Football preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Municipal meet Xinabajul

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 21:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio El Trébol (30000 seats)

Municipal get everything set for this after their 2-0 result vs Xinabajul, a fixture that produced some answers. How will they do against Xinabajul?

Insights:
  • Xinabajul have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Municipal nor Xinabajul 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.

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Municipal form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga Nacional, Municipal have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.

A nice win for Municipal last time playing, versus Xinabajul. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Santa Lucia.

The Municipal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches.

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Xinabajul form and stats

There's been little loot from Xinabajul's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the Liga Nacional. Xinabajul only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws.

Xinabajul are travelling again after losing away to Municipal in their previous match (0-2). That loss was their first after three consecutive league matches winning points.

Before that, Xinabajul secured a home win against Malacateco with the score 3-1.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Xinabajul rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have met each other already this season, with the match result Municipal - Xinabajul 2-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Municipal seven wins, one draw and Xinabajul two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

XinabajulG. Tinoco Carbajal
G. Tinoco Carbajal
4 goals
MunicipalM. Rotondi
M. Rotondi
3 goals
XinabajulP. Dantaz Paredes
P. Dantaz Paredes
3 goals

Municipal missing players

Xinabajul missing players

Municipal Xinabajul
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 0 Played P 3 6 11
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 3 5 5
18 9 0 Scored S 2 4 12
11 6 0 Conceded C 7 11 15
91% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 82%
45% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 36%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 27%
27% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 33% 55%
36% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 18%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 27%
 
5.3 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 3.3 3.1
3.8 3.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.3 4.6
2.2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.2 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.3 12.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4.7 6.5 7.8
4.1 4.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.7 4.3
40% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 26%
 
9.5 7.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15.2 10.8
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.2 4.7
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Municipal have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Xinabajul have scored away.
  • Xinabajul have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 Cobán Imperial 11 6 1 4 20 16 6 5 1 0 13 6 5 1 0 4 7 10 4 19
2 Municipal 11 5 3 3 18 11 6 3 2 1 9 6 5 2 1 2 9 5 7 18
3 Xelaju 10 5 3 2 16 9 6 5 1 0 13 3 4 0 2 2 3 6 7 18
4 Guastatoya 10 3 6 1 9 4 6 3 3 0 8 1 4 0 3 1 1 3 5 15
5 Comunicaciones 10 3 5 2 13 9 5 2 3 0 8 4 5 1 2 2 5 5 4 14
6 Antigua GFC 10 4 2 4 20 17 4 2 1 1 10 6 6 2 1 3 10 11 3 14
7 Xinabajul 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 3 2 0 8 4 6 1 0 5 4 11 -3 14
8 Achuapa 10 3 3 4 11 18 4 3 1 0 6 2 6 0 2 4 5 16 -7 12
9 Malacateco 10 3 2 5 12 14 4 3 1 0 8 2 6 0 1 5 4 12 -2 11
10 Mixco 10 2 5 3 9 13 6 2 2 2 8 9 4 0 3 1 1 4 -4 11
11 Iztapa 10 2 4 4 12 17 4 2 1 1 9 7 6 0 3 3 3 10 -5 10
12 Santa Lucia 11 2 4 5 9 18 6 2 2 2 4 7 5 0 2 3 5 11 -9 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.