Cerro Porteno vs Club River Plate — Division Profesional - Apertura 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 31+ matches
Cerro Porteno57%
Club River Plate19%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Cerro Porteno creates 98% more chances
Season form · 97 home / 31 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under55
- Over45
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No55
- Yes45
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Cerro Porteno ↓
Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Total goals
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Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Cerro Porteno at home — creates 1.79, concedes 0.82 · 97 matches
Club River Plate away — creates 0.84, concedes 1.48 · 31 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Cerro Porteno attack 1.79 + Club River Plate defence 1.48 → ÷2 → 1.64
Club River Plate attack 0.84 + Cerro Porteno defence 0.82 → ÷2 → 0.83
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 57%?"
Cerro Porteno at 57% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 57% does not mean "Cerro Porteno will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
OlimpiaCerro Porteno
Libertad Asuncion
Sol De America
Deportivo Santani
Nacional Asuncion
Club Guarani
3 De Febrero
Sportivo Luqueno
Deportivo Capiata
General Diaz
Independiente F.b.c.OlimpiaCerro PortenoLibertad AsuncionNacional AsuncionIndependiente F.b.c.Sol De AmericaGeneral DiazClub GuaraniDeportivo SantaniSportivo LuquenoDeportivo Capiata3 De FebreroIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Cerro Porteno host Club River Plate on Tuesday, 9 March 2021 at 23:45. The match is part of the Division Profesional - Apertura 2018/2019 season.
Division Profesional - Apertura: Cerro Porteno 3–0 Club River Plate
Cerro Porteno beat Club River Plate 3-0 in Division Profesional - Apertura on March 9, 2021.
The match was played at Estadio General Pablo Rojas in Asunción.