River Plate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Guaraní.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
River Plate form and stats
5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Division 1 numbers at home for River Plate so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager C. Ayala Gavilán led his River Plate to a defeat in the Division 1 match away at Sportivo Luqueno. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio River. Preceding that match was the home game against 12 de Octubre that was lost 1-2.
River Plate are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. River have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Guaraní form and stats
Guaraní's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Guaraní, who have the most points (23) away in Division 1, collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the Division 1. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
There were no winners in Guaraní's previous match, a Division 1 home game that ended 1-1 vs Cerro Porteno. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Bolivar.
Guaraní are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Guaraní as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: River - Guaraní 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two River victories, one draw and seven Guaraní wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.River Plate missing players
Guaraní missing players
| River Plate | Guaraní | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 31 |
| 34 | 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 88% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 50% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 42% |
| 17% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 46% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 229 | 119 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 141 | 253 |
| 92 | 44 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 67 | 120 |
| 26% | 36% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 26% |
- Guaraní has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Division 1
- Guaraní has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Division 1
- Guaraní has the most points (23) away in Division 1
- Guaraní have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Guaraní haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | Guaraní | 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 | Guairena | 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 America | 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 Diaz | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -24 | 14 |