River Plate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Nacional Asunción.
River Plate form and stats
The story so far in the Division 1 for River Plate at their home stadium (Estadio River Plate) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
An away draw last time out for River, facing Olimpia in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to 12 de Octubre (0-2).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Division 1 game versus Cerro Porteño in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio River.
Goals are plentiful at Estadio River in the league this season as River Plate has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. River Plate have conceded 6 from these games.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
The seven points Nacional Asunción have gathered from their first three away trips in the Division 1 is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Nacional goalkeeper Santiago Gerardo Rojas Lopez is eager to challenge this, with his 273 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Nacional Asunción's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Cerro Porteño that finished 0-0. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Olimpia.
Nacional has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. The Nacional defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: River Plate won zero, Nacional Asunción won four and four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Pérez Mambreani 4 goals |  E. Zaracho Zorrilla 3 goals |  G. Beltrán Paredes 3 goals |
River Plate missing players
Nacional Asunción missing players
| River Plate | Nacional Asunción | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 57% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 8.3 | 9.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | 49 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 30 | 87 |
| 28 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| 43% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 39% |
- All of Nacional Asunción's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of River Plate's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nacional Asunción has the fewest conceded goals (1) away
- Nacional Asunción has the fewest conceded goals (5)
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (2) away
- Nacional Asunción has the most clean sheets (5)
- Nacional Asunción have not yet lost a game away.
- Nacional Asunción have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nacional Asunción have scored in all their away matches so far.
- River Plate have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Nacional Asunción | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Guarani | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Guairena | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Cerro Porteño | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | River Plate | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Sol de America | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 de Octubre | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -12 | 6 |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueno | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | General Diaz | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 4 |