A home victory is expected from this game if the league standings is to be believed. The Cobán Imperial fans are optimistic that the mismatch between 2nd and Xinabajul's 10th place in the table will be visible on the arena.
- Cobán Imperial have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 Imperial and Xinabajul.
Cobán Imperial form and stats
This stadium, Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi, has been a fortress for Cobán Imperial in the Liga Nacional so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-2-0. Cobán Imperial has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager López and the players.
Martínez was the last player to score a league goal for Cobán Imperial and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cobán Imperial haven't scored in 271 minutes.
Imperial lost their last game at Municipal after a 0-1 scoreline. The match result 0-1 has occurred to the home team three times in a row!
Ahead of that match, Cobán Imperial lost 0-1 at home to Xelaju.It should be taken into account that a glance at the 15 latest league fixtures shows that 14 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Imperial as they are travelling to their away game against Malacateco in the Liga Nacional. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Cobán Imperial in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Cobán Imperial have conceded only 7 goals.
Xinabajul form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Xinabajul so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-8 (win-draw-lose). Xinabajul has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Xinabajul played 1-1 against Malacateco in their previous match.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Achuapa wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Antigua GFC in just four days.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Xinabajul have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Xinabajul - Imperial 1-1 was the story when these two contenders last played each other, also in this season. Numbers for the preceeding two meetings involving these two participants are: one win for Cobán Imperial, one draw and zero wins for Xinabajul. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. One of the profiles has been Martinez with 2 goals scored against Xinabajul in these 2 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Martínez Vargas 12 goals | J. Pereira Rodrigues 9 goals |  G. Tinoco Carbajal 9 goals |
Cobán Imperial missing players
Xinabajul missing players
| Cobán Imperial | Xinabajul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 37 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 16 | 13 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 43 | 25 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| 35 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | 40 |
| 84% | 83% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 94% | 97% |
| 51% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 68% |
| 38% | 39% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 39% |
| 24% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 19% |
| 8% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 38% | 39% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 38% | 45% |
| 38% | 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 41% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 44% | 32% |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.8 | 4.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 11.1 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.8 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
| 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 28% |
| 8.1 | 7.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.6 | 8.6 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.1 | 3.7 |
- Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cobán Imperial have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- 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 scored goals in the first half (11) 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 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 15 |
