It's only round two of the Division 1 for these squads. And fresh bodies and minds here at Estadio Defensores del Chaco as Tacuary host Cerro Porteño. Read this preview!
- Tacuary have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Division 1.
Tacuary form and stats
The previous season, Tacuary's league statistics were 16 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, ending with 3rd spot in the Division Intermedia. During these 34 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 44. Appearing as the home side in the last season Tacuary delivered 7-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 21 conceded. Tacuary have played 1 Division 1 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Tacuary haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 186 minutes ago. Gonzales scored that one.
The spoils were shared in Tacuary's previous game, also at home. Visiting Guairena (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cerro Porteño (0-1).Some goal stats: A review of the 11 most recent league games reveals that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tacuary as they are travelling to their away game against Sportivo Ameliano in the Division 1. That match is three days after this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tacuary at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Let's have a look at how Cerro Porteño performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 4 with 11/13 goals scored/conceded.
Porteño are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against 12 de Octubre (placed 8th).
Highlight this: 17 of the last 21 league games featuring this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sol de América in just four days.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other previously this season, with the result Cerro Porteño - Tacuary 1-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tacuary one win, zero draws and Cerro Porteño nine victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Morales 8 goals | A. Oviedo Álvarez 8 goals |  I. Valdez 5 goals |
Tacuary missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Tacuary | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 40 |
| 29 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 87% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 61% | 58% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 65% |
| 30% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 43% |
| 13% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 26% |
| 4% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 26% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 55% | 61% |
| 61% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 10.4 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.8 | 11.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| 18% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 36% | 37% |
| 10.4 | 10.4 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.5 | 9 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | 3.4 |
- Cerro Porteño have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cerro Porteño have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cerro Porteño have scored more than double the goals of Tacuary.
- Tacuary have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Sportivo Ameliano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nacional Asuncion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Resistencia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Guairena | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Tacuary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 12 de Octubre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sol de América | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Guarani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Libertad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
