Sportivo Luqueño hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 9th position in the Division 1 table. Visiting River Plate holds 7th place with 11 pts.
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.
Sportivo Luqueño form and stats
Overall Division 1 stats at home this season for Sportivo Luqueño are 0-2-2 (wins-draw-losses).
Sportivo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nacional Asuncion's place. The match ended 2-1 with B. Armoa and I. Pitta scoring. Before that, Sportivo Luqueño drew at home versus Olimpia.
The Sportivo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sportivo with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
River Plate form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Division 1 for River Plate with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
River failed to get anything from their last game, a Division 1 home match vs Cerro Porteno (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Nacional Asuncion.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting River as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. As for defending, River rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - one - two (Sportivo wins - draws - River Plate wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Pitta Saldívar 4 goals |  D. Pérez Mambreani 4 goals |  B. Díaz Silva 2 goals |
Sportivo Luqueño missing players
River Plate missing players
| Sportivo Luqueño | River Plate | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 44% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 30% | 25% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7.9 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 77 | 27 | 4 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 23 | 90 |
| 29 | 10 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 34 |
| 41% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 38% |
- All of River Plate's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sportivo Luqueño's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- River Plate has the most dropped points from leading position (7)
- River Plate have yet to win a game away.
- River Plate haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sportivo Luqueño has the fewest points (2) at home
- Sportivo Luqueño have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sportivo Luqueño have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Libertad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Olimpia | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteno | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Guairena | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Guarani | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | River Plate | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Sol de America | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 10 |
| 9 | Sportivo Luqueño | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 10 | General Díaz | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 8 |
| 11 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 7 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -14 | 6 |