Can Rubio Ñú beat Pastoreo in Estadio Don Eduardo Acosta Caballero clash?

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Competition: Paraguay Division Intermedia
Competition: Mon 18.Sep
Match begins: 23:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Don Eduardo Acosta Caballero (4500 seats)

Division Intermedia: The average league table spots illustrates the road Rubio Ñú and Pastoreo have undertaken so far. Both teams are ready for the game; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Rubio Ñú have the most points from losing position (10) in Division Intermedia
  • Pastoreo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Division Intermedia

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.

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Rubio Ñú form and stats

The story so far in the Division Intermedia for Rubio Ñú at their home stadium (Estadio Don Eduardo Acosta Caballero) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Horacio Ariel Almada Montiel not having conceded a league goal in 239 minutes.

Rubio Ñú enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Deportivo Santani's place. The match ended 1-0 with Avalos scoring.

Before that, Rubio drew at home versus Atletico Colegiales.

There will be little rest for Rubio Ñú after this match as they are travelling to Martin Ledesma for a Copa Paraguay game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Rubio in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Rubio Ñú have conceded 21 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pastoreo form and stats

Playing away, Pastoreo have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Division Intermedia this season.

Pastoreo won their last game, 4-2 versus 24 de Setiembre played at home. Hooray; their first victory in the league after six matches not winning. A bizarre match with heaps of goals last time out for Pastoreo, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this game be as gleeful?

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus 12 de Octubre that ended 1-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pastoreo have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. Pastoreo have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Pastoreo - Rubio Ñú 1-1 was the story when these teams formerly played each other, earlier this season. Head to head totals (for the former three meetings): Rubio won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Pastoreo got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

Rubio ÑúE. Riveros
E. Riveros
6 goals
Rubio ÑúO. Leguizamón Pavón
O. Leguizamón Pavón
5 goals
Rubio ÑúO. Argüello
O. Argüello
5 goals

Rubio Ñú missing players

Pastoreo missing players

Rubio Ñú Pastoreo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 3 13 26
12 6 1 Won W 3 5 9
6 3 1 Drew D 0 3 8
8 4 0 Lost L 0 5 9
37 23 3 Scored S 5 17 30
34 21 2 Conceded C 1 15 27
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
73% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 65%
46% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 27%
35% 54% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
8% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
58% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 42%
27% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 31%
19% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 35%
 
4.5 5.3 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.3 2.3
2.7 3.2 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1.7 3.2 3
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
3.7 3.6 4 Shots (avg) S ( 3.3 3.7 3.3
2.5 2.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.4 2.5
57% 64% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 55% 45%
 
3.7 4 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 5 3.7
2 1.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.6 2.5
Key stats in Division Intermedia this season:
  • Pastoreo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pastoreo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Division Intermedia
  • Pastoreo have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Division Intermedia
  • Pastoreo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rubio Ñú have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rubio Ñú have the most points from losing position (10) in Division Intermedia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sol de America 27 19 3 5 37 23 13 9 2 2 18 9 14 10 1 3 19 14 14 60
2 2 de Mayo 27 16 7 4 43 19 14 10 4 0 22 5 13 6 3 4 21 14 24 55
3 Deportivo Recoleta 26 14 5 7 55 38 13 8 3 2 36 21 13 6 2 5 19 17 17 47
4 Independiente FBC 27 13 7 7 44 31 13 5 6 2 19 13 14 8 1 5 25 18 13 46
5 Fernando de la Mora 27 13 6 8 38 28 14 9 1 4 21 14 13 4 5 4 17 14 10 45
6 Rubio Ñú 26 12 6 8 37 34 13 6 3 4 23 21 13 6 3 4 14 13 3 42
7 Sportivo Carapegua 27 10 9 8 39 26 14 6 4 4 21 10 13 4 5 4 18 16 13 39
8 Sportivo San Lorenzo 27 10 8 9 31 25 13 5 2 6 15 13 14 5 6 3 16 12 6 38
9 Deportivo Santani 27 10 8 9 37 40 13 5 5 3 17 14 14 5 3 6 20 26 -3 38
10 Pastoreo 26 9 8 9 30 27 13 4 5 4 13 12 13 5 3 5 17 15 3 35
11 3 de Febrero 27 9 5 13 33 40 13 7 0 6 20 16 14 2 5 7 13 24 -7 32
12 Martin Ledesma 27 7 7 13 27 37 14 4 5 5 16 21 13 3 2 8 11 16 -10 28
13 24 de Setiembre 27 6 8 13 36 43 14 4 5 5 23 20 13 2 3 8 13 23 -7 26
14 Atletico Colegiales 26 6 5 15 23 42 13 4 1 8 11 21 13 2 4 7 12 21 -19 23
15 Atyra 27 6 5 16 25 51 13 4 3 6 13 20 14 2 2 10 12 31 -26 23
16 12 de Octubre 27 2 7 18 21 52 14 2 3 9 13 25 13 0 4 9 8 27 -31 13

Read more about Division Intermedia

The División Intermedia (Intermediate Division), also known as the Segunda División, is the second tier of the Paraguayan football system. It has 16 teams playing a regular season of 30 fixtures each to decide a final league table. The two top teams are promoted while the bottom three are relegated.