Match Report
11 points and 13 places separated them: Deportivo Paraguayo 24th with 27, Juventud Unida G. 11th with 38. Deportivo Paraguayo ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 24th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Deportivo Paraguayo 0.67 scored and 1.19 conceded per game, Juventud Unida G. 1.19 and 1, with the league averaging 0.95.
Defeat had not touched Juventud Unida G. in 5 games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Deportivo Paraguayo against 11/15 for Juventud Unida G..
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 3 Deportivo Paraguayo wins, 4 for Juventud Unida G., 3 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 30% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Estadio Fragata Presidente Sarmiento (capacity 25,000). Deportivo Paraguayo led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.
Goal scorers
Deportivo Paraguayo: Martín Reinoso (17'), Juan Mendoza (36') · Juventud Unida G.: I. Escobar (39')
Key stats
Possession: Deportivo Paraguayo 41% · Juventud Unida G. 59% · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 7-7