Iztapa supporters put their faith in manager R. Cepeda Alvarado to deliver victory against Xelajú

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 11.October
Match begins: 19:05 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal El Morón (3000 seats)

Iztapa, who have the most scored goals (9) in Liga Nacional, battle against Xelajú, who have the most conceded goals (6) away in Liga Nacional, for glory and sporting success.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Iztapa form and stats

Iztapa must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Municipal El Morón. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Heartbreak before that as Iztapa lost 0-2 at Cotzumalguapa's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Iztapa handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Iztapa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estadio Municipal El Morón with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Iztapa's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Xelajú form and stats

Things could have gone better for Xelajú in their Liga Nacional away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Xelajú play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Antigua GFC (placed 3rd). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Malacateco.

We have checked recent matches where Xelajú have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, three draws and one defeat.

Xelajú have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. The Xelajú manager W. Claverí Alvarado has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Xelajú - Iztapa 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Iztapa one win, four draws and Xelajú five victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

IztapaC. Félix Suénaga
C. Félix Suénaga
5 goals
XelajúI. Silva Matos De Souza
I. Silva Matos De Souza
3 goals
IztapaJ. Fajardo López
J. Fajardo López
2 goals

Iztapa missing players

Xelajú missing players

Iztapa Xelajú
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
2 2 1 Drew D 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
9 5 1 Scored S 2 4 7
8 3 1 Conceded C 4 6 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 60%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 20%
83% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 80%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.3 2.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
83 57 24 Total Shots T S 0 30 52
39 29 11 Shots on Target S O 0 15 24
23% 17% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 29%
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • All of Iztapa's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Iztapa has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa has the most points from losing position (4) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa has the most scored goals (9) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Iztapa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Iztapa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Xelajú has the most conceded goals (6) away in Liga Nacional
  • Xelajú has the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Liga Nacional
  • Xelajú have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Xelajú haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 5 2 2 1 8 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 8
2 Iztapa 6 2 2 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 8
3 Antigua GFC 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 8
4 Xelajú 5 2 1 2 7 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -1 7
5 Malacateco 6 2 1 3 7 10 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 4 -3 7
6 Cotzumalguapa 5 2 0 3 4 5 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6

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.