Division 1 duel: Close contest expected between Sportivo Ameliano and Nacional Asunción

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Sat 18.June
Match begins: 22:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Martín Torres (3000 seats)

It's the Division 1 season opener for these teams, whom are finally competing for points again. Will Sportivo Ameliano or Nacional Asunción get that vital first victory?

Insights:
  • Sportivo Ameliano have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they featured in a Division 1 match only four days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Olimpia, was also a home game here at Estadio Martín Torres. The away team is better rested.

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Sportivo Ameliano form and stats

The season before, Sportivo Ameliano's league stats were 16 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses, results that produced 4th place in the Division 1. During these 34 matches they scored 51 goals and let in 37. Appearing at home in the former season Sportivo Ameliano generated 9-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 20 conceded.

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Nacional Asunción form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nacional Asunción performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 1 with 16/10 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Nacional Asunción in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Nacional Asunción, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nacional Asunción are hosting Olimpia in the Division 1 only four days away.

Head 2 Head

Nacional Asunción - Sportivo Ameliano 2-1 was the end result in these sides' last head-to-head match, earlier this season. Bruera likes to face Sportivo and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

Nacional AsunciónF. Bruera
F. Bruera
10 goals
Nacional AsunciónR. Prieto
R. Prieto
4 goals
Sportivo AmelianoJ. Cáceres
J. Cáceres
3 goals

Sportivo Ameliano missing players

Nacional Asunción missing players

Sportivo Ameliano Nacional Asunción
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 0 4 7
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
13 6 3 Lost L 2 4 9
19 9 2 Scored S 2 9 23
33 18 8 Conceded C 5 10 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 89% 94%
78% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 78%
61% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 56% 78%
33% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 22%
17% 22% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 61%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 17%
33% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 28%
 
6.7 7.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 5 4.8
3.3 4.1 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.6 3.8
2.3 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.3
7 5 2 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
10.8 10.8 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.1 9.6
4.7 4.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 4.1
22% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 32%
 
10.1 8.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.3 9.3
4.5 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 4.9
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Sportivo Ameliano have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Sportivo Ameliano 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 12 de Octubre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cerro Porteño 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 General Caballero JLM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Guairena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guarani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Libertad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nacional Asunción 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Olimpia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Resistencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sol de America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sportivo Ameliano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tacuary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.