Liga Nacional: Two participants in fairly good shape get together for this game. Cotzumalguapa could have a wee upper hand with their 3rd position in the table?
- Xelajú is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Cotzumalguapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Liga Nacional
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Xelajú form and stats
14 points is a decent return from 7 Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Mario Camposeco for Xelajú. The data says 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Xelajú has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Morales and the players.
H. E. Quezada Gamez was the last player to score a league goal for Xelajú and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Xelajú haven't scored in 211 minutes.
Xelajú are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Guastatoya.
Preceding that match was the home game against Antigua GFC that was lost 0-1.Xelajú are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Nacional match at Municipal awaits in four days.
Xelajú are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. As for guarding their own goal, Xelajú have only let in 2 goals at home.
Cotzumalguapa form and stats
Cotzumalguapa have an excellent away record in the Liga Nacional so far with 4-2-0 from 6 games.
Cotzumalguapa's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Iztapa that finished 3-3. Drawing 3-3 against Iztapa after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 3-1. Their manager M. Acevedo Ruiz needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. A stark raving crazy fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Cotzumalguapa, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fun game, will this match be as full of joy?
Before that, Cotzumalguapa travelled to Municipal and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.A new game in only four days for Cotzumalguapa, the Liga Nacional home match versus Solola. Busy days.
Cotzumalguapa have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Cotzumalguapa are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the teams met earlier this campaign; Cotzumalguapa - Xelajú 1-1. Statistics for the prior eight meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Xelajú, five draws and one win for Cotzumalguapa. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Acuña Sánchez 5 goals | J. Velásquez 4 goals | C. Martínez Viscaya 3 goals |
Xelajú missing players
Cotzumalguapa missing players
| Xelajú | Cotzumalguapa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 64% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 77% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 43% | 71% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 3.8 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 6.8 | 10 |
| 2.5 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 34% | 36% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 38% | 38% |
- 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 in all their away matches so far.
- Cotzumalguapa have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa have the most points (14) away in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cotzumalguapa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Xelajú have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Xelajú have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Xelajú is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Comunicaciones | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 3 | Cotzumalguapa | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Malacateco | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 5 | Municipal | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Xelajú | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Cobán Imperial | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Iztapa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Solola | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 10 | Guastatoya | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 11 | Achuapa | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 12 | Nueva Concepción | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 16 | -14 | 11 |