Cerro Porteno v Nacional Asuncion — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Primera Clausura · Monday, 7 September 2026 · 22:30. Our rating makes this 39% to go over 2.5 goals, so our lean is under. The Primera Clausura average is 43%.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals39%61%Under
Over 3.5 goals20%80%no pick
Both teams to score52%48%Yes

The result model puts Cerro Porteno at 44%, the draw at 30% and Nacional Asuncion at 26%, from expected goals of 1.2 and 0.85.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Primera Clausura has produced over 2.5 goals in 43% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Cerro Porteno have 11 in 28 this season (4 of 15 at home), Nacional Asuncion 12 in 29 (6 of 15 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 38% and 42%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 41%.

Head to head. These sides have met 12 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 42%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 41%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 34%, from expected goals of 1.2 for Cerro Porteno and 0.85 for Nacional Asuncion. Folding in 30% of that view gives 39%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Cerro Porteno2839%14%43%
Nacional Asuncion2941%14%62%

Head to head

12 Apr 26Nacional Asuncion 0–0 Cerro PortenoU2.5
15 Feb 26Cerro Porteno 0–2 Nacional AsuncionU2.5
27 Oct 25Nacional Asuncion 1–2 Cerro PortenoO2.5
8 Aug 25Cerro Porteno 0–0 Nacional AsuncionU2.5
16 Apr 25Nacional Asuncion 1–3 Cerro PortenoO2.5
1 Feb 25Cerro Porteno 3–1 Nacional AsuncionO2.5

More: Cerro Porteno season stats · Nacional Asuncion season stats · Primera Clausura table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.