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Competition: Paraguay Division 1
Competition: Mon 21.March
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio River Plate (3000 seats)

It's a new born Division 1 campaign and Tacuary are keen to get started here at Estadio River Plate. Nacional Asunción are guesting and this could be a fascinating season opening night.

Insights:
  • Tacuary have yet to win a game at home.
  • Nacional Asunción have scored more than double the goals of Tacuary.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Copa Sudamericana. That game was also an away game, at Guaireña. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Tacuary form and stats

In the previous season, Tacuary's league stats were 16 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 3rd spot in the Division 1. Over these 34 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 44. Performing as the home side in the former season Tacuary managed 7-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 21 conceded.

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Nacional Asunción form and stats

Let's have a look at how Nacional Asunción performed last season in the Division 1: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded 19 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 1 with 16/10 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - zero - six (Tacuary wins - draws - Nacional Asunción wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 7 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Nacional AsunciónD. Fleitas
D. Fleitas
2 goals
Nacional AsunciónJ. Santacruz González
J. Santacruz González
2 goals
Nacional AsunciónF. Bruera
F. Bruera
2 goals

Tacuary missing players

Nacional Asunción missing players

Tacuary Nacional Asunción
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 2 1 Played P 2 3 6
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
4 1 1 Lost L 1 1 3
3 1 0 Scored S 1 3 7
7 2 1 Conceded C 3 4 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 83%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 83%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 83%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
17% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 67%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 17%
67% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
6 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 9.5 7.3 6.3
3.5 2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3 3.7
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.5 8 5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.7 9
2.8 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.7 4
18% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 21% 29%
 
10 14 17 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 7.3 10
5 6.5 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 5.3
Key stats in Division 1 this season:
  • Nacional Asunción have scored more than double the goals of Tacuary.
  • Nacional Asunción have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Tacuary have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Tacuary have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Tacuary have yet to win a game at home.
  • Tacuary haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 12 de Octubre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cerro Porteno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 General Caballero JLM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Guaireña 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Guarani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Libertad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nacional Asunción 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Olimpia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Resistencia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sol de America 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sportivo Ameliano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Tacuary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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.