Liga Nacional game information: Achuapa versus Xinabajul

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Wed 22.February
Match begins: 21:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Winston Pineda

Most would pick Achuapa in this fixture against Xinabajul, but the away team will resist to the end. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Achuapa is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Liga Nacional

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 Xinabajul.

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Achuapa form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Winston Pineda for Achuapa. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. The Achuapa manager Rosas might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Achuapa are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 410 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Flores).

The fans are hoping that Achuapa will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Guastatoya. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Viana for missing a penalty kick versus Guastatoya in the 64th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Municipal (0-1).

There will be little rest for Achuapa after this match as they are travelling to Santa Lucia for a Liga Nacional game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Achuapa in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Achuapa have conceded 12 goals.

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Xinabajul form and stats

There's been little loot from Xinabajul's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Liga Nacional. Xinabajul only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Xinabajul are looking to quickly end their 229 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Nacional.

Xinabajul are travelling again after losing away to Municipal in their previous match (0-3).

A loss against Xelajú was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Stats flash: 10 of the last 13 league matches involving this team have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

After this away game Xinabajul return home for a Liga Nacional game against Malacateco. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Xinabajul as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. As for defending, Xinabajul rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Achuapa - Xinabajul 2-2. Antunez (Xinabajul) was sent off by the referee when these teams last met. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Achuapa victories, two draws and zero Xinabajul wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last two encounters.

Top Goalscorers

XinabajulG. Tinoco Carbajal
G. Tinoco Carbajal
8 goals
AchuapaK. Bordon Milian
K. Bordon Milian
7 goals
XinabajulP. Dantaz Paredes
P. Dantaz Paredes
7 goals

Achuapa missing players

Xinabajul missing players

Achuapa Xinabajul
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 4 15 29
7 7 2 Won W 0 3 10
10 5 1 Drew D 0 3 7
14 3 0 Lost L 4 9 12
29 20 7 Scored S 1 11 28
54 15 3 Conceded C 9 24 35
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
74% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 66%
48% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 38%
26% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 17%
16% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
48% 53% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 41%
16% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 28%
42% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 47% 34%
 
4.6 5.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.6
5.1 5.2 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.5 4.7
2.1 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.2 2.9
8 4 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
8.1 9.7 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.2 7.1
3.5 4.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 2.3 3.6
27% 30% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 27%
 
11 10.5 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.7 8.8
4.1 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5 3.7
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Achuapa have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Liga Nacional
  • Achuapa is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Xinabajul have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Xinabajul have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Xinabajul have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) 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 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.