Santa Lucia vs Iztapa pre-match info: Guests will have a hard job at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa

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Competition: Guatemala Liga Nacional
Competition: Wed 01.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (9000 seats)

This match features two squads residing in the lower parts of the Liga Nacional, Santa Lucia having 12th spot and Iztapa in 9th. A good opportunity for one of the squads to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (40) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga Nacional

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 Santa Lucia and Iztapa.

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Santa Lucia form and stats

All-inclusive Liga Nacional statistics playing at home this season for Santa Lucia are 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The Santa Lucia club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Achuapa and win 1-0. At last, a league win after three games without one.

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

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Santa Lucia matches with similar probabilities have ended with 1 win, 5 draws and 3 defeats (from 9 games).

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santa as they are travelling to their away game against Mixco in the Liga Nacional. That match is three days after this one.

Santa Lucia aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Santa Lucia has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Iztapa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Iztapa so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Iztapa as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Mixco match.

There were no winners in Iztapa's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Guastatoya.

A 2-4 defeat away at Comunicaciones before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Iztapa when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 4 and winning 1 game.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Achuapa in just four days.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Iztapa have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Iztapa have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (1-4-0) facing Santa Lucia.

These opponents have met previously this season: Santa Lucia - Iztapa 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

IztapaJ. Cano Barrios
J. Cano Barrios
10 goals
IztapaM. Ferreira Bordón
M. Ferreira Bordón
7 goals
IztapaC. Albizures García
C. Albizures García
4 goals

Santa Lucia missing players

Iztapa missing players

Santa Lucia Iztapa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 3 Played P 3 15 31
6 6 0 Won W 0 1 9
8 4 1 Drew D 2 4 9
17 6 2 Lost L 1 10 13
25 14 1 Scored S 3 11 43
48 19 4 Conceded C 4 31 52
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 84%
39% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 47% 55%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 35%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 23%
52% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 47% 61%
26% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 3%
29% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 53% 35%
 
4.8 6.1 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.7 5.1
5.6 4.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 8.7 6 5.5
3.5 2.7 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.7 2.7
6 4 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
9.5 13 15 Shots (avg) S ( 4 6.7 11.8
3 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 2.5 3.9
27% 22% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 30% 36%
 
8.5 7.8 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 11.4 11.7
3.6 3.1 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.3 4.7
Key stats in Liga Nacional this season:
  • Iztapa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Iztapa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Iztapa have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have the most points from losing position (22) in Liga Nacional
  • Iztapa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Iztapa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Santa Lucia have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia have the most conceded goals (40) in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Liga Nacional
  • Santa Lucia have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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

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.