Can River Plate beat Deportivo Capiatá?

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Date: Mon 09.December
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. River Plate are in the 6th position while the guests worry at 11th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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River Plate form and stats

River Plate's struggle is real here with only 9 points collected from 10 Division 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. River Plate are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for River Plate in their previous game, a Division 1 match away at Deportivo Santani (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Cerro Porteno with the scoreline 1-2.

River Plate have scored 6 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Deportivo Capiatá form and stats

There's been little loot from Deportivo Capiatá's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 10 away games in the Division 1. Deportivo Capiatá, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Division 1, only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Deportivo Capiatá are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Deportivo Capiatá are looking to quickly end their 241 minutes long goal drought.

There were no winners in Deportivo Capiatá's previous match, a Division 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Nacional Asunción (placed 7th). Prior to that match, the Deportivo Capiatá manager C. Recalde faced defeat when travelling to Olimpia and losing 0-1.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Deportivo Capiatá have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Deportivo Capiatá - River Plate 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 3 - 3 - 1 (River Plate wins - draws - Deportivo Capiatá wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Deportivo CapiatáS. Salcedo
S. Salcedo
10 goals
 S. Torales
S. Torales
7 goals
 
Ó. Colmán
6 goals

River Plate missing players

Deportivo Capiatá missing players

River Plate Deportivo Capiatá
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 6 21 42
13 7 3 Won W 0 4 11
12 6 2 Drew D 2 5 12
17 8 1 Lost L 4 12 19
42 21 7 Scored S 3 13 40
52 26 5 Conceded C 10 32 68
93% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 93%
60% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 69%
40% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 50%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 10% 26%
7% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 12%
55% 52% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 52%
26% 24% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 19% 17%
26% 29% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 48% 38%
 
4 3.8 3 Corners For (avg) C F 2.2 3.8 4.4
6.5 6.1 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 6.1 5.3
2.5 2.5 3.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 3 3.1
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 4 7 15
 
377 176 53 Total Shots T S 51 161 374
130 60 25 Shots on Target S O 22 69 150
32% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 19% 27%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Deportivo Capiatá has the most conceded goals (36)
  • Deportivo Capiatá has the the worst goal difference (-20)
  • Deportivo Capiatá have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Deportivo Capiatá is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • River Plate has the fewest matches over the total-line (14)

  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 20 16 2 2 47 13 10 10 0 0 27 6 10 6 2 2 20 7 34 50
2 Libertad 20 14 2 4 32 11 10 9 1 0 18 3 10 5 1 4 14 8 21 44
3 Cerro Porteno 20 10 4 6 38 23 10 6 2 2 21 7 10 4 2 4 17 16 15 34
4 Guaraní 20 9 4 7 29 21 10 4 2 4 17 14 10 5 2 3 12 7 8 31
5 Sol de America 20 7 7 6 20 18 10 4 3 3 10 10 10 3 4 3 10 8 2 28
6 River Plate 20 6 5 9 17 21 10 2 3 5 6 10 10 4 2 4 11 11 -4 23
7 Nacional Asunción 20 5 8 7 20 25 10 3 5 2 12 8 10 2 3 5 8 17 -5 23
8 General Diaz 19 4 7 8 18 28 10 3 4 3 13 14 9 1 3 5 5 14 -10 19
9 Sportivo San Lorenzo 20 4 7 9 19 32 10 3 3 4 11 15 10 1 4 5 8 17 -13 19
10 Deportivo Santani 20 5 4 11 18 34 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 2 1 7 8 23 -16 19
11 Deportivo Capiatá 20 5 4 11 16 36 10 3 2 5 9 19 10 2 2 6 7 17 -20 19
12 Sportivo Luqueno 19 4 6 9 16 28 9 2 2 5 6 13 10 2 4 4 10 15 -12 18

Read more about Division 1

The Primera División, sometimes known as the Copa TIGO or División Profesional, is the top level of football in Paraguay. The season lasts almost a year, running from January to December in two parts; Apertura and Clausura. The twelve teams meet each other twice in each section.