Only victory will be enough for the Malacateco club members in this Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía clash with Xinabajul, having a robust lead on the away side in the Liga Nacional standings.
- Malacateco have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Liga Nacional
- Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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
Malacateco have been outstanding at home so far in the Liga Nacional with 8 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. After failing to beat Guastatoya here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía, Malacateco has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Malacateco's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Antigua GFC (placed 1st). The home side are looking to build on that result.
Prior to that, an away loss at Iztapa.A decent goal production from Malacateco in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Malacateco have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Xinabajul form and stats
There's been little loot from Xinabajul's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 10 away games in the Liga Nacional. Xinabajul only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Xinabajul are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Cotzumalguapa (placed 12th).
Prior to that match, the Xinabajul manager Santos faced defeat when travelling to Antigua GFC and losing 0-3.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Xinabajul as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. Xinabajul's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. Xinabajul has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The former H2H encounter ended Xinabajul - Malacateco 3-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Malacateco one win, one draw and Xinabajul two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Dantaz Paredes 7 goals |  G. Tinoco Carbajal 6 goals | M. Ceballos Flores 3 goals |
Malacateco missing players
Xinabajul missing players
| Malacateco | Xinabajul | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 27 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 26 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 80% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 30% | 50% |
| 35% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 30% |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.9 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 6.8 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 45% | 78% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 30% |
| 9.8 | 6.8 | 2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 14.2 | 9.5 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 4 |
- Malacateco have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 Xinabajul have scored away.
- Malacateco have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Malacateco have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) 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.
- Xinabajul have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Xinabajul have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Liga Nacional
- Xinabajul haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 37 |
| 2 | Comunicaciones | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | Coban Imperial | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Malacateco | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Xelaju | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Municipal | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Guastatoya | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Iztapa | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Xinabajul | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Achuapa | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 11 | Mixco | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Cotzumalguapa | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 15 |
