Soccer betting preview: Iztapa welcomes Comunicaciones in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Wed 13.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Morón (3000 seats)

Comunicaciones journey to Iztapa and Estadio Municipal El Morón packed with confidence, but the home side is not a walk in the park. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Iztapa have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional

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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Iztapa form and stats

Iztapa are steadily winning Liga Nacional games and points here at Estadio Municipal El Morón. 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 257 minutes without scoring a league goal. Félix was the last player to find the net.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Iztapa, who played 0-0 against Xelaju. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Municipal El Morón).

Prior to that, an away loss at Malacateco.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Iztapa as they are travelling to their away game against Nueva Concepcion in the Liga Nacional. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Iztapa in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Iztapa have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Comunicaciones form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Comunicaciones, who have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional, playing as the away team in the Liga Nacional this season.

Comunicaciones lost away at Achuapa (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Xelaju with the score of 2-0.

A new game in only four days for Comunicaciones, the Liga Nacional home match versus Cotzumalguapa. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Comunicaciones have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest archived history featuring both these teams is the Comunicaciones - Iztapa 3-3 played not long ago this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Iztapa won one game, five matches ended with a draw and Comunicaciones got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

IztapaC. Félix Suénaga
C. Félix Suénaga
12 goals
ComunicacionesL. García
L. García
10 goals
ComunicacionesJ. Anangonó León
J. Anangonó León
10 goals

Iztapa missing players

Comunicaciones missing players

Iztapa Comunicaciones
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 6 21 43
11 11 4 Won W 4 9 22
10 5 0 Drew D 1 5 12
18 3 1 Lost L 1 7 9
46 30 8 Scored S 11 23 67
62 16 4 Conceded C 3 18 39
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 81% 84%
62% 53% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 57% 65%
46% 37% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 42%
31% 26% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 19% 28%
21% 16% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 16%
46% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 17% 29% 42%
23% 42% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 40%
38% 26% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 52% 35%
 
5.8 6.9 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 5.3 5.3
3.4 2.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.5 3.9
2.2 2.3 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.5 2.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.3 11.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 3.4 8 10.5
2.8 3.4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 4
40% 44% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 91% 38% 40%
 
9.8 8.9 5.6 Shots against (avg) S A 4.8 7 7.1
3.4 2.3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.3 3.2
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Comunicaciones have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most points (20) away in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (16) away in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Liga Nacional
  • Comunicaciones have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the most points from losing position (16) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 Antigua GFC 22 14 4 4 36 13 11 8 3 0 25 7 11 6 1 4 11 6 23 46
2 Comunicaciones 22 13 5 4 37 19 11 7 3 1 21 9 11 6 2 3 16 10 18 44
3 Municipal 22 11 6 5 30 15 11 7 3 1 19 7 11 4 3 4 11 8 15 39
4 Malacateco 22 10 6 6 36 23 11 8 1 2 25 9 11 2 5 4 11 14 13 36
5 Cotzumalguapa 22 8 12 2 28 25 11 4 6 1 16 13 11 4 6 1 12 12 3 36
6 Xelaju 22 8 6 8 18 23 11 6 3 2 12 4 11 2 3 6 6 19 -5 30
7 Iztapa 22 8 4 10 30 36 11 8 1 2 19 10 11 0 3 8 11 26 -6 28
8 Solola 22 6 7 9 21 32 11 3 3 5 11 17 11 3 4 4 10 15 -11 25
9 Guastatoya 22 5 8 9 18 23 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 3 7 5 12 -5 23
10 Cobán Imperial 22 5 5 12 22 31 11 3 3 5 9 10 11 2 2 7 13 21 -9 20
11 Achuapa 22 3 7 12 12 24 11 3 2 6 5 10 11 0 5 6 7 14 -12 16
12 Nueva Concepcion 22 4 4 14 12 36 11 4 4 3 9 9 11 0 0 11 3 27 -24 16

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.