Liga Nacional duel: Close contest expected between Achuapa and Cobán Imperial

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 01.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza (1500 seats)

Cobán Imperial have rested up following their 0-3-game vs Achuapa and are eager to face Achuapa. Get all the facts and figures!

Insights:
  • Achuapa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Liga Nacional

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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Achuapa form and stats

With 3 Liga Nacional wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Achuapa are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Achuapa hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Guastatoya, Achuapa and Nueva Concepcion), they have won 2 of 4 matches! After failing to beat Iztapa here at Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza, Achuapa has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The Achuapa regulars enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Cobán Imperial and win 3-0. Achuapa decided the match against Cobán Imperial in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Nueva Concepcion that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Achuapa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Achuapa as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Achuapa has won seven of these, drawn one and lost eight.

Achuapa have scored 5 goals here in 11 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Achuapa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Achuapa has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

There's been little loot from Cobán Imperial's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Liga Nacional. Cobán Imperial only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. When Cobán Imperial is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Guastatoya, Cobán Imperial and Nueva Concepcion is teams we like to compare Achuapa with. Imperial has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Galindo was the last player to score for the away team. Cobán Imperial haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.

Cobán Imperial are travelling again after losing away to Achuapa in their previous match (0-3). Imperial did not look prepared in the first half against Achuapa and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Iztapa wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cobán Imperial in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Cobán Imperial, two draws and seven defeats.

The visiting Cobán Imperial have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. In the opposite end, Imperial have conceded 21 goals in their away games. When Cobán Imperial is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Guastatoya, Cobán Imperial and Nueva Concepcion.

Head 2 Head

Achuapa - Cobán Imperial 3-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Achuapa wins - draws - Cobán Imperial wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cobán ImperialR. Betancourth Cue
R. Betancourth Cue
13 goals
Cobán ImperialJ. Pereira Rodrigues
J. Pereira Rodrigues
11 goals
AchuapaM. Asencio Trejo
M. Asencio Trejo
6 goals

Achuapa missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Achuapa Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 4 Played P 3 21 42
12 10 2 Won W 2 5 13
12 4 2 Drew D 0 5 12
18 7 0 Lost L 1 11 17
31 19 3 Scored S 4 25 50
40 16 1 Conceded C 3 36 52
83% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 88%
50% 48% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 69%
26% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 48%
7% 5% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 19%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
29% 19% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 57% 50%
40% 52% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 19% 26%
48% 43% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 36%
 
4.2 5.2 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.4 5.5
5.1 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.4 3.6
2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
6.2 5.7 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 10.7
2.8 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 4.4
26% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 27%
 
7.1 3.7 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.3 7.1
2.6 1.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Achuapa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Achuapa have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have the fewest points (11) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 22 14 4 4 36 13 11 8 3 0 25 7 11 6 1 4 11 6 23 46
2 Comunicaciones 22 13 5 4 37 19 11 7 3 1 21 9 11 6 2 3 16 10 18 44
3 Municipal 22 11 6 5 30 15 11 7 3 1 19 7 11 4 3 4 11 8 15 39
4 Malacateco 22 10 6 6 36 23 11 8 1 2 25 9 11 2 5 4 11 14 13 36
5 Cotzumalguapa 22 8 12 2 28 25 11 4 6 1 16 13 11 4 6 1 12 12 3 36
6 Xelaju 22 8 6 8 18 23 11 6 3 2 12 4 11 2 3 6 6 19 -5 30
7 Iztapa 22 8 4 10 30 36 11 8 1 2 19 10 11 0 3 8 11 26 -6 28
8 Solola 22 6 7 9 21 32 11 3 3 5 11 17 11 3 4 4 10 15 -11 25
9 Guastatoya 22 5 8 9 18 23 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 3 7 5 12 -5 23
10 Cobán Imperial 22 5 5 12 22 31 11 3 3 5 9 10 11 2 2 7 13 21 -9 20
11 Achuapa 22 3 7 12 12 24 11 3 2 6 5 10 11 0 5 6 7 14 -12 16
12 Nueva Concepcion 22 4 4 14 12 36 11 4 4 3 9 9 11 0 0 11 3 27 -24 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.