Municipal vs Comunicaciones match preview

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Cementos Progreso (16000 seats)

Municipal and Comunicaciones are both riding high in the Liga Nacional with their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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.

There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.

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Municipal form and stats

Municipal, who have the most points (29) at home in Liga Nacional, have been very solid at home in the Liga Nacional so far, with 29 points collected from 11 matches (9-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Municipal, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Happy days for Municipal in their previous game, a Liga Nacional match away at Comunicaciones that ended with a 1-0 victory. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Antigua GFC.

A decent goal production from Municipal in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Municipal have conceded only 9 goals.

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Comunicaciones form and stats

The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+12) in Liga Nacional, are W4-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Nacional. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Comunicaciones are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Comunicaciones failed to get anything from their last game, a Liga Nacional home match vs Municipal that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Guastatoya.

Comunicaciones are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Comunicaciones - Municipal 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 4 - 1 (Municipal wins - draws - Comunicaciones wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 9 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ComunicacionesA. Herrera
A. Herrera
13 goals
MunicipalE. Guerra
E. Guerra
8 goals
MunicipalO. Arce
O. Arce
6 goals

Municipal missing players

Comunicaciones missing players

Municipal Comunicaciones
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 2 12 25
13 9 1 Won W 1 4 12
4 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
6 0 0 Lost L 0 4 7
33 21 5 Scored S 3 15 37
23 9 4 Conceded C 2 13 26
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
52% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 64%
43% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 48%
30% 36% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
22% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
43% 45% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 52%
43% 55% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 24%
 
5.5 6.8 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 5.2
3.9 3.6 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 4.4
3 3.1 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.6
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
265 153 17 Total Shots T S 12 79 219
112 70 9 Shots on Target S O 3 30 90
29% 30% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 47% 40%
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Comunicaciones has the fewest conceded goals (10) away
  • Comunicaciones has the fewest conceded goals (21)
  • Comunicaciones has the most points (16) away
  • Comunicaciones has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • Comunicaciones has the the best goal difference (+12)
  • Comunicaciones has the the best goal difference (+4) away
  • Comunicaciones have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Comunicaciones have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Municipal has the most points (29) at home
  • Municipal have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Municipal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Municipal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Municipal have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Municipal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Municipal haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Coban Imperial 22 12 5 5 34 23 11 8 3 0 20 7 11 4 2 5 14 16 11 41
2 Municipal 22 12 4 6 32 23 11 9 2 0 21 9 11 3 2 6 11 14 9 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 33 21 11 7 2 2 19 11 11 4 4 3 14 10 12 39
4 Antigua GFC 22 11 4 7 30 23 11 8 0 3 18 10 11 3 4 4 12 13 7 37
5 Deportivo Sanarate 22 11 4 7 27 24 11 7 2 2 13 5 11 4 2 5 14 19 3 37
6 Guastatoya 22 10 5 7 29 22 11 6 3 2 17 8 11 4 2 5 12 14 7 35
7 Malacateco 22 9 4 9 29 24 11 8 2 1 26 8 11 1 2 8 3 16 5 31
8 Iztapa 22 9 4 9 28 26 11 8 2 1 20 7 11 1 2 8 8 19 2 31
9 Xelaju 22 7 7 8 26 27 11 5 3 3 16 12 11 2 4 5 10 15 -1 28
10 Cotzumalguapa 22 5 7 10 21 29 11 4 5 2 16 11 11 1 2 8 5 18 -8 22
11 Mixco 22 4 4 14 18 41 11 4 3 4 12 11 11 0 1 10 6 30 -23 16
12 Siquinala 22 2 4 16 20 44 11 1 2 8 11 19 11 1 2 8 9 25 -24 10

Read more about Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatamala (National football league of Guatemala) is the top level of Guatemalan football. It was formerly known as Liga Mayor “A”. It was founded in 1919. The league has twelve teams meeting each other twice in two stages, Apertura and Clausura.