12 de Octubre and Cerro Porteño meet at Estadio Luis Alberto Salinas Tanasio, in a match for the 11th round of the Professional Division. There is only record of 2 recent head-to-head matches between these two teams: on 22‑08‑2020, which ended with the victory of Cerro Porteño by (1‑0), and on 09‑02‑2020, which ended with the victory of Cerro Porteño by (1‑4). Despite being a match between 4th and 1st in the table, it is actually a confrontation between the 4th ranked in home games and the 7th away.
12 October:
After 10 wins, 8 draws and 14 losses, the home team is currently in 4th position, with 17 points won. In their last match, they tied in an away match with Sol de América by (0‑0), after having won (3‑0) at home in the previous match, in a match against Guaireña. This is a team little affected by the home factor, since they achieved similar results at home and abroad. In his last 10 home games for the championship on October 12 he won 5, tied 1 and lost 4, for which he won 16 points out of 30 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches, so they have not presented great defensive strength, but their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 32 games in this competition, he never managed to come back in the 15 games in which he conceded the first goal.
On October 12 he is doing a very positive campaign in the Clausura and is already guaranteed in the final phase of the competition. Still, he doesn’t want to end this phase with a loss, especially playing in his stadium. On the other hand, he will face the leader and the difficulty will be very great. Therefore, to have chances of at least drawing, you will have to play high quality football and you will not be able to leave spaces.
Cerro Porteño :
The visiting team is currently in the 1st position, with 19 points won, after 20 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost away to Nacional by (4‑3). In the last match, they tied at home against Sportivo San Lorenzo by (1‑1). This is a team that tends to be more competitive at home, as they won 5 points away and 14 at home, with 22 goals scored and 13 suffered as away, against 30 goals scored and 10 suffered at home. For the championship, Cerro Porteño won 19 points out of a possible 30, after 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 games they played as a visitor. In their away league matches, the most frequent final result at half ‑ time was 0‑0 (6 out of 17 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 10 of the last 15 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 32 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times, but got the comeback in 3.
Cerro Porteño wants to finish the first part of the Clausura in leadership and depends only on itself to confirm it. As he does not want to depend on parallel results, he comes to this game wanting to add the three points. However, he acknowledges that his rival is having a good time, which means he needs to pay more attention. This does not remove the favoritism, but the demand will be much higher during the match.
PREDICTION: Cerro Porteno to win @ 1,95
