River Plate are welcoming Sportivo Luqueño for yet another key game following their 1-2 result vs Guarani.
- River Plate have the fewest scored goals (13) in Division 1
- Sportivo Luqueño have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Division 1
River Plate and Sportivo Luqueño should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
River Plate form and stats
With 1 Division 1 win, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, River Plate are certainly not brimming with confidence. River Plate are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio River Plate, having lost their two previous games here.
In their previous game, the manager I. Almeida led his River Plate to a defeat in the Division 1 match away at Guarani. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio River.
Ahead of that match, River lost 0-2 at home to 12 de Octubre.This is expected to be a close game, with River Plate perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with River Plate as a small favourite), we find ten games. River has won five of these, drawn two and lost three.
River have scored 5 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the River defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. River Plate has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
Sportivo Luqueño form and stats
Sportivo Luqueño have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Division 1, after 2-0-7 (9 played). Sportivo seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Sportivo's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Libertad that finished 2-2.
Prior to that match, the Sportivo manager B. Maciel faced defeat when travelling to Olimpia and losing 0-4.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Sportivo Luqueño in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sportivo Luqueño, three draws and three defeats.
Sportivo are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 9 away games. 13 goals have been conceded by Sportivo in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Sportivo Luqueño - River 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (River wins - draws - Sportivo Luqueño wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Borja 9 goals |   P. Zeballos Ocampos 5 goals | H. Caballero Benítez 4 goals |
River Plate missing players
Sportivo Luqueño missing players
| River Plate | Sportivo Luqueño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 17 | 34 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 28 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 35 |
| 55 | 28 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 27 | 55 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 74% | 65% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 53% | 65% |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 41% | 53% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 50% | 41% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 24% | 41% |
| 21% | 24% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 38% | 47% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 53% | 41% |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 34% |
| 10.6 | 10.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
- 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 (36) in Division 1
- River Plate have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Division 1
- River Plate is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Sportivo Luqueño have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sportivo Luqueño have the fewest points (6) away in Division 1
- Sportivo Luqueño have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Division 1
- Sportivo Luqueño have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Division 1
- Sportivo Luqueño have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) 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 Porteno | 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 América | 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 |