Football betting preview: Cobán Imperial vs Xelajú

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Wed 23.November
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi (15000 seats)

Cobán Imperial have played great football so far, proven by 4th position in the table. Xelajú can look both up and down the table from their 6th spot.

Insights:
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Liga Nacional
  • Xelajú have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Cobán Imperial and Xelajú should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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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 26 points won from 10 matches; 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Cobán Imperial shared the glory with Mixco in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

Ahead of that match, Cobán Imperial won a home game hosting Guastatoya (1-0).

Imperial are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Nacional match at Santa Lucia awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Cobán Imperial in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Cobán Imperial have conceded only 7 goals.

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Xelajú form and stats

Xelajú have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Liga Nacional, after 2-3-5 (10 played). Xelajú has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

There were no winners in Xelajú's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Municipal (placed 7th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Santa Lucia.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Xelajú have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Xelajú in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cobán Imperial and Xelajú have faced each other before this season: Xelajú - Cobán Imperial 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Imperial victories, five draws and three Xelajú wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

XelajúD. Lom
D. Lom
11 goals
Cobán ImperialN. Martínez Vargas
N. Martínez Vargas
10 goals
Cobán ImperialJ. Pereira Rodrigues
J. Pereira Rodrigues
8 goals

Cobán Imperial missing players

Xelajú missing players

Cobán Imperial Xelajú
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
9 8 2 Won W 0 2 7
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
5 0 0 Lost L 2 5 6
31 17 4 Scored S 2 11 28
26 7 2 Conceded C 4 12 20
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 70% 70%
60% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 35%
40% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 25%
15% 10% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
60% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 55%
20% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 20%
30% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 25%
 
5.5 6.2 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.2 4.9
4 3.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7 4.8
3 3.7 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 4.5 3.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.8 11.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 3.3 4.9 9.8
4.5 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.1 4.7
34% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 52% 30%
 
8.2 8 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.3 8.4 7.2
3.4 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • 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 (19) in Liga Nacional
  • Xelajú have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Xelajú have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Xelajú haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 20 11 4 5 42 25 10 7 2 1 25 10 10 4 2 4 17 15 17 37
2 Comunicaciones 20 10 6 4 31 21 10 6 4 0 18 8 10 4 2 4 13 13 10 36
3 Malacateco 21 10 4 7 29 24 11 9 2 0 20 7 10 1 2 7 9 17 5 34
4 Cobán Imperial 20 9 6 5 31 26 10 8 2 0 17 7 10 1 4 5 14 19 5 33
5 Guastatoya 21 7 8 6 18 16 10 5 3 2 13 6 11 2 5 4 5 10 2 29
6 Xelajú 20 7 7 6 28 20 10 5 4 1 17 8 10 2 3 5 11 12 8 28
7 Municipal 20 7 6 7 28 22 10 4 3 3 13 11 10 3 3 4 15 11 6 27
8 Achuapa 21 7 6 8 26 36 11 7 3 1 19 12 10 0 3 7 7 24 -10 27
9 Iztapa 21 7 5 9 29 33 11 6 2 3 22 14 10 1 3 6 7 19 -4 26
10 Xinabajul 21 7 5 9 23 28 10 5 4 1 15 9 11 2 1 8 8 19 -5 26
11 Santa Lucia 20 3 6 11 19 35 10 3 3 4 9 15 10 0 3 7 10 20 -16 15
12 Mixco 21 2 9 10 15 33 10 2 4 4 10 14 11 0 5 6 5 19 -18 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.