Monagas – Cerro Porteno Prediction & Picks (27.02.2018)

Monagas and Cerro Porteño meet at Stadium Monumental de Maturín, in a match for this phase of the Copa Libertadores (Group Stage). These two teams have never faced each other before, so this will be their first direct confrontation. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since Cerro Porteño presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Monagas:

The home team had direct access to this group stage, so they will play their first match in this edition of the competition. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium. The team comes to this match after a draw at home with Deportivo Táchira by (2-2). In the last 10 home matches Monagas has won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches.

This will be the first round of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores de América, so, by acting inside the house, the Monagas team needs to look for a good result, but they know that they will have a traditionally strong team ahead of them. The home team will try to go with everything on their opponent from the initial minutes, but without neglecting defensively to not give spaces for the counterattacks of the visiting team. The coach must go with maximum force for this game, because he wants the three points.

Cerro Porteño:

The visiting team had direct access to this group stage, so they will play their first match in this edition of the competition. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 11 victories and 4 draws in his stadium. The team comes to this match after a draw away with Libertad by (1-1). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Cerro Porteño won 4, drew 3 and lost 3. The team allowed goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack He has scored regularly, as he has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 games. In 15 matches, they suffered the first goal 4 times and only managed 1 comeback.

The Cerro Porteño team knows that it will have to encounter certain difficulties, so it will try to make a strong defensive score to stop the attack of the owners of the house, but it wants to find spaces to explore the counterattacks. In the last match played, in a game valid for the Paraguayan championship, the visiting team achieved an interesting away draw against the Libertad team, by the score of 1×1. The visiting coach must take a fairly competitive team to the field and they will fight for a positive result.