We should have a pronounced contrast in quality between these sides based on results so far, with Malacateco in front of Cobán Imperial by 16 points.
- Malacateco have the most clean sheets (16) at home in Liga Nacional
- Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (20) 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.
Malacateco form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 11 Liga Nacional games here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía for Malacateco. The data says 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The Malacateco fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía and will expect new points from this game. Malacateco has played 24 games in a row here without a defeat.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 218 minutes without scoring a league goal. Lom was the last player to find the net. Nothing to worry about in defence for Malacateco, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 247 minutes in the Liga Nacional.
Malacateco drew their last game, also a home match. Cobán Imperial was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Cobán Imperial that finished 0-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Malacateco's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 4.
Goals decide football matches and Malacateco are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Malacateco have only conceded 9 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.
Cobán Imperial form and stats
There's been little loot from Cobán Imperial's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Liga Nacional. Cobán Imperial only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
Cobán Imperial have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 326 minutes ago. Pereira was the goal scorer. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cobán Imperial goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 189 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Imperial are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Malacateco.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Malacateco.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cobán Imperial playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 3 home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cobán Imperial have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cobán Imperial's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips. Imperial has visited these top teams six times, and 5 of 6 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other already this season, with the match result Malacateco - Cobán Imperial 0-0 entered in the official records. Malacateco-Cobán Imperial H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Malacateco three wins, Cobán Imperial one win, six draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Herrera Morales 13 goals |  R. Betancourth Cue 13 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Cobán Imperial missing players
| Malacateco | Cobán Imperial | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 52 | 26 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 23 | 46 |
| 22 | 18 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 12 | 18 |
| 71 | 46 | 9 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | 51 |
| 47 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 40 | 56 |
| 85% | 85% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 85% |
| 67% | 65% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 70% | 65% |
| 33% | 35% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 70% | 46% |
| 15% | 15% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 20% |
| 12% | 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 13% | 9% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 83% | 52% | 46% |
| 44% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 22% | 30% |
| 27% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 39% | 39% |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 10.3 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.1 | 10.7 |
| 4 | 5.7 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 30% | 25% |
| 10.3 | 9.6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.6 | 7.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
- Cobán Imperial have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cobán Imperial have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Liga Nacional
- Cobán Imperial have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 the most clean sheets (16) at home 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 | 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 |
