River Plate will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Olimpia.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
River Plate form and stats
River Plate have played 9 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The River goalkeeper Pablo Martin Gavilan Fernandez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 275 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.
River Plate are returning here after visiting 12 de Octubre in a Division 1 game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. M. González scored the goal(s). Before that, River had a home game versus Guarani which ended with a victory 1-0.
River Plate have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio River with 15 goals in 9 league matches. On the other hand, River have conceded 12 goals.
Olimpia form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (38) in Division 1, are W4-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Division 1.
N. Camacho, A. Alcáraz, A. Silva and J. Recalde scored in Olimpia's previous match, the home game against Nacional Asuncion that ended 4-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cerro Porteno wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
As mentioned above, Olimpia was the only team on the pitch versus Nacional Asuncion in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The schedule is very tough for Olimpia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Copa Libertadores game at Santos is waiting in only four days.
Olimpia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 9 away games so far. Olimpia have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Olimpia - River 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: zero - three - six (River wins - draws - Olimpia wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Santa Cruz Cantero 10 goals |  N. Camacho Ledesma 6 goals |  D. Pérez Mambreani 5 goals |
River Plate missing players
Olimpia missing players
| River Plate | Olimpia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 38 |
| 22 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 78% | 89% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 67% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 44% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 33% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 174 | 92 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 100 | 214 |
| 74 | 36 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 33 | 81 |
| 27% | 42% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 45% | 47% |
- Olimpia has the most scored goals (38)
- Olimpia has the most scored goals in the first half (16)
- Olimpia has the the best goal difference (+21)
- Olimpia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- River Plate have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Libertad | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Olimpia | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Guarani | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | River Plate | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 25 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Guairena | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 18 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -12 | 17 |
| 10 | 12 de Octubre | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 12 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 11 |