Cobán Imperial cannot await any easy points from the home team Municipal in this Liga Nacional match. Here's our full guide!
It's no vacation for neither Municipal nor Cobán Imperial 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.
Municipal form and stats
5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Nacional numbers at home for Municipal so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Municipal, facing Malacateco in a game that ended 2-2.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Xinabajul.There will be little rest for Municipal after this match as they are travelling to Antigua GFC for a Liga Nacional game in only four days.
Municipal are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games.
Cobán Imperial form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cobán Imperial so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Cobán Imperial's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Martínez was the last player to score for the away team. Imperial haven't scored a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Cobán Imperial might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Xelaju proved too strong as Cobán Imperial slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Mixco's place.Few goals the story here? 13 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.
A new game in only four days for Imperial, the Liga Nacional home match versus Xinabajul. Busy days.
Cobán Imperial has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Imperial struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the contenders met previously this season; Cobán Imperial - Municipal 0-0. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Municipal won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Cobán Imperial managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Martínez Vargas 12 goals | J. Pereira Rodrigues 9 goals | R. Betancourth Cue 4 goals |
Municipal missing players
Cobán Imperial missing players
| Municipal | Cobán Imperial | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 46 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 18 | 43 |
| 34 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 34 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 83% | 83% |
| 59% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 56% | 53% |
| 38% | 31% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 39% | 39% |
| 29% | 25% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 25% |
| 15% | 19% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| 41% | 38% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 39% | 39% |
| 35% | 50% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 22% | 39% |
| 29% | 19% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 56% | 39% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9.1 | 9.6 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 9.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 39% | 43% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 38% | 30% |
| 9.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | 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 | 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 | Xelaju | 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 |
