Malacateco should not await any easy points from hosting team Cobán Imperial in this Liga Nacional fixture. Here's our comprehensive match preview!
- Malacateco have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Liga Nacional
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.
Cobán Imperial form and stats
Cobán Imperial have played 8 Liga Nacional games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Imperial fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga Nacional game also here at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi: A 1-2 defeat against Comunicaciones (placed 2nd).
Heartbreak before that as Imperial lost 0-1 at Achuapa's place.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Imperial's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won six matches, drawn one and lost one.
Cobán Imperial has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Imperial have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Malacateco form and stats
Malacateco have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga Nacional, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
Malacateco won their last game, 7-1 versus Iztapa played at home. As mentioned above, Malacateco was the only team on the pitch versus Iztapa in their previous game, winning 7-1. This could be a tougher task.
A 1-2 defeat away at Comunicaciones before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Malacateco when being an outsider away as they are today, we find seven matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing two and winning two games.
Malacateco have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Malacateco have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other already this season, with the result Malacateco - Imperial 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Imperial wins - draws - Malacateco wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Rotondi 11 goals |  R. Betancourth Cue 4 goals |  M. Lombardi Rodríguez 3 goals |
Cobán Imperial missing players
Malacateco missing players
| Cobán Imperial | Malacateco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 62% |
| 44% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 19% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 44% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 38% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 25% |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.1 | 14.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.3 | 6.6 | 8.6 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 22% | 20% | 6% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 35% | 34% |
- Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Liga Nacional
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antigua GFC | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | Comunicaciones | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | Cotzumalguapa | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Malacateco | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Municipal | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Xelaju | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 7 | Iztapa | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -7 | 20 |
| 8 | Cobán Imperial | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Solola | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Achuapa | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Nueva Concepción | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | -14 | 14 |