Liga Nacional match preview: Guastatoya versus Municipal

Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Date: Sun 07.April
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio David Cordón Hichos (6789 seats)

Guastatoya will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Municipal.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Guastatoya form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Guastatoya have to build on here at Estadio David Cordón Hichos. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Estadio David Cordón Hichos.

Guastatoya manager M. Villatoro and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Deportivo Chiantla in the Liga Nacional. 1-1 away at Malacateco before that.

A decent goal production from Guastatoya in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 matches. From these home matches, Guastatoya have conceded only 4 goals.

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Municipal form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (25) in Liga Nacional, are W3-D1-L2 on the road this term.

Municipal play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Comunicaciones. A home win before that, celebrating 6-1 vs Deportivo Petapa.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Municipal manager H. Cordero as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Antigua GFC.

Municipal are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. As opposed to that, Municipal have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Guastatoya and Municipal have met before this season: Municipal - Guastatoya 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Guastatoya 3 wins, 2 draws and Municipal 5 victories.

Top Goalscorers

L. Martínez
12 goals
J. Martínez
10 goals
I. Acuña
8 goals

Guastatoya missing players

Municipal missing players

Guastatoya Municipal
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 17 36
53 34 Scored 20 51
27 9 Conceded 23 42
82% 85% Over 0.5 94% 94%
60% 65% Over 1.5 59% 69%
38% 40% Over 2.5 29% 33%
15% 15% Over 3.5 29% 25%
2% 5% Over 4.5 18% 14%
32% 35% Both teams to score 35% 47%
55% 65% Clean Sheet 24% 31%
30% 15% Failed To Score 47% 28%
Key stats this season:
  • Guastatoya is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 14 8 3 3 22 13 6 4 1 1 11 5 8 4 2 2 11 8 9 27
2 Municipal 14 7 5 2 25 12 8 4 4 0 16 5 6 3 1 2 9 7 13 26
3 Malacateco 15 7 5 3 17 10 8 5 3 0 11 3 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 26
4 Cobán Imperial 15 7 4 4 24 17 7 6 0 1 17 6 8 1 4 3 7 11 7 25
5 Comunicaciones 14 6 4 4 16 11 6 3 2 1 9 5 8 3 2 3 7 6 5 22
6 Siquinalá 15 6 4 5 19 17 7 5 1 1 14 8 8 1 3 4 5 9 2 22
7 Deportivo Chiantla 14 5 5 4 15 11 8 3 3 2 9 4 6 2 2 2 6 7 4 20
8 Guastatoya 15 4 7 4 16 14 7 3 3 1 11 4 8 1 4 3 5 10 2 19
9 Xelajú 15 5 3 7 17 18 8 5 2 1 15 7 7 0 1 6 2 11 -1 18
10 Iztapa 15 4 4 7 14 19 8 4 3 1 10 3 7 0 1 6 4 16 -5 16
11 Deportivo Sanarate 15 4 1 10 12 25 8 4 0 4 8 9 7 0 1 6 4 16 -13 13
12 Deportivo Petapa 15 2 1 12 8 38 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 0 0 8 3 28 -30 7