River Plate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Cerro Porteño.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for River Plate and Cerro Porteño.
River Plate form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Division 1 this season. River Plate have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio River Plate.
The River Plate fans got no joy from their last match, a Division 1 game also here at Estadio River Plate: A 0-2 defeat against Libertad (placed 2nd). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sportivo Luqueño.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for River Plate as they are travelling to their away game against Deportivo Santani in the Division 1. That match is three days after this one.
River Plate aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio River Plate in the league, with only 5 goals from 9 games. River Plate are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio River Plate in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Cerro Porteño, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-4 versus Olimpia (placed 1st). A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Nacional Asuncion.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cerro Porteño, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A new game in only four days for Cerro Porteño, the Division 1 home match versus Libertad. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerro Porteño's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Cerro Porteño have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cerro Porteño - River Plate 2-0 earlier this season. River Plate-Cerro Porteño H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: River Plate 0 wins, Cerro Porteño 7 wins, 0 draws. 5 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Larrivey 12 goals |  D. Churín 10 goals |  N. Valdez 10 goals |
River Plate missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| River Plate | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 40 | 20 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 20 | 40 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 40 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 36 | 83 |
| 50 | 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 26 | 44 |
| 92% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 98% |
| 60% | 55% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 85% | 85% |
| 40% | 35% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 65% | 60% |
| 20% | 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 35% | 38% |
| 8% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 18% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 60% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 38% |
| 28% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 5% | 5% |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 4.9 | 5.6 |
| 6.2 | 5.7 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 369 | 175 | 53 | Total Shots | T S | 83 | 196 | 482 |
| 126 | 59 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 37 | 87 | 217 |
| 31% | 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 36% | 36% |
- Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerro Porteño have scored more than double the goals of River Plate.
- Cerro Porteño haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- River Plate has the fewest matches over the total-line (13)
- River Plate has the fewest scored goals (15)
- River Plate has the fewest scored goals (5) 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 | Olimpia | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 44 |
| 2 | Libertad | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 40 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Guarani | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Sol de América | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | River Plate | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | General Diaz | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 8 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 9 | Nacional Asuncion | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Deportivo Santani | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 19 |
| 11 | Deportivo Capiata | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 18 |
| 12 | Sportivo Luqueño | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 17 |