Liga Nacional match preview: Iztapa versus Municipal

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

Struggling Iztapa will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Municipal in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Iztapa form and stats

4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Iztapa so far this season.

Happy days for Iztapa in their previous game, a Liga Nacional match away at Deportivo Petapa that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Antigua GFC that ended 0-0.

There will be little rest for Iztapa after this match as they are travelling to Guastatoya for a Liga Nacional game in only four days.

Iztapa has scored 10 goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Iztapa have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.

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Municipal form and stats

As the visiting team Municipal have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Guastatoya in their previous outing. The Liga Nacional match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Comunicaciones.

Municipal have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, 7 away games. 8 goals have been conceded by Municipal in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Municipal - Iztapa 3-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's 2 Iztapa victories, 2 draws and 3 Municipal wins.

Top Goalscorers

J. Martínez
10 goals
D. Ruiz
8 goals
J. Hansen
8 goals

Iztapa missing players

Municipal missing players

Iztapa Municipal
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 18 37
39 25 Scored 21 52
48 17 Conceded 24 43
87% 89% Over 0.5 94% 95%
68% 74% Over 1.5 61% 70%
42% 26% Over 2.5 28% 32%
21% 21% Over 3.5 28% 24%
8% 11% Over 4.5 17% 14%
45% 42% Both teams to score 39% 49%
26% 37% Clean Sheet 22% 30%
42% 32% Failed To Score 44% 27%

  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 15 9 3 3 24 14 7 5 1 1 13 6 8 4 2 2 11 8 10 30
2 Cobán Imperial 16 8 4 4 27 17 8 7 0 1 20 6 8 1 4 3 7 11 10 28
3 Municipal 15 7 6 2 26 13 8 4 4 0 16 5 7 3 2 2 10 8 13 27
4 Malacateco 16 7 5 4 17 13 8 5 3 0 11 3 8 2 2 4 6 10 4 26
5 Comunicaciones 15 7 4 4 19 11 7 4 2 1 12 5 8 3 2 3 7 6 8 25
6 Siquinalá 16 6 4 6 19 18 8 5 1 2 14 9 8 1 3 4 5 9 1 22
7 Guastatoya 16 4 8 4 17 15 8 3 4 1 12 5 8 1 4 3 5 10 2 20
8 Deportivo Chiantla 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 3 3 2 9 4 7 2 2 3 6 10 1 20
9 Iztapa 16 5 4 7 16 20 8 4 3 1 10 3 8 1 1 6 6 17 -4 19
10 Xelajú 16 5 3 8 18 20 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 0 1 7 3 13 -2 18
11 Deportivo Sanarate 16 5 1 10 13 25 8 4 0 4 8 9 8 1 1 6 5 16 -12 16
12 Deportivo Petapa 16 2 1 13 9 40 8 2 1 5 6 12 8 0 0 8 3 28 -31 7