There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Division 1 table so far. Here's the River Plate - Guaireña latest:
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 and Guaireña.
River Plate form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for River Plate at their home stadium (Estadio River Plate) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager C. Ayala Gavilán led his River Plate to a defeat in the Division 1 match away at Libertad. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio River Plate. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Guarani in a game that was won 1-0.
River are traveling soon after this match as the Division 1 match at Sol de América awaits in four days.
River are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. River's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Guaireña form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Guaireña so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-4 (win-draw-lose). It's three draws from Guaireña's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Guaireña's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Cerro Porteno that finished 1-1. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sol de América.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting General Díaz in just four days.
The visiting Guaireña have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. Guaireña struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
River - Guaireña 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for River, one draw and three wins for Guaireña. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.River Plate missing players
Guaireña missing players
| River Plate | Guaireña | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 34 |
| 37 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 35 |
| 88% | 92% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 73% | 77% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 50% | 54% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 42% | 46% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 19% |
| 8% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 46% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 31% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 35% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 248 | 129 | 15 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 116 | 234 |
| 101 | 49 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 42 | 88 |
| 26% | 35% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 31% | 39% |
- Guaireña has the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Division 1
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Libertad | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Guarani | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | River Plate | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 29 |
| 6 | Guaireña | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Nacional Asuncion | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 9 | 12 de Octubre | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -16 | 21 |
| 10 | Sol de América | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 19 |
| 11 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | General Díaz | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 14 |