Evenly matched teams: Once Municipal vs Firpo match preview

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Competition: El Salvador Primera Division
Competition: Sun 13.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Arturo Simeón Magaña

Welcome to the show! The starring antagonists are Once Municipal and Firpo, victory is the prize and 1 1/2 hours the length.

Insights:
  • Once Municipal have the most points from losing position (17) in Primera Division
  • Firpo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Once Municipal form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Once Municipal have to build on here at Estadio Arturo Simeón Magaña in the Primera Division.

Rivera was the last player to score a league goal for Once Municipal and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Once Municipal haven't scored in 197 minutes.

Municipal lost their last game at Chalatenango after a 0-1 scoreline.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Isidro Metapan that ended 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Once Municipal perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Once Municipal as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Once Municipal has won six of these, drawn seven and lost one.

The Once Municipal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Firpo form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Firpo playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.

There were no winners in Firpo's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs CD Platense.

Before that, Firpo travelled to Alianza and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Firpo in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Firpo, two draws and three defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Firpo's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Firpo have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met earlier this season: Once Municipal - Firpo 1-0. Municipal-Firpo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Once Municipal three wins, Firpo four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FirpoJ. Williams
J. Williams
12 goals
Once MunicipalB. Paz Ayala
B. Paz Ayala
8 goals

Once Municipal missing players

Firpo missing players

Once Municipal Firpo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 3 15 30
10 4 0 Won W 0 3 10
15 9 2 Drew D 2 6 12
7 3 2 Lost L 1 6 8
47 24 5 Scored S 3 21 43
42 22 8 Conceded C 5 22 37
91% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 93%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 87% 83%
44% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 50%
34% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 30%
22% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
72% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 80% 70%
19% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 13% 23%
19% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 13% 13%
 
3.4 3.3 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.1
4.1 3.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 3.7 3.4
2.7 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.8 3.1
8 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9.1 8.2 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.2 9.8
4 3.3 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.9 4.1
37% 47% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 35%
 
7.7 6.1 2.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 8.4 7.5
3.3 2.5 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 3.3 2.8
Key stats in Primera Division this season:
  • Firpo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Once Municipal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Once Municipal have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Primera Division
  • Once Municipal have the most points from losing position (17) in Primera Division

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alianza 22 16 3 3 48 19 11 10 1 0 26 5 11 6 2 3 22 14 29 51
2 FAS 22 11 5 6 33 20 11 6 2 3 21 12 11 5 3 3 12 8 13 38
3 Firpo 22 9 8 5 36 28 11 6 4 1 19 12 11 3 4 4 17 16 8 35
4 Once Municipal 22 9 8 5 39 32 11 3 5 3 19 18 11 6 3 2 20 14 7 35
5 Aguila 22 9 7 6 36 27 11 6 3 2 20 10 11 3 4 4 16 17 9 34
6 CD Platense 22 7 8 7 22 27 11 4 4 3 13 14 11 3 4 4 9 13 -5 29
7 Chalatenango 22 7 6 9 31 31 11 3 4 4 13 15 11 4 2 5 18 16 0 27
8 Jocoro 22 5 11 6 31 33 11 5 5 1 21 14 11 0 6 5 10 19 -2 26
9 Atletico Marte 22 6 7 9 22 30 11 4 1 6 11 15 11 2 6 3 11 15 -8 25
10 Santa Tecla 22 6 6 10 23 33 11 3 4 4 12 14 11 3 2 6 11 19 -10 24
11 Isidro Metapan 22 3 7 12 16 35 11 3 4 4 11 14 11 0 3 8 5 21 -19 16
12 Municipal Limeno 22 2 8 12 16 38 11 1 5 5 7 17 11 1 3 7 9 21 -22 14