Liga Nacional: Cobán Imperial - Antigua GFC preview and facts

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Thu 15.December
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi (15000 seats)

The Cobán Imperial & Antigua GFC managers López and Alvarado are both fearful of and looking forward to this very important game in the higher part of the Liga Nacional positions.

Insights:
  • Cobán Imperial is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most scored goals (47) in Liga Nacional

This football field uses grass, unlike Antigua GFC's home arena. The former 45 games by the visitors on grass have generated 15 wins, 13 draws and 17 losses.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Liga Nacional.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

Home games in the Liga Nacional have been a walk in the park for Cobán Imperial so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Ever since the Municipal game Cobán Imperial has been unbeatable here at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi producing four straight wins.

Imperial are confident in defense, having played 437 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Cobán Imperial's last game was hosting Comunicaciones and winning 2-0.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Comunicaciones.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Imperial as they are travelling to their away game against Antigua GFC in the Liga Nacional. That match is two days after this one.

A decent goal production from Cobán Imperial in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Cobán Imperial have conceded only 7 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Antigua GFC form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Antigua GFC playing as the away team in the Liga Nacional this season.

Antigua have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 304 minutes since they last conceded in Liga Nacional.

Antigua GFC go into this game after a win, the home game against Municipal that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Municipal with the score of 1-0.

After this away game Antigua GFC return home for a Liga Nacional game against Cobán Imperial. That game is only two sleeps after this.

Antigua has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. In the opposite end, Antigua GFC have conceded 17 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent game: Antigua GFC - Imperial 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cobán Imperial four wins, two draws and Antigua GFC four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Antigua GFCL. Gómez Benites
L. Gómez Benites
13 goals
Cobán ImperialN. Martínez Vargas
N. Martínez Vargas
12 goals
Antigua GFCD. Bradley
D. Bradley
10 goals

Cobán Imperial missing players

Antigua GFC missing players

Cobán Imperial Antigua GFC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 2 13 26
14 11 3 Won W 0 5 15
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 6
5 0 0 Lost L 1 4 5
39 21 6 Scored S 3 21 52
27 7 2 Conceded C 4 18 28
88% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 54% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 88%
50% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 65%
35% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
50% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 50%
35% 54% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 46%
27% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
5.2 5.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.4 6
4.1 3.2 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 4.7 4
3.2 3.8 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 2.8
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 11.1 12 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.2 9.1
4.2 5.3 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 4.3
35% 30% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 46%
 
8.3 7.8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.5 6.8
3.3 2.9 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 3.4
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Antigua GFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Antigua GFC have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Antigua GFC have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most clean sheets (12) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most clean sheets (5) away in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most scored goals (19) away in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most scored goals (47) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have the the best goal difference (+20) in Liga Nacional
  • Antigua GFC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Antigua GFC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cobán Imperial have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cobán Imperial have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial is in the best form (5-1-0) 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.