10th- against 6th position might not sound all that sexy. But look: Here's the knowledge that makes Cobán Imperial - Xelajú (even) more intriguing!
- Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
Cobán Imperial form and stats
All-inclusive Liga Nacional stats at home this season for Cobán Imperial are 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 287 minutes.
An away draw last time out for Cobán Imperial, facing Malacateco in a game that ended 0-0.
Before that, Cobán Imperial had a home game versus Comunicaciones which ended with a victory 2-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Imperial handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, five draws and six defeats.
There will be little rest for Cobán Imperial after this match as they are travelling to Nueva Concepción for a Liga Nacional game in only three days.
Cobán Imperial aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. Cobán Imperial are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Xelajú form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Xelajú so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Xelajú's last game was the home draw against Nueva Concepción (0-0).
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Antigua GFC.Xelajú are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, six draws and two defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Xelajú are hosting Iztapa in the Liga Nacional only three days away.
The attacking power of Xelajú when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 11 league matches away. In the opposite end, Xelajú have conceded 19 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The newest archived scoreline featuring both these contenders is the Imperial - Xelajú 1-1 played not long ago this season. The match official got to use his red card when these teams last met, and the recipient was Herrera (Cobán Imperial). Previous ten meetings between these participants: Cobán Imperial won two, Xelajú triumphed in three and we saw five draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Betancourth Cue 9 goals |  J. Orozco Peñuelas 5 goals |  M. Lombardi Rodríguez 3 goals |
Cobán Imperial missing players
Xelajú missing players
| Cobán Imperial | Xelajú | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 31 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 26 |
| 88% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 64% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 77% | 56% |
| 40% | 17% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 22% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 22% |
| 28% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 44% |
| 40% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 48% |
| 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 2.8 | 4 |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 11.3 | 13 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.3 | 9.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| 22% | 19% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 24% | 22% |
| 8.2 | 7.5 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.2 | 9.2 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
- Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Xelajú have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 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 | 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 Concepción | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 27 | -24 | 16 |
