Liga Nacional: Achuapa - Xelajú match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Winston Pineda

Happy home supporters, the away team with a heroic away win or an exciting draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Achuapa and Xelajú clash at Estadio Winston Pineda.

Insights:
  • Achuapa have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Liga Nacional
  • Xelajú have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Achuapa and Xelajú.

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Achuapa form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Winston Pineda as Achuapa have scored 19 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga Nacional are 7-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Achuapa.

Achuapa faced defeat in their previous match, away at Antigua GFC (1-6). As you see from the result above, Achuapa suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

Prior to that, an away loss at Mixco.

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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Xelajú form and stats

Xelajú have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga Nacional, after 2-3-6 (11 played).

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Xelajú goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 255 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Xelajú, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Mixco last time out.

That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Iztapa.

Lacking goals? 10 of this team's latest 12 league matches have contained two goals or less.

Xelajú have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Fancy a gamble on both teams to score (or not)? Curiously enough, the last time both teams found the net in one of the away team's league fixtures was the last time they met today's opposition Achuapa! Xelajú - Achuapa 1-1, six matches ago. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Achuapa victories, three draws and three Xelajú wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

XelajúD. Lom
D. Lom
11 goals
AchuapaK. Bordon Milian
K. Bordon Milian
7 goals
AchuapaD. Ruiz Golón
D. Ruiz Golón
3 goals

Achuapa missing players

Xelajú missing players

Achuapa Xelajú
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 2 14 27
7 7 2 Won W 0 3 9
9 5 0 Drew D 1 3 9
11 1 0 Lost L 1 8 9
29 20 3 Scored S 2 12 33
49 13 0 Conceded C 3 15 24
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 77% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 59%
52% 54% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 21% 30%
30% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 19%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
56% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 36% 44%
15% 31% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 26%
33% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
4.3 5.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.3 4.7
5.1 5.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.4 4.7
2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.8 3.1
8 4 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
7.9 9.8 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 5.5 9.4
3.5 4.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.1 4.1
31% 33% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 41% 30%
 
11.1 10.6 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.4 7.4
4.2 3.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.2
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 (24) in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Xelajú have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Xelajú haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 Xelajú 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 Santa Lucia 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.