Cobán Imperial supporters put their faith in manager Bini to deliver victory against Iztapa

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi (15000 seats)

Cobán Imperial are leaning on their home fans to aid them to win this meeting versus Iztapa. Who is the winner at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi?

Insights:
  • Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the most points from losing position (13) 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 Cobán Imperial and Iztapa.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

3-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Nacional numbers at home for Cobán Imperial so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Cobán Imperial bring valid hopes of a third.

Imperial enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Antigua GFC's place. The match ended 1-0.

Before that match, a win away at Nueva Concepcion.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cobán Imperial handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, five draws and six defeats.

Cobán Imperial aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cobán Imperial have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Iztapa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Iztapa so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.

Iztapa had fun at their own home (Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi) last time out, beating Nueva Concepcion 2-1.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Xelaju's place.

We have checked recent matches where Iztapa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, four draws and six defeats.

The Iztapa manager Alvarado has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The two sides faced each other earlier on this match year: Iztapa - Imperial 5-3. Felix (Iztapa) was given a red card by the ref when these teams last met. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cobán Imperial victories, three draws and three Iztapa wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ImperialR. Betancourth Cue
R. Betancourth Cue
9 goals
IztapaC. Félix Suénaga
C. Félix Suénaga
9 goals
IztapaC. Hernández
C. Hernández
6 goals

Cobán Imperial missing players

Iztapa missing players

Cobán Imperial Iztapa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 15 30
9 5 1 Won W 0 0 9
7 3 2 Drew D 1 4 7
12 5 1 Lost L 3 11 14
30 14 4 Scored S 1 14 37
33 11 3 Conceded C 7 34 48
89% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
64% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 57%
43% 23% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 43%
14% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 30%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 23%
46% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 53% 47%
29% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
36% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 47% 37%
 
4.7 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5 5.7
3.6 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.1 2.8
2.6 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 13 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.6 9.7
4.3 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 2.9
25% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 34% 40%
 
8.1 7.2 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.9 10.2
3.9 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.7 3.6
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Iztapa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Iztapa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Iztapa have the most points from losing position (13) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Iztapa have yet to win a game away.
  • Iztapa 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 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 Cotzumalguapa 22 8 12 2 28 25 11 4 6 1 16 13 11 4 6 1 12 12 3 36
6 Xelaju 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 Cobán 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 Concepcion 22 4 4 14 12 36 11 4 4 3 9 9 11 0 0 11 3 27 -24 16

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.