River Plate fights Olimpia in Division 1 battle

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)

River Plate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 24 points behind Olimpia.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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River Plate form and stats

5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for River Plate so far this season.

River Plate's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Guaraní. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting General Díaz.

The River Plate fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. On the other hand, River Plate have conceded 14 goals.

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Olimpia form and stats

The strength of Olimpia, who have the most points (28) away in Division 1, on their travels this season is incredible with 28 points collected from 10 away games. Olimpia has 9-1-0 on the road, with 35 goals scored and 10 conceded. Things are running smoothly for Olimpia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 25 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Sportivo San Lorenzo. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sportivo Luqueno game have they lost an away game, meaning Olimpia has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Olimpia's previous game versus General Díaz, a Division 1 4-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 6-0 at Deportivo Santaní.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Olimpia alone have scored more than three on average in their away games (35 from 10 played). As opposed to that, Olimpia have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

River Plate and Olimpia have met before this season: Olimpia - River Plate 0-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 0 - 1 - 4 (River Plate wins - draws - Olimpia wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Santa Cruz
10 goals / 2 assists
W. Mendieta
9 goals / 6 assists
N. Viera
8 goals / 1 assists

River Plate missing players

Olimpia missing players

River Plate Olimpia
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played 3 10 20
7 5 0 Won 2 9 15
5 2 1 Drew 1 1 5
8 3 2 Lost 0 0 0
23 13 2 Scored 8 35 57
29 14 7 Conceded 3 10 15
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 90%
65% 70% 67% Over 1.5 67% 90% 85%
50% 50% 33% Over 2.5 67% 80% 70%
25% 20% 33% Over 3.5 67% 80% 60%
15% 20% 33% Over 4.5 33% 60% 35%
65% 70% 67% BTTS 67% 70% 50%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 30% 50%
15% 10% 33% Failed To Score 0% 0% 10%
 
4.7 4.4 6 Corners For (avg) 4.7 5.1 5.8
6.5 5.9 4.5 Corners Against (avg) 3.7 3.1 3.3
2.4 2.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2.6 2.4
3 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Olimpia have not yet lost a game.
  • Olimpia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Olimpia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olimpia have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Olimpia have scored more than double the goals of River Plate.
  • Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

River Plate
All Division Intermedia Division 1 Division 1: Clausura
All Home Away
13-04-19 D1 River Plate 1 - 5 Cerro Porteño
20-04-19 D1 Libertad 2 - 1 River Plate
27-04-19 D1 River Plate 1 - 0 Deportivo Capiata
30-04-19 D1 General Díaz 0 - 1 River Plate
06-05-19 D1 River Plate 0 - 1 Guaraní
12-05-19 D1 River Plate 23:00 Olimpia
18-05-19 D1 Nacional Asunción 23:10 River Plate
14-07-19 D1 Guaraní - River Plate
21-07-19 D1 River Plate - Sol de América
28-07-19 D1 Olimpia - River Plate
Olimpia
All Copa Libertadores Division 1 Division 1: Clausura Copa Sudamericana
All Home Away
23-04-19 CL Univ. Concepcion 3 - 3 Olimpia
28-04-19 D1 Olimpia 3 - 0 Libertad
01-05-19 D1 Deportivo Capiata 2 - 2 Olimpia
04-05-19 D1 Deportivo Santaní 0 - 6 Olimpia
07-05-19 D1 Olimpia 4 - 1 General Díaz
09-05-19 CL Olimpia 22:15 Sporting Cristal
12-05-19 D1 River Plate 23:00 Olimpia
18-05-19 D1 Olimpia 21:00 Guaraní
14-07-19 D1 General Díaz - Olimpia
21-07-19 D1 Nacional Asunción - Olimpia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Olimpia 20 15 5 0 57 15 10 6 4 0 22 5 10 9 1 0 35 10 42 50
2 Cerro Porteño 19 11 4 4 43 23 10 6 2 2 24 12 9 5 2 2 19 9 20 37
3 Libertad 20 10 4 6 39 29 10 6 2 2 24 11 10 4 2 4 15 18 10 34
4 Guaraní 20 9 7 4 34 26 10 3 4 3 16 16 10 6 3 1 18 10 8 34
5 Sportivo Luqueño 19 7 6 6 27 27 9 2 4 3 13 18 10 5 2 3 12 9 0 27
6 River Plate 20 7 5 8 23 29 10 5 2 3 13 14 10 2 3 5 10 15 -6 26
7 Sol de América 20 8 2 10 30 39 10 4 1 5 11 14 10 4 1 5 19 25 -9 26
8 Deportivo Capiatá 20 6 6 8 22 30 10 4 4 2 17 16 10 2 2 6 5 14 -8 24
9 Nacional Asunción 20 5 6 9 18 26 10 3 1 6 8 14 10 2 5 3 10 12 -8 21
10 Sportivo San Lorenzo 20 6 2 12 30 39 10 4 0 6 13 20 10 2 2 6 17 19 -9 20
11 General Díaz 20 3 6 11 19 39 10 2 3 5 10 17 10 1 3 6 9 22 -20 15
12 Deportivo Santaní 20 2 7 11 13 33 10 1 3 6 7 18 10 1 4 5 6 15 -20 13

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