Division 1 match prediction and preview for Sportivo Luqueño vs Cerro Porteño clash

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Fri 07.August
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Feliciano Cáceres (25000 seats)

Struggling Sportivo Luqueño will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cerro Porteño in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Sportivo Luqueño and Cerro Porteño 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.

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Sportivo Luqueño form and stats

0-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Division 1 numbers at home for Sportivo Luqueño so far this season.

The Sportivo fans got no joy from their last match, a Division 1 game also here at Estadio Feliciano Cáceres: A 0-1 defeat against River Plate (placed 7th). Before that match, a win away at Nacional Asunción.

Sportivo Luqueño have scored 4 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Sportivo have conceded 9 from these games.

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Cerro Porteño form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Division 1 travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Cerro Porteño are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the Division 1 against Sportivo San Lorenzo (placed 11th). Preceding that game was the away victory against River Plate with the score of 2-0.

The visiting Porteño have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Cerro Porteño are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cerro Porteño - Sportivo Luqueño 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Sportivo, one draw and six wins for Cerro Porteño. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

SportivoI. Pitta Saldívar
I. Pitta Saldívar
4 goals
Cerro PorteñoD. Churín
D. Churín
4 goals
Sportivo LuqueñoB. Díaz Silva
B. Díaz Silva
2 goals

Sportivo Luqueño missing players

Cerro Porteño missing players

Sportivo Luqueño Cerro Porteño
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 1 5 11
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 3
6 3 2 Lost L 0 1 2
12 4 3 Scored S 4 7 21
17 9 7 Conceded C 1 3 10
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 91%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 73%
64% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 20% 55%
27% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 20% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 20% 27%
64% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 40% 64%
9% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 18%
36% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 27%
 
4.4 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5 5
6 5.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 1 3.8 3.7
3 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
85 35 20 Total Shots T S 22 65 137
34 15 6 Shots on Target S O 7 21 56
35% 27% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 33% 38%
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Cerro Porteño has the most scored goals in the first half (12)
  • Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sportivo Luqueño has the fewest points (2) at home
  • Sportivo Luqueño have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Sportivo Luqueño have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Sportivo Luqueño have yet to win a game at home.
  • Sportivo Luqueño haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 11 6 4 1 23 9 6 4 2 0 16 5 5 2 2 1 7 4 14 22
2 Libertad 11 7 1 3 23 15 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 4 0 2 12 8 8 22
3 Cerro Porteño 11 6 3 2 21 10 6 4 1 1 14 7 5 2 2 1 7 3 11 21
4 Guarani 10 5 4 1 14 8 5 1 3 1 2 4 5 4 1 0 12 4 6 19
5 Guaireña 11 4 5 2 15 12 5 3 1 1 8 4 6 1 4 1 7 8 3 17
6 Nacional Asunción 11 4 4 3 14 9 6 2 1 3 7 6 5 2 3 0 7 3 5 16
7 River Plate 10 4 2 4 14 14 6 3 1 2 11 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 0 14
8 Sol de America 10 3 2 5 10 19 4 3 1 0 7 3 6 0 1 5 3 16 -9 11
9 Sportivo Luqueño 11 2 3 6 12 17 5 0 2 3 4 9 6 2 1 3 8 8 -5 9
10 General Diaz 11 2 3 6 11 21 5 1 2 2 5 8 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 9
11 Sportivo San Lorenzo 11 1 4 6 11 20 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 0 1 5 7 16 -9 7
12 12 de Octubre 10 2 1 7 8 22 6 1 0 5 5 16 4 1 1 2 3 6 -14 7

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.