Delightful dogfight as daring Iztapa duel with determined Cobán Imperial

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Wed 10.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Morón (3000 seats)

Iztapa get ready to host Cobán Imperial for another engrossing Liga Nacional match here at Estadio Municipal El Morón.

Insights:
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals (10) in Liga Nacional

It's no vacation for neither Iztapa nor Cobán Imperial as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Iztapa form and stats

A Liga Nacional draw at home so far for Iztapa. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat from 11 matches.

Iztapa's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Cobán Imperial (placed 1st).

Heartbreak before that as Iztapa lost 0-1 at Municipal's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Iztapa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Early season league goal statistics from Iztapa's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Cobán Imperial form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Liga Nacional, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 11 matches. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Imperial hope to make it five in this match.

Two away matches in a row for Cobán Imperial, whose coach López could celebrate last time after the win against Iztapa.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Achuapa.

Cobán Imperial are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cobán Imperial has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Iztapa victories, three draws and four Cobán Imperial wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cobán ImperialJ. Pereira Rodrigues
J. Pereira Rodrigues
4 goals
Cobán ImperialN. Martínez Vargas
N. Martínez Vargas
2 goals
IztapaA. de Jesus Porras Conejo
A. de Jesus Porras Conejo
1 goals

Iztapa missing players

Cobán Imperial missing players

Iztapa Cobán Imperial
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
3 3 0 Scored S 4 7 13
8 4 0 Conceded C 1 3 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 75%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 5 6.2
4.2 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 4
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 12.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 11
3.8 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.5 5.5
20% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 64% 59%
 
12.8 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7 7.5
4.8 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2 2.8
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Cobán Imperial have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most matches over the total-line (3) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most points from losing position (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals (10) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial have the the best goal difference (+6) in Liga Nacional
  • Cobán Imperial is in the best form (3-0-0) in Liga Nacional
Iztapa Last season Cobán Imperial
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
15 14   Won W   5 14
12 6   Drew D   6 14
19 3   Lost L   12 18
60 38   Scored S   25 51
68 18   Conceded C   40 56
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 85%
63% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 65%
48% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 46%
33% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 20%
22% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
46% 39%   BTTS BTTS   52% 46%
28% 48%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 30%
37% 26%   Failed to Score F T   39% 39%
 
5.7 7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.6
3.7 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.4 3.5
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.7
3 2   Red cards R C   0 2
 
10 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 10.7
3.4 4.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.4
38% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 25%
 
9.8 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 7.3
3.4 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cobán Imperial 3 3 0 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
2 Antigua GFC 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 7
3 Malacateco 4 2 1 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 7
4 Xelaju 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
5 Guastatoya 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
6 Santa Lucia 4 1 1 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 4 -4 4
7 Achuapa 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
8 Xinabajul 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 3
9 Municipal 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 3
10 Comunicaciones 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
11 Iztapa 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 1
12 Mixco 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 1
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 22 12 5 5 39 24 11 7 3 1 27 14 11 5 2 4 12 10 15 41
2 Municipal 22 12 4 6 34 18 11 7 2 2 20 8 11 5 2 4 14 10 16 40
3 Guastatoya 22 10 7 5 32 18 11 8 1 2 22 5 11 2 6 3 10 13 14 37
4 Malacateco 22 9 8 5 29 22 11 7 4 0 16 4 11 2 4 5 13 18 7 35
5 Cobán Imperial 22 9 7 6 29 25 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 3 3 5 12 19 4 34
6 Antigua GFC 22 9 6 7 33 22 11 5 2 4 22 12 11 4 4 3 11 10 11 33
7 Achuapa 22 9 6 7 21 19 11 7 3 1 14 6 11 2 3 6 7 13 2 33
8 Santa Lucia 22 8 4 10 36 27 11 4 3 4 22 14 11 4 1 6 14 13 9 28
9 Iztapa 22 7 7 8 30 31 11 6 4 1 19 8 11 1 3 7 11 23 -1 28
10 Xelaju 22 6 5 11 17 31 11 6 2 3 12 9 11 0 3 8 5 22 -14 23
11 Solola 22 3 6 13 19 46 11 3 4 4 13 17 11 0 2 9 6 29 -27 15
12 Nueva Concepcion 22 4 3 15 21 57 11 3 2 6 12 21 11 1 1 9 9 36 -36 15

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.