Match Report
10 points for Cerro Porteño (2nd), 16 for Atlético Mineiro (1st): a 6-point gap. Cerro Porteño had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Against a league average of 1.41 goals per team per game, Cerro Porteño ran at 0.67 scored and 0.83 conceded, Atlético Mineiro at 2.5 and 0.5.
Defeat had not touched Cerro Porteño in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Atlético Mineiro entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The match was played at Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asuncion (capacity 45,876). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.