Liga Nacional: Comunicaciones expected to overwhelm Cobán Imperial

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores (16000 seats)

Comunicaciones host Cobán Imperial with faith in acquiring all three points. Will they? Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga Nacional

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Comunicaciones form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores as Comunicaciones have scored 21 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga Nacional are 7-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). The Comunicaciones fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores and will expect new points from this game. Comunicaciones has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

The Comunicaciones goalkeeper Fredy Alexander Perez Chacon is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Nacional.

Comunicaciones's previous fixture was a CONCACAF Champions League game also played at their own arena, ending 4-2 vs New York City. The home team are looking to build on that result. Defender Larin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.42/10. Larin hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Nueva Concepcion.

Comunicaciones are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Nacional match at Xelaju awaits in three days.

The Comunicaciones fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 11 league matches. From these home matches, Comunicaciones have conceded only 9 goals.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

Cobán Imperial have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Liga Nacional, after 2-2-7 (11 played). Imperial seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Janderson and Matta scored in Cobán Imperial's previous match, the home game against Solola that ended 2-1.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Guastatoya.

The visiting Cobán Imperial have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 11 games. Cobán Imperial's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H match ended Cobán Imperial - Comunicaciones 2-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Comunicaciones four wins, three draws and Cobán Imperial three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ComunicacionesL. García
L. García
10 goals
Cobán ImperialR. Betancourth Cue
R. Betancourth Cue
10 goals
ComunicacionesR. Lezcano Montero
R. Lezcano Montero
8 goals

Comunicaciones missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Comunicaciones Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
39 20 6 Played P 6 17 34
20 12 4 Won W 1 4 11
12 7 2 Drew D 1 4 8
7 1 0 Lost L 4 9 15
62 41 16 Scored S 5 19 37
34 17 4 Conceded C 8 27 40
82% 85% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 88%
64% 70% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 65% 65%
44% 55% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 65% 44%
28% 35% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 24% 15%
15% 20% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 12% 6%
44% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 47%
38% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 29%
36% 20% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 35%
 
5.5 5.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.1 5.1
3.9 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.4 3.5
2.1 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.8 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.1 13.3 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.5 10.8
4.1 5.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 4.3
39% 40% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 29% 26%
 
7.4 7.5 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.6 7.5
3.3 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Comunicaciones have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Comunicaciones have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Comunicaciones have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cobán Imperial have scored away.
  • Comunicaciones have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 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 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.