There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Copa Libertadores 3rd Round meeting between Cerro Porteño and Barcelona. Game on!
It's no vacation for neither Cerro Porteño nor Barcelona 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.
Cerro Porteño form and stats
Cerro Porteño have not come this way in the Copa Libertadores without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Universitario. Last season their Copa Libertadores adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Seven points from three Division 1 home games is a great start for Cerro Porteño, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Copa Libertadores for Cerro Porteño.
The home team returns to Estadio General Pablo Rojas after being equal after 90 minutes with Olimpia on their last time out; the Division 1 game ended 1-1. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Barcelona (0-1).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Division 1 game versus General Diaz in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas.
Cerro Porteño are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estadio General Pablo Rojas in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches. On the other hand, Cerro Porteño have conceded 4 goals.
Barcelona form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Progreso and Sporting Cristal in order to reach 3rd Round of Copa Libertadores. They also participated in Copa Libertadores last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Copa Libertadores stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Barcelona, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Delfin in the Liga Pro last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Cerro Porteño in the Copa Libertadores.
A quick return to home after this game, as Barcelona are hosting LDU Portoviejo in the Liga Pro only three days away.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Barcelona - Cerro Porteño 1-0 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  Á. Cardozo Lucena 2 goals |  Ó. Ruiz Roa 2 goals |  D. Churín 2 goals |
Cerro Porteño missing players
Barcelona missing players
| Cerro Porteño | Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 7 | ||
| 270 | 148 | Total Shots | T S | 110 | 233 | ||
| 113 | 60 | Shots on Target | S O | 47 | 114 | ||
| 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Guarani | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteño | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Olimpia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Nacional Asuncion | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | River Plate | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Guairena | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Sol de America | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -15 | 0 |