Cerro Porteno vs Barcelona Guayaquil Predictions

• Cerro Porteno have won 7 of their last 10 home games, scoring an average of 2.4 goals a game in the process.
• Cerro Porteno have won 5 of their last 6 Copa Libertadores home games.
• Barcelona SC have lost 2 of their last 3 Copa Libertadores away games.

Cerro Porteno looking to turn the tie around

As expected, Cerro Porteno fell to defeat in what was always going to be a tough trip to Ecuador in the first leg of this tie. Nonetheless, with it being by just a 1-0 margin, it wasn’t the worst of results and the Paraguayans will be fully confident in their ability to turn things around on home soil.

Indeed, El Ciclon are extremely powerful at the Estadio General Pablo Rojas and their home record has their prospects of coming back looking very bright. Indeed, the Paraguayans have won 7 of their last 10 matches as hosts, scoring an average of 2.4 goals a game in the process; whilst in the Libertadores they’ve won 5 of their last 6 outings as hosts.

Barcelona looking to hang on

Meanwhile, in a tie that was always going to be settled by whoever best used their home advantage, Barcelona probably won’t be the happiest to have only won the first leg by a 1-0 margin. The visitors now face a huge task in defending their lead at a venue that is extremely difficult to visit.

Having lost 2 of their last 4 away games, Barcelona’s away form is sketchy to say the least and confidence certainly won’t be sky high in visiting ranks prior to arrival in Asuncion. The side advanced from the last round despite losing the away leg of their tie with Peruvians Sporting Cristal and with 2 defeats from their last 3 Libertadores trips behind them, their omens don’t look the best.

Cerro Porteno likely to turn the tie around

Ultimately, this is a tie we view as being far from over and Cerro Porteno will be hungry to flip it on its head. They are incredibly consistent with their fans behind them and with Barcelona far from a powerhouse on their travels, it’s not hard to see who the favourites are in Wednesday’s clash.

All things considered, backing a home win looks the only way to play as far as the betting is concerned and is something we’re more than happy to do with maximum confidence. Cerro are scoring goals with frightening regularity on their own patch and we fancy them to notch a couple of times in this clash; with a 2-0 win that would put them into the group phase appearing well on the cards.