Sportivo Iteño vs Martín Ledesma: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Paraguay Division Intermedia
Competition: Mon 08.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Presbítero Manuel Gamarra (5000 seats)

Sportivo Iteño will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a result from this back-breaking duel, vs spirited Martín Ledesma.

Insights:
  • Sportivo Iteño have the fewest scored goals (13) in Division Intermedia
  • Martín Ledesma have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Division Intermedia

It's no vacation for neither Sportivo Iteño nor Martín Ledesma as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sportivo Iteño form and stats

Sportivo Iteño's struggle is real here at Estadio Presbítero Manuel Gamarra with only 5 points collected from 10 Division Intermedia games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-5-5.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Martín Ledesma last time out and are looking for a victory here.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Atyra (0-2).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sportivo here at Estadio Presbítero Manuel Gamarra in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sportivo Iteño defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Martín Ledesma form and stats

Playing away, Martín Ledesma have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the Division Intermedia this season. The Martín Ledesma manager is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 30 days.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sportivo Iteño (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Independiente FBC.

Stats flash: 12 of the latest 16 league matches featuring this team have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

It's not easy to score on Ledesma as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Martín Ledesma have managed a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (3-5-0) when playing Sportivo Iteño.

Here's the final score when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Sportivo Iteño - Martín Ledesma 1-1. These squads fought hard and good when they last played each other. Both Martinez (Martín Ledesma) and Mora (Martín Ledesma) were shown red cards. Previous eight meetings with these sides: Sportivo won zero, Martín Ledesma triumphed in three and we saw five draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Sportivo Iteño missing players

Martín Ledesma missing players

Sportivo Iteño Martín Ledesma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
3 0 0 Won W 2 4 8
6 5 2 Drew D 2 5 9
11 5 1 Lost L 0 1 3
13 5 1 Scored S 3 10 19
36 17 6 Conceded C 1 9 15
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 80%
75% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 50% 55%
35% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 15%
20% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 5%
20% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 35%
10% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 50% 55%
45% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Key stats in Division Intermedia this season:
  • Martín Ledesma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Martín Ledesma have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sportivo Iteño have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have the fewest scored goals (13) in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have the most conceded goals (36) in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Division Intermedia
  • Sportivo Iteño have yet to win a 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 Sportivo Trinidense 20 12 6 2 37 19 10 6 3 1 18 9 10 6 3 1 19 10 18 42
2 Sportivo San Lorenzo 20 12 5 3 30 11 10 7 2 1 18 4 10 5 3 2 12 7 19 41
3 Sportivo Luqueño 19 12 4 3 31 16 10 6 2 2 17 10 9 6 2 1 14 6 15 40
4 Pastoreo 20 9 8 3 30 18 10 4 4 2 12 9 10 5 4 1 18 9 12 35
5 Martín Ledesma 20 8 9 3 19 15 10 4 4 2 9 6 10 4 5 1 10 9 4 33
6 Independiente FBC 19 8 6 5 24 22 9 4 3 2 15 12 10 4 3 3 9 10 2 30
7 Atletico Colegiales 20 9 3 8 23 25 10 4 2 4 10 12 10 5 1 4 13 13 -2 30
8 Fernando de la Mora 20 7 8 5 24 19 10 3 4 3 9 7 10 4 4 2 15 12 5 29
9 Rubio Nu 20 6 6 8 20 17 10 3 2 5 7 9 10 3 4 3 13 8 3 24
10 Atyra 20 6 4 10 15 18 10 3 1 6 6 9 10 3 3 4 9 9 -3 22
11 Guarani de Trinidad 20 6 4 10 19 24 10 2 2 6 7 13 10 4 2 4 12 11 -5 22
12 3 de Febrero 20 5 6 9 18 26 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 4 2 4 9 11 -8 21
13 River Plate 20 5 3 12 17 24 10 2 1 7 8 14 10 3 2 5 9 10 -7 18
14 2 de Mayo 20 3 7 10 17 28 10 1 3 6 10 18 10 2 4 4 7 10 -11 16
15 Deportivo Santani 20 4 3 13 16 35 10 0 2 8 8 21 10 4 1 5 8 14 -19 15
16 Sportivo Iteño 20 3 6 11 13 36 10 0 5 5 5 17 10 3 1 6 8 19 -23 15

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.