Which side will win when Malacateco go to play Guastatoya? In this preview you'll find all the relevant news and stats needed to predict the outcome.
- Guastatoya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Liga Nacional
The hosts Guastatoya saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Concacaf League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Comunicaciones, was also a home game here at Estadio David Cordón Hichos. The away team is better rested.
Guastatoya form and stats
4-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Nacional numbers at home for Guastatoya so far this season.
The Guastatoya fans got no joy from their last match, a Concacaf League game also here at Estadio David Cordón Hichos: A 0-1 defeat against Comunicaciones (placed 2nd).
Preceding that match was the home Liga Nacional game against Antigua GFC that was lost 0-3.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Guastatoya matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, three draws and zero defeats (from five games).
Guastatoya are traveling soon after this match as the Concacaf League match at Comunicaciones awaits in four days.
The Guastatoya fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 10 matches. Guastatoya's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Malacateco form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Malacateco so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Malacateco has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Solola in their previous game.
A 1-1 draw at Antigua GFC's stadium before that.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Malacateco playing away, we found seven games. Results were two away wins, two draws and three home wins.
Malacateco are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Malacateco have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other previously this season: Malacateco - Guastatoya 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Guastatoya victories, four draws and four Malacateco wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Rotondi 13 goals |  L. Landín Cortés 6 goals | E. Herrera Morales 6 goals |
Guastatoya missing players
Malacateco missing players
| Guastatoya | Malacateco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 45% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 70% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 40% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 10% | 15% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 35% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 8.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.8 | 8.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 35% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| 8.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5 |
- Guastatoya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) 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 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Comunicaciones | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Cotzumalguapa | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | Municipal | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 5 | Malacateco | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 6 | Xelaju | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Iztapa | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -7 | 25 |
| 8 | Guastatoya | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
| 9 | Coban Imperial | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Solola | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -14 | 19 |
| 11 | Achuapa | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 16 |
| 12 | Nueva Concepcion | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 22 | -18 | 16 |