Match Report
39 points for Nacional Asunción (2nd), 38 for Cerro Porteño (3rd): a 1-point gap. Cerro Porteño's recent output lagged their position: 15th on form over five rounds while 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.25 goals per team per game, Nacional Asunción ran at 1.41 scored and 1 conceded, Cerro Porteño at 1.43 and 0.9.
The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Nacional Asunción against 12/15 for Cerro Porteño.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 3 Nacional Asunción wins, 9 for Cerro Porteño, 4 draws, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Only 31% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The match was played at Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.