Club River Plate vs Cerro Porteno — Division Profesional - Apertura 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 31+ matches
Club River Plate25%
Cerro Porteno50%✓ 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 51% more chances
Season form · 31 home / 96 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Club River Plate ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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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
Club River Plate at home — creates 1.13, concedes 1.52 · 31 matches
Cerro Porteno away — creates 1.66, concedes 0.98 · 96 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Club River Plate attack 1.13 + Cerro Porteno defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.05
Cerro Porteno attack 1.66 + Club River Plate defence 1.52 → ÷2 → 1.59
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 50%?"
Cerro Porteno at 50% 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 50% 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
Club River Plate host Cerro Porteno on Sunday, 16 May 2021 at 21:45. The match is part of the Division Profesional - Apertura 2018/2019 season.
Division Profesional - Apertura: Club River Plate 1–1 Cerro Porteno
Club River Plate and Cerro Porteno drew 1-1 in Division Profesional - Apertura on May 16, 2021.
The match was played at Estadio River Plate in Asunción.