Division 1: Two teams who have played splendidly so far. Get smart on Olimpia - Libertad with this thorough preview!
- Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Libertad have the most scored goals (28) in Division 1
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Olimpia form and stats
17 points is a decent return from 7 Division 1 games here at Estadio Manuel Ferreira for Olimpia. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gaston Hernan Olveira Echeverria not having conceded a league goal in 291 minutes.
A strong away win for Olimpia against Sportivo Ameliano the last match, as González and Galeano were on target.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Tacuary.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Olimpia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Olimpia are traveling soon after this match as the Division 1 match at Cerro Porteno awaits in four days.
Olimpia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Manuel Ferreira with 12 goals in 7 league matches. Olimpia have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Libertad form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Libertad so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).
Libertad's last game was the home draw against 12 de Octubre (2-2). As mentioned above, Libertad drew the match against 12 de Octubre. Manager Garnero brought on Cantero to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Resistencia wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.As for defending, Libertad rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Libertad have won at least one point in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing Olimpia.The teams involved played each other earlier this season: Libertad - Olimpia 4-2. Quintana (Olimpia), Zarate (Olimpia) and Samudio (Libertad) were shown red cards when these sides met earlier this season. Will it be as hotheaded this time? The matches between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 7 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 16 goals |   D. González Galeano 12 goals |  A. Silva González 12 goals |
Olimpia missing players
Libertad missing players
| Olimpia | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 18 | 37 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 66 | 32 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 34 | 77 |
| 37 | 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 34 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 78% | 76% |
| 46% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 61% | 57% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 50% | 46% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 51% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 39% | 38% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 49% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | 14% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 10.2 | 12.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 36% | 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | 38% |
| 7.1 | 7.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.8 | 6.9 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 |
- Libertad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Libertad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Libertad have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Division 1
- Libertad have the most scored goals (28) in Division 1
- Libertad have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Division 1
- Libertad have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Division 1
- Libertad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olimpia 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 | Cerro Porteno | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 35 |
| 2 | Nacional Asuncion | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 4 | Libertad | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Guairena | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Resistencia | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Sportivo Ameliano | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Guarani | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 11 | General Caballero JLM | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 15 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -16 | 7 |
