Malacateco and Comunicaciones are both riding high in the Liga Nacional with their 4th and 2nd spots respectively. Expect a grand match!
- Malacateco have the most clean sheets (16) at home in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) 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.
Lom was the last player to score a league goal for Malacateco and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Malacateco haven't scored in 218 minutes. The Malacateco goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 247 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Nacional.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Malacateco, who played 0-0 against Coban Imperial. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Coban Imperial that finished 0-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Malacateco as they are travelling to their away game against Comunicaciones in the Liga Nacional. That match is four days after this one.
The Malacateco manager Ayala has got the team scoring with 25 from 11 home games in the league. 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 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Comunicaciones form and stats
6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Comunicaciones playing as the away team in the Liga Nacional this season.
348 minutes! That's how long the Comunicaciones goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Comunicaciones's last game was the home draw against Cotzumalguapa (0-0).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cotzumalguapa at their stadium, the result 3-0.A new game in only four days for Comunicaciones, the Liga Nacional home match versus Malacateco. Busy days.
Comunicaciones find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Comunicaciones as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the history books show this recent game: Malacateco - Comunicaciones 1-1. Malacateco-Comunicaciones H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Malacateco two wins, Comunicaciones five wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Herrera Morales 13 goals |  L. García 13 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Comunicaciones missing players
| Malacateco | Comunicaciones | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 52 | 26 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 26 | 52 |
| 22 | 18 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 12 | 27 |
| 18 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 71 | 46 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 31 | 80 |
| 47 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 45 |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 85% | 85% |
| 67% | 65% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 62% | 65% |
| 33% | 35% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 40% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 19% | 27% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 13% |
| 44% | 38% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 31% | 40% |
| 44% | 62% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 42% |
| 27% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 46% | 33% |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 10.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.4 | 10.2 |
| 4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 34% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 39% | 41% |
| 10.3 | 9.6 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.8 | 7 | 6.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3 | 2.9 |
- Comunicaciones have the fewest dropped points from leading position (8) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most points (20) away in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (16) away in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most scored goals (37) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the most scored goals in the first half (37) in Liga Nacional
- Comunicaciones have the the best goal difference (+6) away 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 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 | 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 |
