It's game day two of the Liga Nacional season and everything to play for. Check out our complete preview of Malacateco-Mixco!
It should be mentioned that Mixco play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Mixco on grass are 8 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats from 30 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 29-33. You can compare this with overall results below.
There haven't been much to rest for the host team, as they featured in a Concacaf League match only four days back. This match was also played here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mixco have had more rest.
Malacateco form and stats
Last season, Malacateco's league results were 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, resulting in 4th place in the Liga Nacional. During these 22 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 23. Performing as the host team in the previous season Malacateco delivered 8-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 9 conceded.
Stress levels are on the rise for Malacateco's attacking players as they have now played 216 minutes without scoring in a league game. Avila was their last goal scorer. The Malacateco goalkeeper Ruben Dario Silva Silva is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 189 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Nacional.
The home club members saw a 1-1 draw vs Sporting San Miguelito in the Concacaf League last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that, Malacateco played out a Liga Nacional draw 0-0 when visiting Guastatoya.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Malacateco as they are travelling to their away game against Sporting San Miguelito in the Concacaf League. That match is three days after this one.
Mixco form and stats
Mixco's previous game was their home loss versus Antigua GFC (0-2).
Before that, Mixco secured a home win against Xinabajul with the score 2-1.Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Malacateco victories, one draw and one Mixco win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Aguilar de León 1 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Mixco missing players
| Malacateco | Mixco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Malacateco | Last season | Mixco | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 54 | 27 | Played | P | 25 | 50 | ||
| 22 | 18 | Won | W | 6 | 22 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Drew | D | 10 | 19 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 9 | ||
| 72 | 47 | Scored | S | 22 | 63 | ||
| 48 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 40 | ||
| 83% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 48% | 56% | ||
| 31% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 34% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 22% | ||
| 11% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 4% | 6% | ||
| 44% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 46% | ||
| 44% | 59% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 42% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8.1 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 10.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Coban Imperial | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Xelajú | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Antigua GFC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Santa Lucia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Guastatoya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Malacateco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Comunicaciones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Xinabajul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Achuapa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Mixco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Municipal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 12 | Iztapa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | Municipal | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 40 |
| 3 | Guastatoya | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Malacateco | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Coban Imperial | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Antigua GFC | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 7 | Achuapa | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 28 |
| 9 | Iztapa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -1 | 28 |
| 10 | Xelajú | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Solola | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 29 | -27 | 15 |
| 12 | Nueva Concepcion | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 36 | -36 | 15 |
