Both River Plate and Olimpia are hungry for points in this one, despite the away team holding a 18 point advantage so far.
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (12) in Division 1
- Olimpia have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Division 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
River Plate form and stats
With {1 Division 1 wins}, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, River Plate, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Division 1, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The fans are hoping that River will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Copa Sudamericana game against Corinthians. River Plate were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Before that match, a Division 1 win away at Nacional Asuncion.River have scored 4 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the River Plate defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Olimpia form and stats
5 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Olimpia playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season. Olimpia has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Isidro Pitta, Hugo Quintana, Derlis González and Richard Ortiz (2) scored in Olimpia's previous match, the home game against Deportivo Tachira that ended 6-2. Richard Ortiz got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, top player of the team. Ortiz scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 71 successful passes (of 83 total). As mentioned above, Olimpia was the only team on the pitch versus Deportivo Tachira in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.
That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Sportivo Luqueno in the Division 1.Olimpia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Olimpia have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Olimpia - River 5-1 played earlier this season. River-Olimpia H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: River Plate zero wins, Olimpia seven wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Recalde Ramírez 7 goals |  A. Silva González 6 goals |   P. Zeballos Ocampos 4 goals |
River Plate missing players
Olimpia missing players
| River Plate | Olimpia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 30 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 88% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 41% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 59% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 29% |
| 47% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 53% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 35% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.2 | 8.1 | 6.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 19% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 50% | 52% |
- Olimpia have scored more than double the goals of River Plate.
- Olimpia have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Division 1
- Olimpia have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Division 1
- Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- River Plate have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (12) in Division 1
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals (30) in Division 1
- River Plate have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Division 1
- River Plate have the the worst goal difference (-18) 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 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Nacional Asuncion | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Cerro Porteno | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Guairena | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Guarani | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | 12 de Octubre | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -5 | 21 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 9 | Sol de America | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | River Plate | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -18 | 12 |