Edgy top table page-turner in Liga Nacional as Municipal have come the 0 miles needed to challenge Comunicaciones at their Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores.
- Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
- Municipal have the most clean sheets (13) in Liga Nacional
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
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 Comunicaciones and Municipal.
Comunicaciones form and stats
Comunicaciones have performed here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores this season with 7 wins from 11 Liga Nacional matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Comunicaciones here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Comunicaciones, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 613 minutes in the Liga Nacional.
The home team returns to Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores after being equal after 90 minutes with Municipal on their last time out; the Liga Nacional game ended 0-0.
Before that, Comunicaciones had a home game versus Iztapa which ended with a victory 1-0.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. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Municipal form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Municipal playing as the away team in the Liga Nacional this season. A great winning streak in away games for Municipal as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Iztapa have they travelled home without three points.
The attacking players of Municipal have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 220 minutes.
Municipal played 0-0 against Comunicaciones in their previous match.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Xelaju.Municipal have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Municipal as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Municipal - Comunicaciones 0-0. Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Comunicaciones won six, Municipal triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Martínez 12 goals |   J. Anangonó León 6 goals | R. Lezcano Montero 5 goals |
Comunicaciones missing players
Municipal missing players
| Comunicaciones | Municipal | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 38 | 22 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 31 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 84% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 42% | 48% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 48% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 52% |
| 32% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.2 | 15.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 6.8 | 8.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 35% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 30% | 37% |
| 7.6 | 8.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
- 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 the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
- Municipal have the most clean sheets (13) 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 | 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 | Cotzumalguapa | 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 | Coban 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 |
