Division 1 preview: Can Sportivo Luqueño edge out victory against General Caballero JLM?

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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Thu 19.Oct
Match begins: 22:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Feliciano Cáceres (25000 seats)

Sportivo Luqueño have 27 points performing as the team playing at home. General Caballero JLM have claimed 24 points playing the role of visitors. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • General Caballero JLM have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Division 1

Sportivo Luqueño and General Caballero JLM 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

The overall Division 1 stats at home this season for Sportivo Luqueño are 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sportivo Luqueño after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Sportivo goalkeeper Gonzalo Adrian Falcon Vitancour is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the Division 1.

It's back home for Sportivo Luqueño, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sportivo Ameliano away with the result 2-0. Amante and Cáceres found the net in that victory.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Guairena.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sportivo Luqueño have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Sportivo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. Sportivo Luqueño are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Feliciano Cáceres in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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General Caballero JLM form and stats

General Caballero JLM have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Division 1, after 2-5-4 (11 played).

Caballero played 1-1 against Cerro Porteno in their previous match. As mentioned above, General Caballero JLM drew the match against Cerro Porteno. Manager Duarte brought on Jara to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Prior to that result Caballero won their away game at Sportivo Trinidense. The scoreline was 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where General Caballero JLM have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 5 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

After this away game Caballero return home for a Division 1 game against Libertad. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting General Caballero JLM as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. General Caballero JLM have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have met each other already this season, with the match result General Caballero JLM - Sportivo Luqueño 1-0 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - one - two (Sportivo wins - draws - General Caballero JLM wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

General Caballero JLMJ. Sanguina Morínigo
J. Sanguina Morínigo
7 goals
Sportivo LuqueñoP. Charpentier
P. Charpentier
6 goals
General Caballero JLMC. González Martínez
C. González Martínez
5 goals

Sportivo Luqueño missing players

General Caballero JLM missing players

Sportivo Luqueño General Caballero JLM
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
10 6 4 Won W 2 4 11
12 7 2 Drew D 1 7 10
14 5 0 Lost L 2 7 15
45 22 9 Scored S 6 17 37
48 18 3 Conceded C 8 23 44
97% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 78% 69%
47% 39% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 33%
28% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 17% 19%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 14%
58% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 44%
25% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 22% 33%
19% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 33%
 
4.8 4.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.9 4.2
4.5 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 7 6.1
2.2 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.5
8 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
9.9 10.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 7.2 8.1
4.2 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.4
30% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 30%
 
9.6 9.6 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 11.1 9.7
3.8 3.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.6 4
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • General Caballero JLM have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Division 1
  • General Caballero JLM have the most matches under the total-line (24) 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 22 16 3 3 39 15 11 9 2 0 21 4 11 7 1 3 18 11 24 51
2 Cerro Porteno 22 11 8 3 40 29 11 5 5 1 21 13 11 6 3 2 19 16 11 41
3 Sportivo Trinidense 22 11 5 6 34 21 11 7 2 2 18 8 11 4 3 4 16 13 13 38
4 Guarani 22 8 9 5 29 24 11 4 4 3 14 14 11 4 5 2 15 10 5 33
5 Nacional Asuncion 22 9 6 7 23 21 11 4 3 4 11 10 11 5 3 3 12 11 2 33
6 Olimpia 22 8 7 7 32 26 11 4 4 3 18 13 11 4 3 4 14 13 6 31
7 Sportivo Ameliano 22 7 9 6 27 28 11 3 4 4 13 17 11 4 5 2 14 11 -1 30
8 Sportivo Luqueño 22 6 9 7 27 28 11 4 5 2 12 8 11 2 4 5 15 20 -1 27
9 General Caballero JLM 22 6 6 10 21 28 11 4 1 6 13 15 11 2 5 4 8 13 -7 24
10 Guairena 22 3 8 11 15 31 11 1 3 7 6 17 11 2 5 4 9 14 -16 17
11 Resistencia 22 4 5 13 14 35 11 2 3 6 6 17 11 2 2 7 8 18 -21 17
12 Tacuary 22 4 3 15 16 31 11 3 3 5 14 14 11 1 0 10 2 17 -15 15

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.