Both Resistencia and Cerro Porteño are yearning for points in this game, despite the away side having a 24 point lead in the standings.
- Resistencia have the fewest scored goals (14) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (40) 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.
These are busy days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Paraguay. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at 2 de Mayo.
Resistencia form and stats
With 2 Division 1 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Resistencia are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The club members hope that Resistencia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Copa Paraguay fixture against 2 de Mayo.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sportivo Trinidense.Resistencia aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in the league, with only {6 goals} from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Resistencia have conceded 17 from these games.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (40) in Division 1, are W6-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
Cerro Porteño have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho. It's been 193 minutes since they last conceded in Division 1.
Cerro Porteño go into this game after a win, the home game against General Caballero JLM that ended 2-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sportivo Ameliano.The schedule is very tough for Porteño now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Paraguay game at 24 de Setiembre is waiting in only three days.
Cerro Porteño are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Cerro Porteño have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Cerro Porteño have avoided defeat in the last 6 games (5-1-0) against Resistencia.It's not the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Resistencia - Cerro Porteño 1-2. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Aquino 6 goals |  D. Churín 6 goals | D. Bobadilla 4 goals |
Resistencia missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Resistencia | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 20 | 44 |
| 39 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 88% |
| 36% | 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 56% |
| 20% | 15% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 36% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 20% |
| 40% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 64% |
| 16% | 15% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 48% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 2.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 22% | 20% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 43% | 42% |
| 10.1 | 10.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
- Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerro Porteño have scored more than double the goals of Resistencia.
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (19) away in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals (40) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Division 1
- Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Resistencia have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Division 1
- Resistencia have the fewest scored goals (14) in Division 1
- Resistencia have the most conceded goals (35) in Division 1
- Resistencia have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Division 1
- Resistencia have the the worst goal difference (-21) in Division 1
- Resistencia 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 | Libertad | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 41 |
| 3 | Sportivo Trinidense | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Guarani | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 33 |
| 5 | Nacional Asuncion | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Olimpia | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 31 |
| 7 | Sportivo Ameliano | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Guaireña | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 11 | Resistencia | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -21 | 17 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
