Match Report
Encarnación went into the game 16th in the table on 15 points; Guaireña sat 12th on 25 — a 10-point gap. Guaireña had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Encarnación were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.48, Guaireña 0.91 and 1.09, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Encarnación — four in succession. Guaireña had not lost in 8 games. The last-five ledger: Encarnación 1/15, Guaireña 11/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Encarnación 3, draws 0, Guaireña 1, at 3.75 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 75% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Encarnación: Derlis Ortiz (90') · Guaireña: M. Amarilla (52'), Juan Salcedo (59')
Key stats
Possession: Encarnación 46% · Guaireña 54% · Total shots: 12-13 · On target: 6-5 · Corners: 3-3