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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 17.April
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores (16000 seats)

A quick look at the Liga Nacional table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but there's a lot more information available. Read our Comunicaciones - Santa Lucia match preview!

Insights:
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Not much time to rest for the team playing at home, as they were involved in a Liga Nacional fixture only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Iztapa.

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Comunicaciones form and stats

24 points is a decent return from 11 Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores for Comunicaciones. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 186 minutes without scoring a league goal. Anangono was the last player to find the net.

No payout for Comunicaciones in their previous match, an away game at Iztapa that ended in defeat 0-2.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Achuapa (0-1).

The manager Olivera will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Guastatoya in only three days.

Comunicaciones have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores with 21 goals in 11 league matches. Comunicaciones are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.

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Santa Lucia form and stats

As the visiting team in Liga Nacional matches, Santa Lucia have produced an overall stat of 4-6-1 so far.

Impressive finishing from Lemus, Aranda, Acuña and Ruiz (3) secured the home win 6-0 against Solola in their previous game. As mentioned above, Santa Lucia was the only team on the pitch versus Solola in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Ruiz's lethal finishing against Solola. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Antigua GFC.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Malacateco in just three days.

The visiting Santa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. 12 goals have been conceded by Santa Lucia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Santa Lucia - Comunicaciones 1-4 was the result in these teams' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. Velasquez (Santa Lucia) was sent off by the referee when these teams met earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Comunicaciones won six, Santa Lucia were winners in two and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Santa LuciaI. Acuña Sánchez
I. Acuña Sánchez
19 goals
ComunicacionesL. García
L. García
10 goals
ComunicacionesJ. Anangonó León
J. Anangonó León
10 goals

Comunicaciones missing players

Santa Lucia missing players

Comunicaciones Santa Lucia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
44 22 5 Played P 7 20 40
22 13 3 Won W 2 8 16
12 7 2 Drew D 2 7 14
10 2 0 Lost L 3 5 10
67 44 8 Scored S 8 26 56
41 21 5 Conceded C 8 22 47
84% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 92%
66% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 75% 78%
41% 55% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 40% 42%
27% 36% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 20% 25%
16% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
41% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 71% 55% 55%
39% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 14% 35% 32%
36% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 20% 20%
 
5.2 5.3 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.1 4
3.9 3.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.2 4.5
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.6 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.4 12.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 7.2 9.5
3.9 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.8 3.2
39% 41% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 46% 43%
 
7.1 7.2 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.6 8.2 8.6
3.3 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.1 3.1
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • 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 dropped points from leading position (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia 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 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 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 Concepción 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.