Shaky top table page-turner as Antigua GFC have travelled the 124 miles necessary to meet Malacateco at their Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía.
- Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Liga Nacional
- Antigua GFC have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga Nacional
Antigua GFC play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this match will take place on grass. Up to date data for Antigua GFC when featuring on grass are 15 wins, 15 draws and 19 defeats from 49 matches. They have scored 50 goals and conceded 60 times in these games.
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.
Malacateco form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía as Malacateco have scored 25 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Liga Nacional are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Malacateco tasted defeat here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía, as they have taken at least one point from their last 18 home games in the league.
Malacateco's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Antigua GFC. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Comunicaciones (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Malacateco perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Malacateco as a small favourite), we find six games. Malacateco has won five of these, drawn zero and lost one.
The Malacateco manager Ayala has got the team scoring with 25 from 11 home games in the league. From these home matches, Malacateco have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Antigua GFC form and stats
Playing away, Antigua GFC have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Liga Nacional this season. It's a growing despair in Antigua GFC as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Antigua GFC play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Malacateco.
A loss against Municipal was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Antigua in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Antigua GFC, two draws and five defeats.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Malacateco and Antigua GFC have played each other earlier this season: Antigua GFC - Malacateco 1-1. Previous ten meetings between these squads: Malacateco won six, Antigua GFC triumphed in one and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Báez Benítez 12 goals |  E. Herrera Morales 11 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Antigua GFC missing players
| Malacateco | Antigua GFC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 39 | 20 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 19 | 37 |
| 19 | 16 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 57 | 40 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 57 |
| 35 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 90% | 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 95% |
| 69% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 47% | 62% |
| 33% | 35% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 21% | 41% |
| 15% | 15% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 5% | 22% |
| 13% | 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 5% | 8% |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 26% | 41% |
| 46% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 41% |
| 23% | 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 37% | 24% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8.2 | 10.3 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| 4.1 | 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4 |
| 36% | 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | 38% |
| 10.8 | 10.7 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.1 | 6.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
- Antigua GFC have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Liga Nacional
- Antigua GFC have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Liga Nacional
- Antigua GFC have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Liga Nacional
- Antigua GFC have the the best goal difference (+23) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Malacateco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Malacateco have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Antigua GFC have scored away.
- Malacateco have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) 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 | 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 | 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 Concepción | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 27 | -24 | 16 |
