Game preview: Home fans have high expectations when Municipal take on Iztapa

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sun 07.August
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Trébol (30000 seats)

Iztapa have come here for an intriguing game against the hosting Municipal. Read up on the match with this full Liga Nacional preview!

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 Municipal and Iztapa.

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Municipal form and stats

Municipal's first Liga Nacional home game here at Estadio El Trébol ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 11 matches.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Municipal, who played 0-0 against Iztapa. That match was also played at this venue (Estadio El Trébol).

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Municipal at home in the league. 1 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Iztapa form and stats

Iztapa have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Liga Nacional were 1 victory, 3 draws and 7 defeats from 11 fixtures.

Iztapa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Municipal (placed 12th).

A draw for Iztapa before that, at their own venue hosting Cotzumalguapa (1-1).

0 goals so far away for Iztapa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these squads: Municipal won four, Iztapa triumphed in three and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less. Martínez loves to meet Iztapa and have scored 8 goals in these matches.

Top Goalscorers

MunicipalM. Rotondi
M. Rotondi
2 goals
MunicipalM. Portillo Castro
M. Portillo Castro
1 goals
MunicipalJ. Méndez
J. Méndez
1 goals

Municipal missing players

Iztapa missing players

Municipal Iztapa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 4 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
67% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 67%
 
3.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 5
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 2.3
0.3 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5.5 10
2 1.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.7
17% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
 
10 6.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 9.7
4.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.7
Municipal Last season Iztapa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
54 27   Played P   23 46
26 15   Won W   1 15
14 7   Drew D   6 12
14 5   Lost L   16 19
70 42   Scored S   22 60
38 18   Conceded C   50 68
89% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
57% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 63%
31% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 48%
17% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   39% 33%
6% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 22%
35% 33%   BTTS BTTS   52% 46%
46% 52%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 28%
30% 26%   Failed to Score F T   48% 37%
 
4.6 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.7
3.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.7
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.1
9 5   Red cards R C   1 3
 
7.8 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 10
3.1 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.4
42% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 38%
 
8.2 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 9.8
2.7 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.4

  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 3 3 0 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
2 Antigua GFC 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 7
3 Xelaju 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 7
4 Malacateco 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
5 Cotzumalguapa 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 4
6 Achuapa 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
7 Xinabajul 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
8 Guastatoya 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
9 Comunicaciones 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
10 Iztapa 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
11 Mixco 3 0 1 2 1 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 1
12 Municipal 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Comunicaciones 22 12 5 5 39 24 11 7 3 1 27 14 11 5 2 4 12 10 15 41
2 Municipal 22 12 4 6 34 18 11 7 2 2 20 8 11 5 2 4 14 10 16 40
3 Guastatoya 22 10 7 5 32 18 11 8 1 2 22 5 11 2 6 3 10 13 14 37
4 Malacateco 22 9 8 5 29 22 11 7 4 0 16 4 11 2 4 5 13 18 7 35
5 Coban Imperial 22 9 7 6 29 25 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 3 3 5 12 19 4 34
6 Antigua GFC 22 9 6 7 33 22 11 5 2 4 22 12 11 4 4 3 11 10 11 33
7 Achuapa 22 9 6 7 21 19 11 7 3 1 14 6 11 2 3 6 7 13 2 33
8 Cotzumalguapa 22 8 4 10 36 27 11 4 3 4 22 14 11 4 1 6 14 13 9 28
9 Iztapa 22 7 7 8 30 31 11 6 4 1 19 8 11 1 3 7 11 23 -1 28
10 Xelaju 22 6 5 11 17 31 11 6 2 3 12 9 11 0 3 8 5 22 -14 23
11 Solola 22 3 6 13 19 46 11 3 4 4 13 17 11 0 2 9 6 29 -27 15
12 Nueva Concepcion 22 4 3 15 21 57 11 3 2 6 12 21 11 1 1 9 9 36 -36 15

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.