A win for the hosts is anticipated from this game if the league standings is to be believed. The Malacateco regulars are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Santa Lucia's 12th position in the table will be revealed on the grass.
- Malacateco have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga Nacional
- Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (40) in Liga Nacional
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Malacateco and Santa Lucia.
Malacateco form and stats
Home games in the Liga Nacional have been a walk in the park for Malacateco so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
In their previous game, the manager Roblero led his Malacateco to a defeat away at Guastatoya. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía. Malacateco were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Ahead of that match, Malacateco lost 1-2 at home to Comunicaciones.A decent goal production from Malacateco in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Malacateco have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Santa Lucia form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Santa Lucia so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
Santa Lucia are looking to quickly end their 255 minutes long goal drought in the Liga Nacional.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Xinabajul with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
A 0-2 defeat away at Municipal before that.The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Santa has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Malacateco have avoided defeat in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) versus Santa Lucia.These competitors have met earlier this season: Santa Lucia - Malacateco 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Herrera 3 goals | K. Lemus Méndez 2 goals | S. Crisanto García 1 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Santa Lucia missing players
| Malacateco | Santa Lucia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 33 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 34 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 43 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 70% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 76% |
| 52% | 46% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 44% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| 56% | 54% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 33% | 46% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 20% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7.3 | 8.2 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.7 | 5.9 | 9.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2 | 3 |
| 34% | 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 28% |
| 9.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.4 |
- 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 Santa Lucia have scored away.
- Malacateco have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Malacateco have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Nacional
- Malacateco haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Santa Lucia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Santa Lucia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Lucia have the fewest points (3) away in Liga Nacional
- Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (40) in Liga Nacional
- Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Liga Nacional
- Santa Lucia have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Liga Nacional
- Santa Lucia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Santa Lucia have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Cobán Imperial | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 39 |
| 3 | Comunicaciones | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Malacateco | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Municipal | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Guastatoya | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Xelajú | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| 8 | Achuapa | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -10 | 28 |
| 9 | Iztapa | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Xinabajul | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Mixco | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -18 | 16 |
| 12 | Santa Lucia | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -20 | 15 |
