Deportivo Petapa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 7 points and a 12th position in the Liga Nacional table. Visiting Malacateco holds 5th place with 30 pts.
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 Deportivo Petapa and Malacateco.
Malacateco play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artificial turf. Recent stats for Malacateco when playing on artificial turf are 2 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from six matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 13 times in these games. Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Deportivo Petapa form and stats
With 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Deportivo Petapa, who have the fewest points (7) at home in Liga Nacional, are certainly not brimming with confidence. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts. The home stadium (Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Deportivo Petapa it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?The fans are hoping that Deportivo Petapa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Liga Nacional game against Deportivo Sanarate. Preceding that match was a defeat to Deportivo Chiantla (1-2).
Deportivo Petapa have scored 7 goals here in 9 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.
Malacateco form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Malacateco so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (win-draw-lose). Malacateco seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?Malacateco's last game was the home draw against Antigua GFC (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Coban Imperial's place.
The attacking power of Malacateco when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored in 9 matches. 12 goals have been conceded by Malacateco in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Malacateco - Deportivo Petapa 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Deportivo Petapa, 3 draws and 6 wins for Malacateco.Top Goalscorers
  J. Valenzuela 10 goals |  F. López 8 goals |  E. Santeliz 8 goals |
Deportivo Petapa missing players
Malacateco missing players
| Deportivo Petapa | Malacateco | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 41 | 20 | 6 | Played | 5 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Won | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 28 | 11 | 1 | Lost | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Scored | 4 | 20 | 61 |
| 80 | 26 | 3 | Conceded | 7 | 35 | 53 |
| 95% | 90% | 83% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 73% | 60% | 33% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 76% | 72% |
| 51% | 35% | 17% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 52% | 51% |
| 24% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 21% |
| 12% | 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 12% |
| 49% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | 40% | 48% | 47% |
| 15% | 30% | 67% | Clean Sheets | 20% | 14% | 35% |
| 41% | 35% | 67% | Failed To Score | 40% | 38% | 26% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.3 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.2 | 5.6 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 16-03-19 | | Deportivo Petapa | 0 - 3 | Antigua GFC |
| 27-03-19 | | Guastatoya | 6 - 0 | Deportivo Petapa |
| 30-03-19 | | Municipal | 6 - 1 | Deportivo Petapa |
| 06-04-19 | | Deportivo Petapa | 1 - 2 | Iztapa |
| 14-04-19 | | Xelaju | 3 - 0 | Deportivo Petapa |
| 19-04-19 | | Deportivo Petapa | 1 - 2 | Deportivo Chiantla |
| 24-04-19 | | Deportivo Sanarate | 4 - 1 | Deportivo Petapa |
| 27-04-19 | | Deportivo Petapa | 02:00 | Malacateco |
| 02-05-19 | | Comunicaciones | 00:00 | Deportivo Petapa |
| 05-05-19 | | Deportivo Petapa | 17:00 | Siquinala |
| 17-03-19 | | Deportivo Chiantla | 0 - 1 | Malacateco |
| 24-03-19 | | Malacateco | 1 - 1 | Deportivo Sanarate |
| 31-03-19 | | Malacateco | 1 - 1 | Guastatoya |
| 07-04-19 | | Comunicaciones | 3 - 0 | Malacateco |
| 14-04-19 | | Malacateco | 1 - 0 | Siquinala |
| 18-04-19 | | Coban Imperial | 2 - 0 | Malacateco |
| 24-04-19 | | Malacateco | 1 - 1 | Antigua GFC |
| 27-04-19 | | Deportivo Petapa | 02:00 | Malacateco |
| 01-05-19 | | Malacateco | 18:00 | Municipal |
| 05-05-19 | | Iztapa | 17:00 | Malacateco |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Antigua GFC | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Cobán Imperial | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Municipal | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 33 |
| 4 | Comunicaciones | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Malacateco | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 6 | Guastatoya | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Xelajú | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Deportivo Chiantla | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Siquinalá | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Iztapa | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Deportivo Sanarate | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 12 | Deportivo Petapa | 19 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 35 | -38 | 7 |
