It's game one of two in the Copa Libertadores as Barcelona host Cerro Porteño. This is a 3rd Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barcelona and Cerro Porteño.
Barcelona form and stats
Action has already taken place for Barcelona in Copa Libertadores as they have defeated Progreso and Sporting Cristal to reach the 3rd Round. Barcelona participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Barcelona. Two draws in a row at home now for Barcelona.
Barcelona are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 314 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Corozo (own goal)). Nothing to worry about in defence for Barcelona, as their goalkeeper Javier Nicolas Burrai has completely shut out the opponents for 193 minutes in the Liga Pro.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Barcelona, who played 0-0 against Tecnico Universitario. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Monumental Isidro Romero Carbo). Heartbreak before that as Barcelona lost 1-2 at Sporting Cristal's place.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Barcelona have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found one game) they have won one time, drawn zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barcelona as they are travelling to their away game against Delfin in the Liga Pro. That match is three days after this one.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Universitario in order to reach 3rd Round of Copa Libertadores. They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Things could have gone better for Cerro Porteño in their Division 1 away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Cerro Porteño's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Guairena that finished 2-2. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Universitario in the Copa Libertadores.
It looked so good for Cerro Porteño vs Guairena, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Cerro Porteño are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cerro Porteño manager F. Arce Rolón as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Olimpia.
It's early days yet, but Cerro Porteño has scored 4 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Cardozo Lucena 2 goals |  Ó. Ruiz Roa 2 goals |  S. Díaz Velázquez 2 goals |
Barcelona missing players
Cerro Porteño missing players
| Barcelona | Cerro Porteño | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 225 | 122 | Total Shots | T S | 129 | 277 | ||
| 115 | 71 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 116 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Guaraní | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Libertad | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Guairena | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Nacional Asuncion | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | River Plate | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sol de America | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Sportivo Luqueno | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | General Diaz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 de Octubre | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -13 | 0 |