The visiting Olimpia team should be odds-on at River Plate, as the visitors enjoy a 21 point supremacy from their 18 league matches this season.
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (13) in Division 1
- Olimpia is in the worst form (1-0-5)
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
With {1 Division 1 wins}, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, River Plate are certainly not brimming with confidence. The River Plate manager C. Ayala Gavilán might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The River crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Libertad here at Estadio River Plate in a Division 1 match.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Sportivo Luqueño.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for River Plate here at Estadio River in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 9 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Olimpia form and stats
Olimpia have an excellent away record in the Division 1 so far with 6-0-3 from 9 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Division 1 home defeat versus Nacional Asunción with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Libertad.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 10 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Olimpia - River 1-3 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (River wins - draws - Olimpia wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Silva González 7 goals |  J. Recalde Ramírez 7 goals |   P. Zeballos Ocampos 5 goals |
River Plate missing players
Olimpia missing players
| River Plate | Olimpia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 43 |
| 43 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 40 |
| 89% | 85% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 54% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 44% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 62% | 63% |
| 30% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 23% | 33% |
| 11% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 8% | 19% |
| 48% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 46% | 52% |
| 26% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 26% |
| 37% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 15% | 26% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8.1 | 8.9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 32% | 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 47% | 44% |
- Olimpia have scored at least twice as many goals away as River Plate have scored home.
- Olimpia have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Division 1
- Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Olimpia is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- River Plate have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (13) in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals (32) in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Division 1
- River Plate have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Division 1
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 3 | Nacional Asunción | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteño | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | Guairena | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Guarani | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | 12 de Octubre | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueño | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| 10 | River Plate | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 12 |