Classic home win, the away team claims a mighty victory or a score draw? It's all up in the air when the mid-table teams Municipal and Xelajú meet at Estadio El Trébol.
- Xelajú have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga Nacional
It's no vacation for neither Municipal nor Xelajú 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
Municipal have played 11 Liga Nacional games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Municipal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Mixco.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Comunicaciones that ended 3-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Municipal as they have a new game in only three days, a Liga Nacional match thankfully also at home. Achuapa are visiting.
Municipal has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches.
Xelajú form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Xelajú so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose). In general it has been a productive period now for Xelajú as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
Xelajú are travelling after their nice 6-1 home win in the fixture against Achuapa. As mentioned above, Xelajú was the only team on the pitch versus Achuapa in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Mixco.Low-scoring game? 17 of this team's most recent 20 league matches have seen two goals or less.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Xinabajul in just three days.
Xelajú have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the result Xelajú - Municipal 1-0 written in the official records. Rotondi (Municipal), Franco (Municipal) and Moran (Xelajú) were sent off when these teams met earlier this season. Will it be as hotheaded this time? Municipal-Xelajú H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Municipal four wins, Xelajú two wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Lom 14 goals | Ó. Villa de los Reyes 7 goals | J. Cardona Luna 4 goals |
Municipal missing players
Xelajú missing players
| Municipal | Xelajú | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 19 | 39 |
| 14 | 9 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 52 | 28 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 16 | 47 |
| 42 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 27 |
| 95% | 94% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | 87% |
| 61% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 42% | 49% |
| 42% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 16% | 26% |
| 32% | 28% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 16% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| 45% | 39% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | 38% |
| 34% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | 41% |
| 26% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8.8 | 9.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 5.9 | 10 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 2.2 | 4.3 |
| 41% | 47% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 39% | 28% |
| 9 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.3 | 9.3 | 8.1 |
| 3.3 | 1.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
- Xelajú have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú have the most matches under the total-line (29) in Liga Nacional
- Xelajú 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 | 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 | Xelajú | 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 |
