Olimpia Asuncion
- Olimpia Asuncion are on a 2-game winning streak and are unbeaten in their last 2 home games (W2).
- El Decano secured an impressive 2-0 away win over Audax Italiano Santiago to pick up 3 points from their opening fixture, topping the table.
Barracas Central
- Barracas Central are unbeaten in their last 2 away games (W1, D1).
- Debutants Barracas Central are on 1 point from a 0-0 draw at home to Vasco da Gama RJ in their first ever Copa Sudamericana match.
- Ruben Dario Insua’s men are on a run of 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from their last 5 games in all competitions.
- Barracas Central favour a 4-4-2 or 4-2-3-1 shape, looking to use the ball directly and play at tempo.
- They are an aggressive and organized unit, who look to press and play at pace on the transition, using wide areas and long balls to trouble their opponents.
Key Players
- Juan Alfaro is Olimpia Asuncion’s top scorer in Copa Sudamericana Group G, scoring in Olimpia’s opening game, whilst creative midfielder Bernardo Benitez already has 2 assists in the competition, from 1 game.
- Pablo Andres Sanchez, or 'Vitamina', has a possession-based and flexible philosophy, looking to control the ball, control the tempo and create overloads in the attacking third.
Betting Insights
The odds on Olimpia to win at 1.64 are fair, but there is additional value in the Unders and both teams to score markets, with Under 2.5 goals at 1.62 and ‘Both Teams to Score - No’ at 1.65 , as Barracas will not offer much in attack and both sides have been solid at the back recently.
Prediction
Olimpia will be tough to break down, as their recent results indicate (2 wins to nil, from their last 2 at home), and Sanchez’s methodology will keep them sharp in both domestic and international competitions, so we believe that Olimpia Asuncion will have too much for debutants Barracas Central on Thursday.
