Sol de América vs Olimpia: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)

The visiting Olimpia side should be favourites in this visit to Sol de América, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Olimpia has the most scored goals (54) in Division 1

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.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Sol de América form and stats

Sol de América have collected 14 points from their Division 1 home games so far after 4-2-5.

The América goalkeeper Ruben Escobar Fernandez is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.

América enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nacional Asuncion's place. The match ended 1-0 with D. Valdez scoring. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Sportivo Luqueno.

Sol de América has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. América have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Olimpia form and stats

As the visiting team in Division 1 matches, Olimpia, who have the most scored goals (54) in Division 1, have produced an overall stat of 6-3-2 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Cerro Porteno (after extra-time, 1-4 on penalties) in their previous outing. The Division 1 match ended in a draw 1-1. A 1-2 defeat away at Libertad before that.

Olimpia have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 11 away matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Olimpia have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sol de América and Olimpia have met before this season: América - Olimpia 1-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Sol de América, zero draws and nine wins for Olimpia. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

OlimpiaR. Santa Cruz Cantero
R. Santa Cruz Cantero
17 goals
OlimpiaJ. Recalde Ramírez
J. Recalde Ramírez
14 goals
OlimpiaN. Camacho Ledesma
N. Camacho Ledesma
11 goals

Sol de América missing players

Olimpia missing players

Sol de América Olimpia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 3 18 34
9 5 1 Won W 2 7 18
11 4 0 Drew D 1 5 9
14 8 3 Lost L 0 6 7
43 20 3 Scored S 8 31 75
54 25 6 Conceded C 3 22 37
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 65% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 91%
56% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 61% 68%
38% 35% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 39% 44%
15% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
62% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 65%
24% 24% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 24%
24% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 3.1 2.6
9 5 2 Red cards R C 1 10 15
 
9 9.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 10.1 11.4
3.7 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.7
34% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 45% 47%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Olimpia has the most scored goals (23) away in Division 1
  • Olimpia has the most scored goals (54) in Division 1
  • Olimpia has the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Division 1
  • Olimpia has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Division 1
  • Olimpia has the the best goal difference (+34) in Division 1
  • Olimpia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Olimpia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 22 15 5 2 37 14 11 9 1 1 22 8 11 6 4 1 15 6 23 50
2 Olimpia 22 13 6 3 54 20 11 7 3 1 31 9 11 6 3 2 23 11 34 45
3 Libertad 22 13 5 4 43 23 11 6 4 1 22 10 11 7 1 3 21 13 20 44
4 Guarani 22 11 8 3 30 16 11 4 6 1 12 7 11 7 2 2 18 9 14 41
5 River Plate 22 8 5 9 23 30 11 5 2 4 15 16 11 3 3 5 8 14 -7 29
6 Guairena 22 6 9 7 30 29 11 5 3 3 18 11 11 1 6 4 12 18 1 27
7 Nacional Asuncion 22 6 7 9 22 22 11 4 3 4 15 10 11 2 4 5 7 12 0 25
8 Sportivo Luqueno 22 6 7 9 22 32 11 3 4 4 13 14 11 3 3 5 9 18 -10 25
9 12 de Octubre 22 5 6 11 23 39 11 3 1 7 12 24 11 2 5 4 11 15 -16 21
10 Sol de América 22 4 7 11 23 40 11 4 2 5 13 15 11 0 5 6 10 25 -17 19
11 Sportivo San Lorenzo 22 2 10 10 18 36 11 2 8 1 11 10 11 0 2 9 7 26 -18 16
12 General Diaz 22 3 5 14 22 46 11 2 3 6 10 19 11 1 2 8 12 27 -24 14

Read more about Division 1

The Primera División, sometimes known as the Copa TIGO or División Profesional, is the top level of football in Paraguay. The season lasts almost a year, running from January to December in two parts; Apertura and Clausura. The twelve teams meet each other twice in each section.