Liga Nacional match prediction: Little separates Nueva Concepción and Cotzumalguapa in quality

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio José Luis Ibarra (3000 seats)

Running out at their own ground is comfortable and good for Nueva Concepción, but Cotzumalguapa are fully set and qualified to win this one. What will happen?

Insights:
  • Nueva Concepción have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga Nacional

It's no vacation for neither Nueva Concepción nor Cotzumalguapa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Nueva Concepción form and stats

The story so far in the Liga Nacional for Nueva Concepción, who have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Liga Nacional, at their home stadium (Estadio José Luis Ibarra) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Nueva Concepción will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Liga Nacional game against Guastatoya (placed 10th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Antigua GFC in a game that was won 1-0.

Concepción have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Concepción have conceded only 5 goals.

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Cotzumalguapa form and stats

Cotzumalguapa have an excellent away record in the Liga Nacional so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Malacateco game have they lost an away game, meaning Cotzumalguapa has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Cotzumalguapa won their last game, 3-1 versus Solola played at home.

A 0-0 draw at Xelaju's stadium before that.

Cotzumalguapa have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Cotzumalguapa are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 3 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Cotzumalguapa - Concepción 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Concepción victories, three draws and four Cotzumalguapa wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CotzumalguapaI. Acuña Sánchez
I. Acuña Sánchez
6 goals
ConcepciónI. Dos Santos
I. Dos Santos
4 goals
CotzumalguapaJ. Velásquez
J. Velásquez
4 goals

Nueva Concepción missing players

Cotzumalguapa missing players

Nueva Concepción Cotzumalguapa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 7 15
4 4 1 Won W 1 4 8
2 2 1 Drew D 1 3 6
10 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
9 7 2 Scored S 3 8 21
23 5 2 Conceded C 1 3 13
88% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
69% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 73%
38% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
25% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 53%
31% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 57% 40%
56% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 13%
 
2.8 2.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 2.9 4.1
5.7 6 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.7
2.3 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.1 7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 2.5 8 10.5
2.4 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3 3.6
22% 26% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 38% 39%
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cotzumalguapa have not yet lost a game away.
  • Cotzumalguapa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Cotzumalguapa have scored more than double the goals of Nueva Concepción.
  • Cotzumalguapa have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nueva Concepción have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nueva Concepción have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nueva Concepción have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Liga Nacional
  • Nueva Concepción have the the worst goal difference (-14) 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 Coban 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

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.