The visiting Malacateco team are thought to be favourites at Achuapa, as the guests enjoy a 20 point edge from their 22 league matches this season.
- Achuapa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have the most scored goals in the first half (26) 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.
Achuapa form and stats
Achuapa's struggle is real here at Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza with only 11 points collected from 11 Liga Nacional games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-2-6.
The fans are hoping that Achuapa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Comunicaciones.
Ahead of that match, Achuapa won a home game hosting Solola (1-0).The manager Rosas will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Xelajú in only three days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Achuapa means that they have only scored 5 goals in 11 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Achuapa have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Malacateco form and stats
There's been little loot from Malacateco's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Liga Nacional. Malacateco only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. Things are running smoothly for Malacateco who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Santa Lucia.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Municipal in their previous game.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Iztapa.After this away game Malacateco return home for a Liga Nacional game against Santa Lucia. That game is only four sleeps after this.
14 goals have been conceded by Malacateco in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Malacateco - Achuapa 1-0. Achuapa-Malacateco H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Achuapa one win, Malacateco two wins, one draw. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last four duels.Top Goalscorers
  E. Herrera Morales 11 goals | J. Morán Urizar 7 goals |
Achuapa missing players
Malacateco missing players
| Achuapa | Malacateco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 50 |
| 32 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| 81% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 81% | 88% |
| 48% | 38% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 62% | 67% |
| 26% | 15% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 33% |
| 11% | 8% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 15% |
| 26% | 8% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 44% | 42% |
| 33% | 46% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 38% | 48% |
| 59% | 62% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 21% |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.6 | 5.1 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6.3 | 5.4 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 6.1 | 8.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
| 16% | 18% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 41% | 36% |
| 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 11.1 | 11 |
| 2.8 | 1.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
- Achuapa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- 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 points from losing position (0) 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 (7) in Liga Nacional
- Achuapa have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have scored more than double the goals of Achuapa.
- Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have the most scored goals in the first half (26) 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 | 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 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | Xelajú | 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 | Coban 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 Concepción | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 27 | -24 | 16 |
