Sportivo Luqueño hosted Guaraní at Estadio Feliciano Cáceres for the twelfth round of the Clausura phase, and the visitors took all three points with a 1:0 victory. The result leaves the hosts in tenth place on three points from three games, while Guaraní move to fourth with six points.
The match stayed level until eighty-seventh minute when Fernando Fernandez struck for Guaraní. There were plenty of interruptions before that moment: yellow cards for Diego Fernández at thirty-sixth minute and M. Barreto in eighty-seventh, then a cluster of bookings at the end for Maximiliano Nahuel Añasco Dornells, Tomás Muro and L. Martínez. The hosts had their chances but the goalkeeper made just one save.
We had tipped an away win at forty-four percent confidence, and that is what materialised. And here's the thing — Guaraní were not dominant in possession or in shot volume, but they took their moment when it came. Things came to a head late, and that is often how these tight games are decided.
Both sides made heavy use of their benches. Guaraní brought on R. Rodríguez at forty-fifth minute, then a triple change at fifty-sixth for Iván Maggi, Jonathan Vidal Ramos Benitez and Lautaro Comas. Juan Manuel García and Diego Fernández came off together at sixty-first, followed by Aldo Maiz at sixty-eighth, J. Llano at eighty-fifth and Alexis Cantero at eighty-ninth.
The numbers tell a story of two teams trading territory without clear superiority. Both sides held fifty percent possession. Sportivo Luqueño registered ninety-five attacks and four shots on target, while Guaraní made one hundred and eight attacks with two shots on target. The visitors had better accuracy inside the box, four to three, but the hosts created more overall opportunities.
For Guaraní this is a result that extends their momentum from recent fixtures — they have won two of three and drawn once. Sportivo Luqueño's run of form has been harder to pin down: a win against Deportivo Recoleta, a heavy defeat to Olimpia, then losses and draws in between. The gap between them in the table remains narrow, but points matter more than position at this stage.
