Liga Nacional: Cotzumalguapa - Cobán Imperial pre-match thoughts and stats

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (9000 seats)

Cotzumalguapa - Cobán Imperial. 3rd spot meets 9th spot. Everything can happen - get a complete match preview here!

Insights:
  • Cotzumalguapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cotzumalguapa form and stats

The story so far in the Liga Nacional for Cotzumalguapa at their home stadium (Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

The fans are hoping that Cotzumalguapa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-6 away loss in the Liga Nacional game against Comunicaciones (placed 2nd). As you see from the result above, Cotzumalguapa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Before that, Cotzumalguapa played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Guastatoya.

Cotzumalguapa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cobán Imperial so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Imperial are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Home advantage was not enough for Imperial in their previous game, as they lost their Liga Nacional-match, hosting Guastatoya, 0-1.

A 1-2 defeat away at Antigua GFC before that.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Imperial as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Imperial have conceded 14 goals in their away games. Imperial has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The latest past meeting between these contenders is the Cobán Imperial - Cotzumalguapa 0-1 played previously this season. Stats for the prior eight meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Cotzumalguapa, three draws and three wins for Cobán Imperial. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

CotzumalguapaI. Acuña Sánchez
I. Acuña Sánchez
8 goals
CotzumalguapaV. Guay
V. Guay
6 goals
Cobán ImperialR. Betancourth Cue
R. Betancourth Cue
5 goals

Cotzumalguapa missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Cotzumalguapa Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
8 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
9 4 1 Drew D 1 1 4
2 1 0 Lost L 2 6 10
25 13 5 Scored S 4 8 17
22 10 2 Conceded C 6 14 23
89% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
74% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 68%
37% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 42%
21% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 5%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 47%
37% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 21%
16% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 37%
 
4.2 5.6 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.3
4.5 3.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 2.9 3.4
2.3 2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.4 13 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.8 10.9
3.6 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 4
37% 35% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 26% 22%
 
8 8.3 5.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13 8.2 7.9
2.9 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobán Imperial haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Cotzumalguapa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cotzumalguapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 19 13 3 3 33 12 10 8 2 0 25 7 9 5 1 3 8 5 21 42
2 Comunicaciones 19 11 4 4 35 19 10 6 3 1 20 9 9 5 1 3 15 10 16 37
3 Cotzumalguapa 19 8 9 2 25 22 9 4 4 1 13 10 10 4 5 1 12 12 3 33
4 Municipal 19 9 5 5 28 15 9 6 2 1 18 7 10 3 3 4 10 8 13 32
5 Malacateco 19 8 5 6 28 21 9 6 1 2 18 8 10 2 4 4 10 13 7 29
6 Xelaju 19 6 6 7 15 22 9 5 3 1 10 3 10 1 3 6 5 19 -7 24
7 Iztapa 19 6 4 9 22 30 9 6 1 2 11 5 10 0 3 7 11 25 -8 22
8 Guastatoya 19 5 6 8 16 18 9 4 4 1 12 7 10 1 2 7 4 11 -2 21
9 Cobán Imperial 19 5 4 10 17 23 10 3 3 4 9 9 9 2 1 6 8 14 -6 19
10 Solola 19 4 7 8 17 29 10 2 3 5 9 16 9 2 4 3 8 13 -12 19
11 Achuapa 19 3 7 9 9 18 10 3 2 5 5 9 9 0 5 4 4 9 -9 16
12 Nueva Concepcion 19 4 4 11 11 27 10 4 4 2 9 7 9 0 0 9 2 20 -16 16

Read more about Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatamala (National football league of Guatemala) is the top level of Guatemalan football. It was formerly known as Liga Mayor “A”. It was founded in 1919. The league has twelve teams meeting each other twice in two stages, Apertura and Clausura.