Achuapa - Cobán Imperial: Small difference between teams in Liga Nacional clash

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Winston Pineda

Cobán Imperial bring their bags for Achuapa and Estadio Winston Pineda brimming with confidence, but the home team is no muppet. More news on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Achuapa have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial is in the best form (4-2-0) in Liga Nacional

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Achuapa form and stats

Achuapa are steadily winning Liga Nacional games and points here at Estadio Winston Pineda. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.

Achuapa lost their last game at Antigua GFC after a 0-2 scoreline. The first defeat after collecting points in three league fixtures.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Antigua GFC that ended 1-1.

Achuapa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Winston Pineda with 19 goals in 11 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

Cobán Imperial have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Liga Nacional, after 2-4-5 (11 played). In general it has been a productive period now for Cobán Imperial as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

The Imperial goalkeeper Minor Jesus Alvarez Cordero is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 617 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Antigua GFC in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Antigua GFC.

Lacking goals? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Cobán Imperial are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Imperial struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Achuapa - Cobán Imperial 2-2. Asencio (Achuapa), Cal (Cobán Imperial) and Hernandez (Achuapa) were shown red cards when these teams met previously this season. Will it be as hot-tempered this time? H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Achuapa four wins, two draws and Cobán Imperial four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Cobán ImperialN. Martínez Vargas
N. Martínez Vargas
12 goals
Cobán ImperialJ. Pereira Rodrigues
J. Pereira Rodrigues
9 goals
AchuapaK. Bordon Milian
K. Bordon Milian
7 goals

Achuapa missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Achuapa Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 14 28
7 7 2 Won W 1 3 15
8 4 1 Drew D 1 6 8
9 1 1 Lost L 2 5 5
28 20 5 Scored S 4 18 40
40 13 6 Conceded C 5 20 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 57%
50% 58% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 46%
29% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 43% 32%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 11%
58% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 46%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 21% 39%
29% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 43% 29%
 
4.1 5.4 2.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.6 5
5 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5 4.1
2.1 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 3.2
8 4 1 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
7.9 9.9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.2 9.1
3.7 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 4.1
32% 34% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 34%
 
11.2 10.9 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 8.6 8.1
4.2 3.8 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.1
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Achuapa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Achuapa have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Achuapa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 22 12 5 5 47 27 11 8 2 1 28 10 11 4 3 4 19 17 20 41
2 Cobán Imperial 22 11 6 5 35 27 11 9 2 0 18 7 11 2 4 5 17 20 8 39
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 33 25 11 7 4 0 20 9 11 4 2 5 13 16 8 39
4 Malacateco 22 10 4 8 30 26 11 9 2 0 20 7 11 1 2 8 10 19 4 34
5 Municipal 22 9 6 7 31 22 11 5 3 3 15 11 11 4 3 4 16 11 9 33
6 Guastatoya 22 7 9 6 20 18 11 5 4 2 15 8 11 2 5 4 5 10 2 30
7 Xelaju 22 7 8 7 29 22 11 5 5 1 18 9 11 2 3 6 11 13 7 29
8 Achuapa 22 7 7 8 27 37 11 7 3 1 19 12 11 0 4 7 8 25 -10 28
9 Iztapa 22 7 6 9 31 35 11 6 2 3 22 14 11 1 4 6 9 21 -4 27
10 Xinabajul 22 7 5 10 23 29 11 5 4 2 15 10 11 2 1 8 8 19 -6 26
11 Mixco 22 2 10 10 17 35 11 2 5 4 12 16 11 0 5 6 5 19 -18 16
12 Cotzumalguapa 22 3 6 13 20 40 11 3 3 5 10 18 11 0 3 8 10 22 -20 15

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.