Soccer match preview: Alianza confident before travelling to Firpo

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Competition: El Salvador Primera Division
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)

Struggling Firpo will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Alianza in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

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Firpo form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Firpo, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Primera Division, have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses so far from their games here. Two draws in a row at home now for Firpo.

Firpo are returning here after visiting Chalatenango in a Primera Division game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. 1-1 away at Sonsonate before that.

The lack of attacking qualities in Firpo means that they have only scored 4 goals in 10 home games, less than half a goal per match. Firpo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Alianza form and stats

Playing away, Alianza, who have the most points (16) away in Primera Division, have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats so far this season.

Alianza won their last game, 3-1 versus Jocoro played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Isidro Metapán before that.

Alianza are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Alianza - Firpo 5-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Firpo, 2 draws and 8 wins for Alianza.

Firpo missing players

Alianza missing players

Firpo Alianza
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
42 21 6 Played 6 23 47
7 2 0 Won 4 10 28
10 7 1 Drew 2 10 14
25 12 5 Lost 0 3 5
31 16 7 Scored 11 36 94
70 36 13 Conceded 5 17 33
90% 86% 100% Over 0.5 100% 83% 87%
64% 67% 83% Over 1.5 67% 65% 70%
45% 43% 67% Over 2.5 33% 35% 49%
24% 29% 33% Over 3.5 17% 22% 30%
12% 14% 17% Over 4.5 17% 13% 17%
43% 48% 83% BTTS 67% 43% 45%
17% 19% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 48% 51%
50% 48% 17% Failed To Score 0% 26% 17%
 
3 3.4 3 Corners For (avg) 5.3 5.2 5.5
6.8 6 6.3 Corners Against (avg) 5.3 4 4
2.4 2.1 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.6 2.6
8 3 2 Red Cards 0 3 8

Firpo
31-03-19 PD Santa Tecla 1 - 1 Firpo
03-04-19 PD Águila 1 - 0 Firpo
07-04-19 PD Firpo 0 - 1 Pasaquina
11-04-19 PD Isidro Metapán 0 - 0 Firpo
14-04-19 PD Firpo 0 - 0 Jocoro
18-04-19 PD Firpo 0 - 0 Audaz
21-04-19 PD Sonsonate 1 - 1 Firpo
25-04-19 PD Chalatenango 1 - 4 Firpo
27-04-19 PD Firpo 21:30 Alianza
11-05-19 PD Municipal Limeño - Firpo
Alianza
31-03-19 PD Águila 0 - 0 Alianza
03-04-19 PD Municipal Limeño 1 - 1 Alianza
07-04-19 PD Alianza 6 - 2 Audaz
11-04-19 PD Santa Tecla 0 - 4 Alianza
14-04-19 PD Alianza 1 - 2 Pasaquina
18-04-19 PD Alianza 1 - 0 FAS
21-04-19 PD Isidro Metapán 1 - 0 Alianza
25-04-19 PD Alianza 3 - 1 Jocoro
27-04-19 PD Firpo 21:30 Alianza
11-05-19 PD Alianza - Chalatenango

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Alianza 20 13 4 3 40 13 10 9 0 1 30 7 10 4 4 2 10 6 27 43
2 Águila 20 10 7 3 24 13 10 7 3 0 16 3 10 3 4 3 8 10 11 37
3 Municipal Limeño 20 9 7 4 20 16 10 6 3 1 10 3 10 3 4 3 10 13 4 34
4 Isidro Metapán 20 9 6 5 29 21 10 5 4 1 16 9 10 4 2 4 13 12 8 33
5 Chalatenango 20 8 6 6 16 16 10 6 1 3 11 9 10 2 5 3 5 7 0 30
6 Santa Tecla 20 6 8 6 26 28 10 3 5 2 14 15 10 3 3 4 12 13 -2 26
7 FAS 20 6 7 7 20 19 10 4 3 3 10 10 10 2 4 4 10 9 1 25
8 Pasaquina 20 5 8 7 20 27 10 3 5 2 12 13 10 2 3 5 8 14 -7 23
9 Audaz 20 5 4 11 17 26 10 2 3 5 9 12 10 3 1 6 8 14 -9 19
10 Firpo 20 4 7 9 14 24 10 1 4 5 4 11 10 3 3 4 10 13 -10 19
11 Jocoro 20 4 6 10 16 26 10 0 4 6 4 10 10 4 2 4 12 16 -10 18
12 Sonsonate 20 4 4 12 24 37 10 3 2 5 13 15 10 1 2 7 11 22 -13 16