Xelajú will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Comunicaciones.
It's no vacation for neither Xelajú nor Comunicaciones 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.
Xelajú form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Nacional numbers at home for Xelajú so far this season.
The Xelajú supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Cobán Imperial in Liga Nacional and win 1-0. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Malacateco the opponent.
There will be little rest for Xelajú after this match as they are travelling to Mixco for a Liga Nacional game in only three days.
The Xelajú fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Xelajú have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Comunicaciones form and stats
Playing away, Comunicaciones, who have the most scored goals (21) in Liga Nacional, have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Liga Nacional this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Comunicaciones on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's the second away game in a row for Comunicaciones, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Cotzumalguapa (placed 10th) in the Liga Nacional last time out. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Deportivo Sanarate.
A quick return to home after this game, as Comunicaciones are hosting Municipal in the Liga Nacional only four days away.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 14 goals in 5 league games away this season. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Comunicaciones have conceded 8 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Comunicaciones - Xelajú 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Xelajú four wins, one draw and Comunicaciones five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 A. Herrera Osuna 17 goals |  C. Albizures García 5 goals | M. Castellanos Pinelo 5 goals |
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| Xelajú | Comunicaciones | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 37 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 36 | 22 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 30 | 59 |
| 39 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 39 |
| 79% | 81% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 89% | 95% |
| 64% | 69% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 78% | 65% |
| 48% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 61% | 51% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 39% | 32% |
| 6% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 67% | 57% |
| 33% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 28% | 32% |
| 39% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 404 | 248 | 60 | Total Shots | T S | 37 | 122 | 305 |
| 161 | 100 | 26 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 47 | 119 |
| 22% | 22% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 62% | 49% |
- Comunicaciones has the most matches over the total-line (19)
- Comunicaciones has the most points from losing position (20)
- Comunicaciones has the most scored goals (14) away
- Comunicaciones has the most scored goals (21)
- Comunicaciones has the most scored goals in the first half (25)
- Comunicaciones has the most scored goals in the second half (34)
- Comunicaciones has the the best goal difference (+6) away
- Comunicaciones has the the best goal difference (+8)
- Comunicaciones have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Comunicaciones have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Comunicaciones is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Xelajú have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Comunicaciones | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Municipal | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Guastatoya | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 4 | Antigua GFC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Iztapa | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Deportivo Sanarate | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Siquinalá | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Xelajú | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Malacateco | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Cotzumalguapa | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 11 |
| 11 | Mixco | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Cobán Imperial | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 7 |