Match Report
10 points and 5 places separated them: Nacional Asunción 2nd with 39, Guaraní 7th with 29. Recent form told a different story for Guaraní: only 21st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Per game in the league, Nacional Asunción were scoring 1.41 and conceding 1, Guaraní 1.23 and 1.05, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
17 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Nacional Asunción 5, draws 6, Guaraní 6, at 2.35 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 41% of meetings won.
Estadio Arsenio Erico staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. With 100 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, J. Benítez was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Nacional Asunción 59% · Guaraní 41% · Total shots: 13-8 · On target: 2-3 · Corners: 3-1