Struggling Cotzumalguapa will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Comunicaciones in the upcoming league round. It’s 6th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Concacaf League. That game was also an away game, at Motagua. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cotzumalguapa form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cotzumalguapa, who have the fewest scored goals (4) in Liga Nacional, have to build on here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in the Liga Nacional.
M. Asencio was the last player to score a league goal for Cotzumalguapa and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Cotzumalguapa haven't scored in 188 minutes.
Cotzumalguapa shared the glory with Xelaju in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Malacateco that was lost 0-1.
Cotzumalguapa has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. From these home matches, Cotzumalguapa have conceded only 3 goals.
Comunicaciones form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Liga Nacional for Comunicaciones, who have the the best goal difference (+7) in Liga Nacional, with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Iztapa.
Drawing 2-2 against Motagua (after extra-time, 15-14 on penalties) after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager M. Tapia needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
The attacking power of Comunicaciones when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Comunicaciones have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Comunicaciones - Cotzumalguapa 2-0. Last four meetings between the teams: Cotzumalguapa won zero, Comunicaciones won three and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Cotzumalguapa missing players
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| Cotzumalguapa | Comunicaciones | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | 47 | 9 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 31 | 69 |
| 21 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 87% |
- Comunicaciones has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones has the fewest points (2) away in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones has the most dropped points from leading position (4) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones has the the best goal difference (+7) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Comunicaciones have scored more than double the goals of Cotzumalguapa.
- Comunicaciones have yet to win a game away.
- Comunicaciones haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cotzumalguapa has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa has the fewest points (3) at home in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa has the fewest scored goals (4) in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa has the most matches under the total-line (6) in Liga Nacional
- Cotzumalguapa 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 | Comunicaciones | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Malacateco | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 3 | Iztapa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Antigua GFC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 5 | Xelaju | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| 6 | Cotzumalguapa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |