Struggling Sol de América will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cerro Porteño in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Sol de América have less rest than Cerro Porteño in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Division 1 game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Sportivo Luqueño, so at least Sol de América are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
Sol de América form and stats
Overall Division 1 stats at home this season for Sol de América are 3-2-1 (wins-draw-losses).
América travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sportivo Luqueño that ended 2-2. Before that, América drew at home versus River Plate.
América has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. América have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Cerro Porteño playing as the away team in the Division 1 this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Sol de América. Cerro Porteño love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
180 minutes! That's how long the Cerro Porteño goalkeeper Rodrigo Martin Munoz Salomon and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The supporters enjoyed Porteño's previous game versus Guaraní (placed 3rd), a Division 1 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Sportivo Luqueño.
After this away game Cerro Porteño return home for a Division 1 game against 12 de Octubre. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Porteño have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Porteño are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Cerro Porteño - Sol de América 4-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sol de América one win, zero draws and Cerro Porteño nine victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Churín 5 goals |  N. Viera Recalde 3 goals | Ó. Ruiz Roa 3 goals |
Sol de América missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Sol de América | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| 22 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 31% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 6.6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 109 | 52 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 70 | 151 |
| 43 | 18 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 24 | 63 |
| 28% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 37% |
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Cerro Porteño has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Cerro Porteño has the most scored goals in the first half (13)
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerro Porteño is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Sol de América has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpia | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteño | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Guaraní | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Libertad | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Nacional Asuncion | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Guaireña | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | River Plate | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -12 | 14 |
| 9 | Sol de América | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueño | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 9 |
| 12 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 8 |