Get ready for the return leg of the Copa Libertadores 2nd Round between Sporting Cristal and Nacional Asunción. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's quite the trip for Nacional Asunción when visiting Sporting Cristal as the cities are 3400 kilometers apart.
The visiting Nacional Asunción played their last game only four days ago, a Division 1 match. That game was also an away game, at Sportivo Ameliano. 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.
Sporting Cristal form and stats
Cristal participated in Copa Libertadores the last season, where they reached the group stage.As mentioned below, Sporting Cristal are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Primera Division games.
The regulars are hoping that Sporting Cristal will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Copa Libertadores fixture against Nacional Asunción. Defender Ignácio got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Ignácio won 11 of 15 duels.
Previous to that game, a Primera Division home match hosting Melgar in a game that was won 1-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sporting Cristal matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 4 games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as ADT are coming to town in four days.
At Estadio Nacional de Lima, Sporting Cristal has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Nacional Asunción form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sport Huancayo in order to reach 2nd round of Copa Libertadores.Nacional Asunción are happy with their away performances in the Division 1 so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sportivo Ameliano in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Sporting Cristal in the Copa Libertadores (2-0). As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Nacional playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 3 draws and 0 home wins.
After this away game Nacional Asunción return home for a Division 1 game against Guarani. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Nacional Asunción have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. Nacional are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the teams played each other earlier this season; Nacional Asunción - Sporting Cristal 2-0.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ocampos 2 goals |  L. Sosa Toranza 1 goals | V. Yotún Flores 1 goals |
Sporting Cristal missing players
Nacional Asunción missing players
| Sporting Cristal | Nacional Asunción | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 12 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6.9 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 45% | ||
| 12.9 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carlos Manucci | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Deportivo Garcilaso | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Sporting Cristal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Alianza Atletico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Atletico Grau | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Cesar Vallejo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Cienciano | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | UTC Cajamarca | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Alianza Lima | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Unión Comercio | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Deportivo Municipal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Real Garcilaso | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | ADT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Universitario | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Sport Huancayo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Sport Boys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Melgar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 18 | Academia Cantolao | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 19 | Deportivo Binacional | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -7 | 0 |
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | Sportivo Trinidense | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Cerro Porteno | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Guarani | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Olimpia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Nacional Asunción | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | General Caballero JLM | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Guairena | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 9 | Sportivo Ameliano | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Resistencia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Sportivo Luqueno | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 12 | Tacuary | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
