A brief look at the Division 1 table point to an upper hand to Libertad when they go to Tacuary. But; let's play before we hand out the points!
- Tacuary have the fewest scored goals (7) in Division 1
- Libertad have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Division 1
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
The visiting Libertad played their last game only four days ago, a Copa Libertadores match.
Tacuary form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Division 1 this season. Tacuary have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Estadio Luís Alfonso Giagni. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Tacuary, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Tacuary are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 254 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Ayala).
Tacuary's previous match was a Copa Sudamericana game also played at their own arena, finishing 3-1 versus Oriente Petrolero. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting General Caballero JLM (0-1).It should be noted that a glance at the 11 most recent league games shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
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 four days after this one.
Tacuary aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Luís Alfonso Giagni in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Libertad form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Division 1.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Copa Libertadores home loss versus Atletico PR with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Attacker González got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" González hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 9 of 10 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Nacional Asuncion.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sportivo Trinidense in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Libertad's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
The latest archived match involving both these contenders is the Libertad - Tacuary 1-0 played not long ago this season. Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Tacuary won one game, four matches ended with a tie and Libertad got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Cardozo Marín 9 goals |  L. Melgarejo Sanabria 6 goals | H. Villalba 5 goals |
Tacuary missing players
Libertad missing players
| Tacuary | Libertad | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 47% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 20% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 40% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 60% |
| 67% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.1 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| 6.4 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.3 | 7.4 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.3 | 13.3 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| 14% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| 8.8 | 7.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 4.5 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
- Libertad have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Libertad have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Libertad have scored more than double the goals of Tacuary.
- Libertad have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Division 1
- Libertad have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Division 1
- Libertad have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Division 1
- Libertad have the most clean sheets (9) in Division 1
- Libertad have the the best goal difference (+22) in Division 1
- Libertad have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Division 1
- Libertad have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Tacuary have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Tacuary have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Tacuary have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Division 1
- Tacuary have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Division 1
- Tacuary have the fewest scored goals (7) in Division 1
- Tacuary have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Division 1
- Tacuary have won significantly more corners at 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 | Libertad | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 38 |
| 2 | Cerro Porteno | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Guarani | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Sportivo Trinidense | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | Olimpia | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Sportivo Ameliano | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Nacional Asuncion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Sportivo Luqueno | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | General Caballero JLM | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Guairena | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 12 |
| 11 | Resistencia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 12 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 12 | -13 | 11 |
