Malacateco have been better than Santa Lucia so far, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts you need before kickoff:
- Malacateco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Santa Lucia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
It's no vacation for neither Malacateco nor Santa Lucia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Malacateco form and stats
Malacateco are steadily winning Liga Nacional games and points here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía. 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games. 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 16 games in a row here without a defeat.
The spoils were shared in Malacateco's previous game, also at home. Visiting Santa Lucia travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Malacateco lost 1-2 at Achuapa's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Malacateco have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost two.
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 2 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.
Santa Lucia form and stats
The visitors are W4-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Nacional.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Malacateco in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
A 1-4 loss hosting Comunicaciones before that.Santa Lucia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and two defeats. From a total of nine matches.
Santa have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Santa Lucia in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered match between these participants is the Malacateco - Santa Lucia 1-0 played earlier this season. Stats for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Malacateco, one draw and six wins for Santa Lucia. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  I. Acuña Sánchez 15 goals |  E. Herrera Morales 11 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Santa Lucia missing players
| Malacateco | Santa Lucia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 51 | 34 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 36 |
| 31 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 86% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 87% |
| 66% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 68% |
| 34% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 17% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 13% | 23% |
| 14% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 10% |
| 43% | 39% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 48% |
| 49% | 61% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 53% | 39% |
| 23% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 10.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.7 | 9.1 |
| 4.1 | 5.6 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 36% | 34% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 40% | 37% |
| 10.9 | 10.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
- Malacateco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Santa Lucia have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | Santa Lucia | 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 |
