Dos de Mayo edged Olimpia 1-0 in the Clausura fourth round on Saturday evening. The result leaves the hosts second in the table on seven points from three matches, while Olimpia remain seventh with three points.
The decisive moment came in the eighty-ninth minute when F. M. Caceres Aguero found the net. By then Olimpia had dominated possession and created more chances, but the away side could not convert. The goal ended a run of clean sheets for Olimpia and extended Dos de Mayo's unbeaten start to the campaign.
Dos de Mayo had earlier made changes, bringing on P. Delvalle in the twelfth minute and then a double substitution at the break with A. Gomez and F. Cardozo entering. Olimpia responded with three changes in quick succession, S. Ferreira and M. Gonzalez both coming on in the sixty-first and sixty-second minutes, followed by J. Sanguina and E. Matus.
The statistics tell a story of asymmetry. Olimpia registered 120 attacks against 74 for their opponents, with four shots on target compared to two. The visitors attempted 501 passes to 308, yet the host goalkeeper made four saves while his counterpart saved just once. Shots accuracy was marginal for both sides at twenty-nine and twenty-seven percent respectively.
The match was punctuated by yellow cards. O. Romero received the first in the forty-fifth minute, with B. Romero and C. G. Ramirez Perdesen booked before the hour. Two more cards followed after the goal, one unnamed and one to the goalscorer himself in the first minute of stoppage time.
Dos de Mayo's form since the opener has been steady, with victories over Rubio New and Cerro Porteno and a draw with Sportivo Ameliano. Olimpia's recent results read more unevenly, a five-nil win against Rubio New bookended by defeats to Nacional and Libertad.
The result keeps Dos de Mayo within touching distance of the top spot, while Olimpia's campaign has yet to gather momentum. Three points and a narrow lead in the standings may prove sufficient for now, but the gap between performance and result suggests the visitors still have work to do.