  E. Zaracho Zorrilla 3 goals | J. Santacruz González 3 goals |
Nacional Asunción missing players
Sportivo San Lorenzo missing players
| Nacional Asunción | Sportivo San Lorenzo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 24 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 36% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 43% | 21% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 3.9 | 3.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 4.9 | 3.6 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 135 | 74 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 71 | 160 |
| 42 | 26 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 30 | 52 |
| 40% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 23% | 27% |
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (7)
- Nacional Asunción have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nacional Asunción have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo has the fewest points (1) away
- Sportivo San Lorenzo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo have yet to win a game away.
- Sportivo San Lorenzo is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Libertad | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Guaraní | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Nacional Asunción | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Guairena | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | River Plate | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 15 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | General Diaz | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 12 |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueno | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 9 |