Liga Nacional: Comunicaciones - Municipal match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 12.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores (16000 seats)

It's advantage Comunicaciones so far this season, with the 3rd position in the Liga Nacional table and hosting Municipal (who are placed 5th).

Insights:
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (17) in Liga Nacional
  • Municipal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) 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!

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

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Comunicaciones form and stats

Comunicaciones have collected seven points from their first three Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, a promising start.

The Comunicaciones supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Guastatoya in Liga Nacional and win 3-1.

Prior to that, an away loss at Antigua GFC.

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

Comunicaciones can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. 3 goals have been conceded.

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Municipal form and stats

Municipal are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Liga Nacional, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).

Municipal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Nueva Concepción (placed 8th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Solola.

Municipal are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The Municipal defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Comunicaciones victories, zero draws and four Municipal wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MunicipalJ. Martínez
J. Martínez
7 goals
ComunicacionesL. García
L. García
4 goals
ComunicacionesJ. Anangonó León
J. Anangonó León
3 goals

Comunicaciones missing players

Municipal missing players

Comunicaciones Municipal
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 3 7
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 2 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
17 7 2 Scored S 1 3 12
7 3 0 Conceded C 1 1 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 67% 86%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 71%
71% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 43%
71% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 43%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 43%
29% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 67% 57%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 14%
 
6.3 6.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 1 2.7
3.6 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 2.3 4
2.3 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
12.4 17.3 21 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 2.3 7.2
6 6.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 0.7 2.2
40% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 150% 85%
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • All of Comunicaciones's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Comunicaciones have created more than twice as many corners as Municipal.
  • Comunicaciones have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Comunicaciones have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Comunicaciones have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (17) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Municipal have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Municipal have not yet lost a game away.
  • Municipal have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Liga Nacional
  • Municipal have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Liga Nacional
  • Municipal have won significantly less corners away then 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 Antigua GFC 8 6 1 1 15 3 3 3 0 0 9 0 5 3 1 1 6 3 12 19
2 Xelajú 8 5 2 1 9 5 5 4 1 0 7 0 3 1 1 1 2 5 4 17
3 Comunicaciones 7 5 1 1 17 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 10 4 10 16
4 Cotzumalguapa 7 4 3 0 10 5 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 15
5 Municipal 7 3 3 1 12 6 4 2 1 1 9 5 3 1 2 0 3 1 6 12
6 Iztapa 8 3 1 4 9 8 5 3 0 2 7 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 10
7 Solola 8 2 3 3 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 1 2 1 3 4 -5 9
8 Nueva Concepción 8 2 1 5 4 13 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 0 0 4 1 10 -9 7
9 Guastatoya 7 1 2 4 4 8 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 0 0 4 1 6 -4 5
10 Coban Imperial 7 1 2 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 5
11 Malacateco 8 1 2 5 7 15 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 0 1 3 2 9 -8 5
12 Achuapa 7 0 3 4 3 10 4 0 1 3 1 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 -7 3

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.