Comunicaciones vs Antigua GFC match preview

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Date: Sun 01.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cementos Progreso (16000 seats)

A key match in Liga Nacional as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Comunicaciones nor Antigua GFC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Antigua GFC have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-12-13 (win-draw-loss) from 37 matches.

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Comunicaciones form and stats

Comunicaciones have performed here at Estadio Cementos Progreso this season with 6 wins from 9 Liga Nacional matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Comunicaciones.

The home team returns to Estadio Cementos Progreso after sharing the points with Mixco (placed 11th) on their last time out; the Liga Nacional game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Guastatoya that ended 3-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Comunicaciones handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Comunicaciones as they are travelling to their away game against Deportivo Sanarate in the Liga Nacional. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Comunicaciones in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Comunicaciones have conceded 10 goals.

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Antigua GFC form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Antigua GFC, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Liga Nacional, playing as the away team in the Liga Nacional this season.

The supporters enjoyed Antigua GFC's previous game versus Guastatoya (placed 5th), a Liga Nacional 1-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Siquinala.

We have checked recent matches where Antigua GFC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were W2-D4-L9.

The schedule is very tough for Antigua GFC now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Liga Nacional game at Xelaju is waiting in only three days.

Antigua GFC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Antigua GFC have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Antigua GFC - Comunicaciones 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 4 - 1 (Comunicaciones wins - draws - Antigua GFC wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ComunicacionesA. Herrera
A. Herrera
12 goals
Antigua GFCR. Lezcano
R. Lezcano
9 goals
Antigua GFCA. Porras
A. Porras
4 goals

Comunicaciones missing players

Antigua GFC missing players

Comunicaciones Antigua GFC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
10 6 0 Won W 0 3 10
5 1 0 Drew D 1 3 3
4 2 2 Lost L 1 3 6
30 17 0 Scored S 2 11 28
18 10 2 Conceded C 4 10 20
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
63% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 74%
47% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 53%
26% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 26%
16% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
47% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 42%
37% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 47%
26% 22% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 21%
 
5 6.4 7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 3.4 5.8
4.6 3.1 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 5.9 4.3
2.5 2.7 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.7 3.4
3 2 2 Red Cards R C 1 2 3
 
164 95 22 Total Shots T S 18 96 252
66 38 4 Shots on Target S O 9 45 109
44% 45% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 24% 26%
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Antigua GFC has the most clean sheets (9)
  • Antigua GFC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Antigua GFC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Comunicaciones has the fewest conceded goals (18)
  • Comunicaciones has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Comunicaciones has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
  • Comunicaciones have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Comunicaciones have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Comunicaciones have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Comunicaciones haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cobán Imperial 19 10 5 4 32 20 9 6 3 0 18 7 10 4 2 4 14 13 12 35
2 Comunicaciones 19 10 5 4 30 18 9 6 1 2 17 10 10 4 4 2 13 8 12 35
3 Municipal 19 10 4 5 29 21 10 8 2 0 20 9 9 2 2 5 9 12 8 34
4 Antigua GFC 19 10 3 6 28 20 10 7 0 3 17 10 9 3 3 3 11 10 8 33
5 Guastatoya 19 9 4 6 27 21 9 5 2 2 15 8 10 4 2 4 12 13 6 31
6 Deportivo Sanarate 19 9 4 6 23 22 9 5 2 2 9 4 10 4 2 4 14 18 1 31
7 Malacateco 19 8 3 8 23 22 10 7 2 1 20 7 9 1 1 7 3 15 1 27
8 Iztapa 19 7 4 8 26 25 10 7 2 1 19 7 9 0 2 7 7 18 1 25
9 Xelaju 19 6 7 6 24 24 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 2 4 3 10 12 0 25
10 Cotzumalguapa 19 3 7 9 16 28 9 2 5 2 11 11 10 1 2 7 5 17 -12 16
11 Mixco 19 3 4 12 15 35 10 3 3 4 9 11 9 0 1 8 6 24 -20 13
12 Siquinala 19 2 4 13 18 35 9 1 2 6 10 16 10 1 2 7 8 19 -17 10

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.