Rubio Ñu drew 2-2 with Dos de Mayo at Estadio La Arboléda on Saturday in the Clausura, stage 12 of the professional division. The hosts had been winless in three matches before this encounter, while the visitors sat second in the table with seven points from three games. The result leaves the hosts on one point and keeps the visitors' unbeaten run intact.
Dos de Mayo took an early lead through their own defensive error. César Gregorio Ramírez Perdesen put the ball in his own net in the 38th minute, and then Óscar Romero converted a penalty just before the break. The hosts were pegged back when Alexis Fariña scored in the 75th minute, and J. Vallejos levelled things in stoppage time. The match turned on those final moments, and by then both sides had seen the game out.
Rubio Ñu dominated possession and territory, recording 121 attacks against 67 for the visitors. They completed 264 passes out of 338 attempts, while Dos de Mayo managed 343 successful passes from 431. The hosts registered 11 shots inside the penalty area and three outside, but only four found the target. Dos de Mayo were more clinical with three shots on target from eight attempts, and their goalkeeper made three saves compared to one for the home side.
Substitutions came thick and fast in the second half. Marcelo Gonzalez and F. Cáceres were both booked before being replaced, and Tobías Gabriel Portillo Ávalos, Rodrigo Rojas, Sergio Fretes, Carlos Giménez, Maximiliano Garrone, and Ulises Coronel all entered the fray. The hosts played the second half a man up at times, chasing the game after going behind.
Our forecast had backed the visitors at 71 per cent confidence, but the match went another way. The hosts had been vulnerable in recent games — losses to Cerro Porteño and Nacional Asunción, a heavy defeat to Libertad — yet they kept their side in it until the end. Dos de Mayo's away form had also shown cracks with defeats to Sol de América and Nacional.
The draw means the hosts remain rooted to 12th place, while the visitors hold second spot with a five-point gap to third. The result extended Dos de Mayo's unbeaten run to five matches across all competitions, but it also showed that the away trip to La Arboléda had been tougher than the table suggested.
