Iztapa vs Malacateco pre-match guide

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Wed 02.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Morón (3000 seats)

This could be an engaging game as Iztapa have their expected home advantage, while Malacateco are ahead 8 points in the Liga Nacional standings.

Insights:
  • Iztapa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Malacateco have the most scored goals in the first half (24) 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 have performed here at Estadio Municipal El Morón this season with 8 wins from 11 Liga Nacional matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. Two draws in a row at home now for Iztapa.

Iztapa drew their last game, 3-3 away at Comunicaciones.

Before that, Iztapa drew at home versus Solola.

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

The Iztapa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Iztapa have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Malacateco form and stats

There's been little loot from Malacateco's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Liga Nacional. Malacateco only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for Malacateco who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Malacateco's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Coban Imperial that finished 0-0.

A 3-3 draw at Nueva Concepcion's stadium before that.

A quick return to home after this game, as Malacateco are hosting Municipal in the Liga Nacional only four days away.

As opposed to that, Malacateco have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Malacateco - Iztapa 7-1 was the output when these teams previously did battle, also in this season. The match official pulled out his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Felix (Iztapa). As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Iztapa victories, three draws and two Malacateco wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MalacatecoM. Rotondi
M. Rotondi
18 goals
MalacatecoE. Herrera Morales
E. Herrera Morales
10 goals
IztapaC. Félix Suénaga
C. Félix Suénaga
9 goals

Iztapa missing players

Malacateco missing players

Iztapa Malacateco
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 4 15 31
8 8 3 Won W 2 2 14
7 3 1 Drew D 0 8 10
12 2 0 Lost L 2 5 7
35 21 3 Scored S 5 15 47
45 12 0 Conceded C 2 19 28
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 87%
59% 46% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 68%
44% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 32%
33% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 19%
26% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 16%
48% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 47% 42%
22% 46% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 48%
33% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 23%
 
5.8 6.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.4 3.3
2.7 2.2 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.7 5.1
2 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.5 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
9.7 10.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 5.9 8.3
3 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 4.3
41% 49% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 39% 36%
 
10.6 9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.5 10.6
3.7 2.5 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 4.7
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Iztapa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Malacateco have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Liga Nacional
  • Malacateco have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Liga Nacional

  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 Santa Lucia 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 Coban 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.