Cotzumalguapa fights Iztapa in Liga Nacional battle

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (9000 seats)

After four games we know a little more about the qualities of Cotzumalguapa and Iztapa in this fresh Liga Nacional season. Read our match preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cotzumalguapa form and stats

Cotzumalguapa are yet to win a home game, having collected 0 points from their first two Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Cotzumalguapa, their manager S. Guevara González and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

M. Icute 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 227 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Cotzumalguapa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Liga Nacional game against Comunicaciones (placed 1st). Before that game, the home loss against Xelaju with the scoreline 0-1.

At Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Cotzumalguapa has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Iztapa form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Liga Nacional ended in defeat. Last season Iztapa had these away match statistics: Played 7; won 2, drew 3 and lost 2.

Iztapa delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Antigua GFC (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Liga Nacional game. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Comunicaciones.

Iztapa have the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cotzumalguapa two wins, three draws and Iztapa five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

IztapaC. Félix Suénaga
C. Félix Suénaga
3 goals
CotzumalguapaM. Icuté Fuentes
M. Icuté Fuentes
2 goals
IztapaJ. Fajardo López
J. Fajardo López
2 goals

Cotzumalguapa missing players

Iztapa missing players

Cotzumalguapa Iztapa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 1 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 2 1 Lost L 0 1 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 1 6
5 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
75% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
50 35 10 Total Shots T S 0 13 70
18 14 1 Shots on Target S O 0 5 34
11% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 18%
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cotzumalguapa has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa has the fewest points (0) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa has the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa has the fewest scored goals (2) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa has the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa has the the worst goal difference (-2) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa has the the worst goal difference (-3) in Liga Nacional
  • Cotzumalguapa is in the worst form (1-0-3)
  • Iztapa has the fewest points (0) away in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa has the fewest scored goals (1) away in Liga Nacional
Cotzumalguapa Last season Iztapa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   18 35
8 7   Won W   3 14
13 7   Drew D   5 9
14 3   Lost L   10 12
34 23   Scored S   14 47
47 16   Conceded C   29 44
89% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
63% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 66%
31% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   44% 51%
26% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 29%
11% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 14%
40% 47%   BTTS BTTS   50% 51%
34% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 26%
37% 12%   Failed to Score F T   44% 34%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
3.1 3.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.7 3.4
3 2   Red cards R C   6 7
 
287 173   Total Shots T S   128 373
125 86   Shots on Target S O   51 137
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 34%

  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 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 8
2 Xelaju 4 2 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
3 Iztapa 4 1 2 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
4 Antigua GFC 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 5
5 Malacateco 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 4
6 Cotzumalguapa 4 1 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -3 3
Last season 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 13 8 4 1 26 15 7 4 2 1 10 5 6 4 2 0 16 10 11 28
2 Municipal 13 6 5 2 17 12 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 3 3 1 6 6 5 23
3 Guastatoya 13 6 3 4 13 10 6 5 1 0 10 3 7 1 2 4 3 7 3 21
4 Iztapa 13 5 5 3 19 18 6 3 2 1 13 8 7 2 3 2 6 10 1 20
5 Antigua GFC 13 5 4 4 14 12 6 1 3 2 4 5 7 4 1 2 10 7 2 19
6 Deportivo Sanarate 13 5 3 5 16 14 7 4 1 2 8 6 6 1 2 3 8 8 2 18
7 Siquinala 13 4 4 5 17 17 7 4 2 1 13 8 6 0 2 4 4 9 0 16
8 Cotzumalguapa 13 3 6 4 13 18 6 3 2 1 7 5 7 0 4 3 6 13 -5 15
9 Xelaju 13 2 7 4 12 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 0 4 3 4 9 -3 13
10 Malacateco 13 3 4 6 9 14 7 3 2 2 6 7 6 0 2 4 3 7 -5 13
11 Mixco 13 3 3 7 12 16 7 3 3 1 10 5 6 0 0 6 2 11 -4 12
12 Coban Imperial 13 2 4 7 8 15 7 2 3 2 6 6 6 0 1 5 2 9 -7 10

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.